Skamper-Ramp is an escape ramp: a means of preventing animals and pets from drowning in a water entrapment. It is a "keep it simple stupid" solution to very major problem – preventable animal drowning – so it is a very simple-looking product. But behind that simplicity is a lot of science and testing. The science is that ALL living beings – domestic or wild; bugs, animals, or humans; colorblind or not – see at the wavelength that is the color white. As long as the Skamper-Ramp is installed so that a few inches of the "nose" (curved) end are under water and the ramp breaks the water’s surface, the animal will see it. The other end of the ramp is like a box top, and it is that "open-box-top" end that must be very snug to a vertical wall -- whether it's a pool, floating or fixed dock, walled pond, spa, stern of a boat, or water troughs in pastures and remote ranchland -- in order to provide the rigidity and stability for an animal to "skamper" out on the ramp.
 

We suggest that the original Skamper-Ramp, SKR1, be used for animals up to 45 lbs - Ideally the SKR1 ramp is designed for smaller pets and/or critters that can’t possibly pull themselves out.

The SKR2 is the version for larger dogs, most docks and many boats. The Skamper-Ramp Big Dog™ version (SKR2) helps when there is a greater distance to the water or the animal is larger, although the ramp is light and supports weight because the water is under it. The increased length of the Big Dog version allows larger animals, more shoulder to hip length. 

Skamper-Ramp 1 assembled - 25” x 13” x 5”
Skamper-Ramp 2 assembled - 39" x 13" x 5"

The Skamper Ramp is made from hi-tech, white, box-extruded, recyclable, chemical- and UV-resistant, polypropylene ramp with nylon wing strips, nylon rope, nylon fasteners, and non-rusting D-ring-clips for attaching.  It is light and easily transportable.  Both the SK1 and SK2 weigh just a few pounds.
 

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