It really is a small ottoman, I should have recognized from the photo that it really is small.  My dog is taller than the ottoman, this is really a hassock, so if you need one of those, than this will do fine.  I bought this to sit in the middle of my bathroom, but there is no "sitting down" onto this ottoman, you would "fall" onto it since its so low to the floor.  Again, great product, but not for what I needed.