Best wishes to you and hoping for Jake's recovery. In spite of your unfortunate happening, I'll take this opportunity to post about stair treads. I just bought these at Kohl's, had never seen them before, although mom in NY says, "oh yeah, yup, yup." Well in PA it takes time (vbg). OF NOTE -- I just plopped one down on a step as soon as I got home, and I will say they do scutch around. I am planning on nailing mine down, or else dog/us will maybe slip anyway. I checked the link but if it doesn't work, it's Mohawk Home Matrix Lattice Stair Tread. Probably Lowes, Target . . . http://www.kohls.com/upgrade/webstore/product_page.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id?5524892623788&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id%34374752620959&searchTerm=stair+tread&bmUID86294290470 Jodi Distilli www.dinovagsd.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================