Pool Safety Ramp for Pets
According to the website Swimming Pools 101, an estimated 50,000 pets drown each year. When your dog or cat falls into the pool, it can become trapped if you aren't around to rescue it. Pool safety ramps offer a safe means of escape for any pet or wild animal that might fall into a swimming pool.
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Features
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Most pool safety ramps are made from polypropylene, a type of plastic that is durable, flexible and resistant to the chemicals often used in pools.
Installation
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Pool safety ramps are usually easy to install. The ramp attaches to a wall of the swimming pool with D-rings and extends into the water at all times.
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Function
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The ramps are created to be non-slippery by the addition of textured holes. The safest pool ramps are manufactured solely in white, because all animals can see white in the daytime and at night.
Fun Fact
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Dogs need to be taught how to use pool safety ramps, but most other animals, including cats, ferrets, possums and snakes instinctively know how to use the ramp to escape a pool.
Prevention/Solution
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In addition to pool safety ramps, pet owners with a pool should consider fencing the pool and installing alarms that sound when something disturbs the surface of the water.
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