Timmie is a 16-year-old Jack Russell Terrier and the faithful companion of graphic designer, Duncan Evans. The spirited pooch suffers from arthritis and other ailments that limit his mobility.
After Timmie took a tumble down their home’s steep stairs, Evans decided to build him a stairlift. With Christmas just around the corner, he designed the lift to look just like Santa’s sleigh!
“Timmie has to take lots of medication for his enlarged heart and problems with his lungs, so he’s not meant to do strenuous exercise,” Evans told Metro UK. “He’s quite old, and although he can get up and down ok now, I wanted to preserve his life and that little ticker of his.”
As you will see in the video, the festive stairlift is not the only impressive project the loving dog dad has undertaken on Timmie’s behalf.
Evans says it took Timmie a while to get used to his new sleigh, but after a bit of training, the clever pooch can now operate the lift all by himself.
Check out Evans’ YouTube page for video tutorials on creating your own Santa stairlift, DIY dog bed, and the fabulous cardboard mansion featured in the video – did I mention it’s modeled after Kevin’s house from Home Alone??
H/T to Metro UK
Featured Images via YouTube/Curly Kid Life
