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Over in Boulder, Colorado, it’s currently pretty snowy and icy. Which makes it a little difficult for elderly residents, like Tashi the 14-year-old labrador, to get around.

Local postman Jeff Kramer says hello to Tashi each day on his mail route, and noticed that the labrador was struggling to get up the stairs to his home.

Jeff had seen this issue before. His dog, Odie, had also found stairs tricky in his old age, so Jeff made him a special wooden ramp to make climbing up to the house a little easier.




When Odie passed away, the ramp went unused.

So Jeff decided to offer Tashi’s family the wood so that they could make a ramp of their own.

When Tashi’s family weren’t able to get around to putting the ramp up, Jeff used his day off to install the ramp for them, putting it in place for Tashi to use whenever he needs.

Tashi’s now able to walk up and down the ramp to get out of the house.

Which is great for Tashi, but also brilliant for his owners, who no longer have to lift him up and down the stairs.

May we all be lucky enough to have neighbours and postmen like Jeff.

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