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Ok, I get it. But then, the real problem is hip problems, not so much big dogs. For any modern spiral staircase, there will be a point in the design, which should be before the outside edge, where the rise and the tread depth will have the same shape as "normal" stairs. Custom stairs might be different - as there is less design constriction. But if you bought a house with a spiral staircase that did not meet these standards, you could possibly sue the seller for a hazardous design.
Dogs have smaller feet than people, and once they get used to stairs, they should be able to handle them better than people.
But I can see all that might change if you had a dog with hip problems, or torn cruciate ligaments, (or arthritis, or etc) where they had only partial mobility in those limbs (or pain). If your dog was overweight, that could make things worse - just like in a human. In my experience, though, my dogs have never had problems with stairs - even with blown out cruciate ligaments - until walking itself became painful and difficult.
Stayed for a while in a home which had a fancy spiral as the secondary stairs. Kids and a couple of quite large dogs and a cat were tearing up and down it all day long. One of the dogs appeared to ooze up and down it. Had developed a style where he curved his body to the stairs. This was not one of those real tight ones. It was 9 or 10 feet in circumference and ended in a hot tub just below the first floor level. Glassed in.
Dogs have smaller feet than people, and once they get used to stairs, they should be able to handle them better than people.
Not if the dog is large. Dogs have long bodies and they have to maneuver their body around a tight corner. Humans are upright so it's not an issue for them. It's not the size of their feet it's their body structure that's the issue IMO.
Not if the dog is large. Dogs have long bodies and they have to maneuver their body around a tight corner. Humans are upright so it's not an issue for them. It's not the size of their feet it's their body structure that's the issue IMO.
My breed of dog can be up to 4 foot tall at the head.... They learned a spiral staircase with no issues... However- they do not bolt down the steps..
We actually found a spiral staircase slows them down as a straight staircase, they bound up the steps 3 to 5 steps at a time.... On a Spiral.. they walk down...
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