Excellent , seems strong and my toy poodle took right to it!, no more crying to get up and down, what a pain. She hesitated then I showed her up and down. To acquaint her, I refused to take her off bed and pointed to the stairs, kept repeating "stairs", stairs.. plus she's a smart one and figured it out quickly. Set it up last night, she's been up and down half dozen times so far. I think she REALLY LIKES the independence also, must have been a pain for her also to cry when she wanted up or down...