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How are you guys getting your BIG dogs into your rooftop tents?

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Struggling to figure out away to get my 90lb bahemoth up the ladder! I’m not really able to carry her. Any ideas?
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I have the Desert Armor over ladder item and my dog won't use it. The problem is you need a really really long ladder to get the angle to make it comfortable for the dog to walk down it, going up seems to be fine.

I gave up with my dog and now bring a Decathlon 2-second tent and set it up underneath the ladder.

https://www.decathlon.com/pages/2-second-easy-tent-story

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Ditto about dogs sleeping downstairs in Bronco. I am going to put together my JCR soft top roof rack and when the tent goes on, the dogs take Bronco interior on our trips.
 

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I have the Desert Armor over ladder item and my dog won't use it. The problem is you need a really really long ladder to get the angle to make it comfortable for the dog to walk down it, going up seems to be fine.

I gave up with my dog and now bring a Decathlon 2-second tent and set it up underneath the ladder.

https://www.decathlon.com/pages/2-second-easy-tent-story

Ford Bronco How are you guys getting your BIG dogs into your rooftop tents? IMG_2287

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I have a 7-1/2 foot ladder. I open it out all the way and set the end on a cooler like the pictures on the Desert Armor site. So far, I've only set it up once and tested it with my dog for about 15 minutes. He is still not confident going up, but going down is not a problem. Once we start using the tent this summer, I am confident we will get him going both up and down with little issue. I'm sure that how well this works will vary greatly depending on the dog's personality. It probably helps that we also do agility with my dog so ramps are not that big of a deal.
 
 


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