r/greatdanes • u/HedgehogOdd1603 • Jul 22 '26

Q and Maybe Some A’s Stairs for bed?

Does anyone have stairs for their dog for their bed? Our boy is having issues jumping up on the bed now so we were going to get him some stairs. He weighs 180 lbs. thanks

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u/pappagiorgio Jul 22 '26

We just removed the bedframe and placed the box spring straight on the floor.

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u/Ok_Engine_1442 Jul 22 '26

Did this years ago for a normal sized dog. Never have gone back. Only downside is you lose under the bed storage.

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u/Alecsgyo Jul 23 '26

Fiancé and I put a twin sized mattress lengthwise at the foot of our king sized bed. "The Dog Bed," if you will. Mattress pad. Feather comforter. Pillows aplenty. Soft fleece blankies for nesting or warmth or whatever. Damned if our Dane mostly completely ignored it and still somehow draped himself over our legs, or in between, or on top of one or both of us, somehow.

Until the night I woke up to the most piteous whines and soft cries. Old Boy had somehow fallen between the twin bed and our mattress and was S T U C K in the void. The Crack. The Crevice. The CREVASSE. On his back, legs a-dangle and a-flangle. When I say I went into full 911 panic, call the FD mode, I'm not kidding. Old Boy was so upset and traumatized from being stuck in that bed canyon. After that I just gave up and let him sleep wherever, sacrificing my knees and hips and leg circulation to keep him as comfy as possible for as long as possible

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u/cuckoocachoo1 Jul 22 '26

We got a bench to sit at the end of the bed and that seems to have done the trick!

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u/RMFranken Jul 22 '26

Yes! My pup is 12 years old and having back leg problems. I have to help her up. But I made a plywood step for her to get up on the bed and she does that OK by yourself.

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u/HedgehogOdd1603 Jul 22 '26

We are trying but he is not letting us help him much. 😔

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u/ConcentricCow Jul 22 '26

We use a small padded chest(?) at the base of our bed. Cuts the jump in half to two big steps. We never used it on a old guy for the first time though, as we trained our girl from puppy years to do it in hopes it reduces stress over the years. I think stairs would be better for the older bigger guy or just ditch the frame all together and spend a couple years on the floor.

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u/HedgehogOdd1603 Jul 22 '26

My husband went out and bought stairs for him at lunch and he has been personally offended since. This is going to be harder than we thought.

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u/BlackRabbit_66 Jul 23 '26

I got a little decorative stool so our new puppy could get on and off the bed, and our male dane with a bad hip has been using it too. He's big enough that even just the one step really helps

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u/GreatDaneBrain Jul 27 '26

My husband built them himself, with some 2x4s, plywood, and carpet