r/treehouse

Howdy,

My dad and I are hoping to build an inclined climbing wall up to my nephews treehouse platform we are building him. He has a maniac of a dog who will absolutely try and get up into the treehouse when my nephew and/or his friends are up there, maybe even when he’s outside just by himself. It’s about 8.5 ft up and simply having a gate at the top won’t work, as once his dog is up there, he likely won’t be able to get down safely. He’s dead set on having a climbing wall so we are trying to figure out how to make it so that his dog can’t go up at all. He’s a pretty tall 70 lb pit bull who is quite athletic.

My google searches return some general info but nothing that really solves the problem and doesn’t create others (leaving the bottom 5 ft of the climbing wall bare doesn’t allow for 11-12 y/os to climb up).

One thing is for sure - anything we create, if it has to move into place, must be able to move back to its position by itself and not rely on my nephew remembering to put it away (As in a self-closing gate using a spring). He would forget his head if it wasn’t attached and can’t be trusted to remember to do this.

Keeping costs low is the goal as well, and thank you in advance for your suggestions!