Stairs fit for a dog

A few (okay, 7) years ago, my parents were totally against getting a dog. And then my sister brought this little dude home...

Jake as a teeny tiny puppy. Awww....

And the rest is history. They adopted Sadie from a rescue organization a few years ago to keep Jake occupied:

Saders.

Sadie and Jake sleep on my parents' bed (you see how far they have come...), and they're concerned about how high of a jump it is for Sades. She has a hard time getting up sometimes, and it's a long jump down. So, enter the dog stairs! I helped my dad make these a few weeks ago.

We started with a 2' square piece of plywood, which we cut into the stair sides, with 8" risers and 6" treads. Using other scrap pieces of plywood, we cut the actual stair treads a couple of feet wide, and nailed the pieces together.

We also added a couple of smaller pieces of wood for bracing on the bottom front and rear:

Once that was finished, all that was left was covering the whole thing with carpet using a staple gun...

and voila! Dog stairs!