My question is how much snow do you typically get in the new location, and how the dog will cope with it?
Well it’s upstate NY so I’m sure snow will be significant. I plan to invest in a snow blower to not only to the driveway but a dog area as well during times of heavy snow fall.
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I don’t know if this little doo-dad will help or not … I just bought the back lift for my dog, who at the current moment only needs it for stairs, which fortunately we don’t have at home.
Actually he needs it to get into the car as well, but refuses any method of car entry but leaping, as he has always done. I have to be quick to scoop up his back end and boost it onto the seat. He enjoys thinking that he did it himself.
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Bless you and everyone who turns over their life to keep an animal happy. I like to think that a happy animal helps make up a teeny bit for all of the sadness and suffering in the world. 
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What kind of move are you doing ? Are you driving through remote areas where emergency vet car is limited? Are you moving to a big city ? How far are you going and how many nights are you going to spend in a hotel ? I just moved from the Arizona to Montana and ended up putting my senior kitty down when she started to have some major health issues the month before I moved . Looking back on the trip I was very relieved that I didn’t have to look for emergency vet care when I drove through remote areas with limited to no cell service and limited vet care.
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That is similar to what I had for my 85 lb boy when getting in and out of the car became challenging for both of us. It helped a ton. I had this:
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When my dogs got older, I took the frame off my bed, and put the box springs, and mattress on the floor. If you have wood floors, or LVP, it can scratch, so get a cheap rug that is the right size, and put that on the floor first. Before that, I had a big ottoman that was easier for my dog to climb up on that, and then on the bed. When the ottoman was too high, the bed frame went in the spare room.
That would be perfect! Thanks for the reference! I may be upgrading to it sometime later this year. Mine is 75 lbs.
Using that, together me & the dog could probably fake it that he leaped into the SUV all on his own. He’s still strong on his front end and over his back.
Getting out of the car as well. The SUV is high off the ground, and while he gets himself out, I have to manage his back half. This would make it much easier.
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That is exactly how we used it and it was such a blessing. He got to do his part, I got to cheat on the back end, and he was happy!
They are a little pricey but man, it was worth it!
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I see by the video that it works as a brake on the front end as well, so the dog doesn’t get spread out, leaving his back legs behind him. That could be useful. He outruns me & his back legs going up the stairs. He wants to think he is still that dog. 
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I’m laughing because I had that dog too! Yep, his brain and his back end just didn’t work together anymore!
He was such a nut. He’d never worn a harness, so he didn’t like the idea at first. But man, as soon as he figured out wearing it meant easier car rides again he was all about the harness!
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This supplement is helping a lot of dogs with arthritis and other issues:
I hope you take your old man with you. He’d rather be with you than without you. A former coworker took her older lab from NJ to AZ and he managed it well. The heat in AZ was a problem but he lasted just over a year and my friend was so glad she brought him.
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