We have a very spoiled 3 year old Boston terrier named lucy who is also very lazy. She also is a chicken and scared of just about everything(not much of a guard dog). We have hardwood floors mostly throughout the house. Particularly in our bedroom. Lucy camps out in our bedroom and spends alot of time on our giant king size bed. We have one of those wood sleigh beds that sit pretty high off the ground. We had a plumbing mishap that ended with our room getting flooded and ruining the big area rug our bed was on. After we pulled it out of there we decided to just not get another rug and leave it. But that ended up being a hardship for our Lucy who before had no trouble getting on the bed. But now because of how slick the flooring was she'd slip and loose her footing causing her to nose dive right into the bed. Which also traumatized her. So for about a month we resorted to lifting her on and off the bed which is no problem. Until she wants up/down in the middle of the night while you are sleeping because she is also about the thirstiest dog on the planet who had to get down a lot to drink water. And then paw at you until you wake up and can lift her up. And if that doesn't work she'll pace back and forth so the click click click of her toenails on the hardwood floor grates on your nerves. We decided to look into getting doggy stairs. We looked on Amazon starting with the reviews. We took a lot of things into consideration because we didnt want to get them and then just waste our money on stairs she's too scared to use. Also they had to be a good experience for her otherwise if we got the wrong kind and she had some sort of mishap on them. She'd never ever try stairs again. These stairs have rubber grippers on the bottom. Which is a plus because they stay in place. But when we first got them. She wanted nothing to do with them. She was scared not them!!!! I was persistent so I just continued to more or less force her to use them. I'd put her front feet on them. And she'd stand there not moving forward so I'd nudge her a little with my foot up the stairs and I continued to do that. I refused to pick her up and put her on the bed. Then a couple days of that she finally started to get the hang of it amd use them to get on the bed. But not use them to get off. But after a week of going up them and gaining confidence that the stairs were indeed NOT a death machine. She started to use them going down. Now she uses the stairs like a champ!!! She likes them. We like them. Everyone's happy😊 They were super easy to put together. Very sturdy. They aren't ugly and the carpet on the steps are velcroed on so you can remove them to wash while the rest is hard plastic easy to wipe down. So if you are looking to get some stairs for your cat or dog. I recommend these. If you have a pet who is stubborn or scared of everything like my dog is and are afraid they won't use them. Just be patient and persistent and they will get the hang of using them.