Regular - Suitable for: up to 12 kg, shorter bodies Width: 33 cm Length: 63.5 cmLarge - Suitable for: up to 50 kg, and longer bodies (e.g. Dachshunds, Corgis) Width: 33 cm Length: 106 cmLike the Skamper-Ramp, our Water Exit-Ramp is for animals, to HELP PREVENT DROWNING.
HELPS PREVENT DROWNING!The Water Exit-Ramp for dogs and other creatures: for use in pools, water features, drinking troughs, dams, and against boats and jetties. Can easily be seen by animals when at water level â all animals see white.Slates to help pets climb. No holes, so no danger of paws getting stuck.Super easy to use. So many uses.Proudly made and tested in South Africa.Patent pending.Water Exit-Ramp is an escape ramp: a means of preventing animals and pets from drowning.The science is that ALL living beings â domestic or wild bugs, animals, or humans whether they are color blind or not â see 550 nm wavelength, which is the color white. As long as the Water Exit-Ramp is installed so that a few inches of the nose (curved) end are under water and the ramp breaks the surface, the animal will see it. The other end of the ramp is like a box lid, and it is that open-box-lid end that must be snug to a vertical wall (whether it's a pool, floating or fixed dock, walled pond, spa, stern/swim platform of a boat, or water troughs in pastures and remote ranchland) in order to provide the rigidity necessary for an animal to skamper out on the ramp.
Tips for training your dog to use the Water Exit-RampYou wouldnât let your children swim without teaching them how to get into and out of the pool safely so why wouldnât you do the same for your dog? Most can swim, but not all do it well. Some love the water, and others donât. Regardless, the principle behind the Water Exit-Ramp is to keep them safe and help them to get out of the water when they need to on their own.
Dogs are different! We know that dogs are the one animal that needs to be trained to use the Water Exit-Ramp. Why? Because they expect you to rescue/help them! Dogs have become so domesticated over the years that they have lost many of the instincts that enable other pets and animals (cats, rabbits, frogs, etc) to use the Water Exit-Ramp without hesitation. These other animals see the ramp leading out of the water, swim over to it, and climb out.Here are a few tips for training your dog to use the Water Exit-Ramp:
- It helps to have two people, if possible, one in the water with the dog and one outside behind the ramp. If you are alone, start out in the water and then after a few tries get out and position yourself behind the ramp.
- From the water, stand behind the dog, and guide him to swim to the ramp, so that he heads toward it straight-on, not from the side or at an angle.
- The person outside the water should issue encouragement, call the dog, hold out his favourite treat, praise it, etc.
- Help him climb up the first few times - he will probably struggle, flail a bit and even slip around. Remember, he is on plastic and not used to walking on something that is not firm ground!
- Once the dog has gotten up the ramp with your assistance a few times, get out of the water and position yourself behind the ramp and have him come to you on his own. Holding out a treat as an encouragement often helps!
- What you want is for your dog to use this white ramp as its marker, and to get out of the water safely. That means you might want to install it next to the steps at your pool, so that your pet swims to the ramp and exits on the steps as you do, or on the ramp - either way it gets out. Some dogs are better at getting out than others, and some are faster learners. It is simply important for them to be familiar with the ramp, and know that it is a means of getting out of the water!
- As this is something of a trick, and a learned skill, it is good to repeat this training once or twice over swimming season, and also at other times during a year (depending on where you live).
- Please understand, the learning process is not always pretty! Training animals is a skill, and there are people who do this for a living if you do not wish to.
Your dog now knows he can get out of the water using the Water Exit-Ramp! Even if he is not a big water dog, it is helpful for him to know just in case!
Water Exit-Ramp
A water escape ramp for animals that HELPS PREVENT DROWNING
24-7 Protection!A water escape ramp in two sizes, to fit to swimming pools, livestock drinking troughs, and against boats. Helps PREVENT animals from DROWNING, from large dogs to frogs.
FACTMost people don't realize that while the majority of animals can swim, they can't necessarily get out of the water by themselves! The odds of a pet drowning are surprisingly high! And how many non-pet owners do you know who enjoy coming outside in the morning and finding dead frogs or other creatures floating in the water? In fact, frogs are often found in the skimmer basket because they think it is a cave leading out of the water!
FACTPools are perilous to pets! Many pet owners try to protect their pet by training it to swim to the pool steps to get out of the water. This works fine in a daylight, non-threatening situation, but at night or if panicked a dog will forget its "landmark"! Animals cannot see the steps for the very simple reason that they are under the water! That's why, when water exit-ramp is available, a pet or animal drowning is a preventable accident! No one wants a drowned pet (who is considered a family member in most households) on their conscience.
PROBLEMWater safety, particularly pool safety, is important for pets, just as it is for children. Would you leave a child unattended by the pool? Of course not! Children are given swimming lessons at a very young age, some even as infants. Certain pets need to be trained how to get out of the water! Even if a dog is a good swimmer, it can be spooked and get panicked. Some solutions, like fencing in the pool, using a water alarm or having a flotation vest on hand all are wonderful layers of protection, but there is still always the possibility that someone may not be around to hear the alarm and/or help the floundering animal get out of the water if they get (or are chased or knocked) into it unexpectedly.
SOLUTIONDon't even risk these potential problems instead realize that there is a viable and affordable solution! The Water Exit-Ramp is white, and when assembled and properly installed it angles down into the water, enabling your pet (and other animals) to see it leading out of the water, day or night. The Water Exit-Ramp provides peace of mind because your pet (or the creature you didn't want to see there in the first place!) can 'skamper' out of the water (a pool or walled pond, farm trough, even on a dock or boat) ALL BY ITSELF! This gives pet owners and animal lovers alike unprecedented peace of mind in terms of water safety.View our video above on Skamper-Ramp usage to see how it works!Dogs are the only animals that have to be trained to use the Water Exit-Ramps! Cats, meerkat, rabbits, rats, frogs, snakes, even spiders all go to it instinctively.
Training your dog to use the Water Exit-RampView our video above on the Water Exit-Ramp training to see how it's done!The Water Exit-Ramp is the only pet water safety device that gives you all of the following::
