With so many dog ramps to choose from it can be a real dilemma to decide which ramp will best suit your requirements.
The main consideration with the current ramps are that the ramps. Which are long enough tend to be too heavy and those that are light enough are just too short. However we are pleased to report that finally Solvit products from USA have managed to produce a dog ramp that is extremely. Light, very strong and stable and yet long enough to suit all vehicles up to 24″ from the ground. Including all hatchbacks, estate cars and mpv’s.
Tim Berrisford says, ‘This new Ultra Bi Fold dog ramp by Solvit is a fantastic development in the market. As it is the lightest dog ramp available and it will quickly become the most popular dog ramp. Everyone is looking for a feather-light ramp that doesn’t flex and retains its inherent strength. This new Solvit ramp only weighs 4.5lb and is so stable. That it can easily support all dogs up to the large breeds carrying a load of up to 200lb. Many folding dog ramps flex when a dog of any weight climbs onto it. But this new ramp by Solvit stays very rigid.’
A major selling feature of this ramp is the high sides to the ramp. This is especially important to dogs of a nervous nature or ones that have not used a dog ramp before. These high sides gives the dogs confidence and prevent them from slipping off. The ramp has an abrasive anti slip surface which works well in all weather conditions even when wet. And the ramp folds away very compactly so it stores easily in most vehicles.
So many people put off buying a dog ramp until quite late in the dog’s life. Maybe the onset of joint problems in the dog or maybe the owner gets a a bad back but finally they realize they can lift the dog no more. Normally there is always something that triggers this decision but in general people are under the general impression that this is something that happens later in a dogs life.
Our research has indicate to us that by then a lot of damage has been cause from dogs jumping down from and into the boots of cars. Certainly all the vets that we have spoken to go along with the school of thought. That dog ramps should used from very early in a dogs life to prevent these high impact injuries. As higher vehicles and 4 x 4’s seem to become more popular on our roads. So the chance of long term injury to dogs joints seems to increase. It is a fact that most people seem to think that dog ramps are only for getting the dogs up into the boot of a car. we believe that dog ramps should be used for entry to vehicles but even more importantly for the exiting of cars and this applies to all vehicles.
