My old 14 and counting beagle/whatever hound is developing some problems whereby he needs to go out for a call of nature several times a night so we are thinking about a doggie door in our sliding door to the deck. They make them but looking at what's offered they just won't work right for our old boy if the opening is big enough the rise is too high. Did any of you ever have to make something to go in a sliding door opening and if you did, how did you do it and how did it work?
Doggie Door
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Don Wade
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First rule of living in the country is dont let the skunk in
edicehouse
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We went to friends in Nags Head a few weeks ago, and my 3 year old kept climbing in and out of it. We knew she was cuz we hear laughing and kids bolting.
GoodTurns
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I have seen them made from as simple as a 1x plank with the doggie door cut out and a slider lock set (about $30) installed in either side of the board to lock into the existing hardware. upside is easy install and removal, downside is some loss of security...simple and effective if you are in a safe enough area.
Alzey
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I have seen ones that are locked and the dog wears a special collar that unlocks the door when they get near it.
Those that I've been able to find won't work...the ones with a large enough opening have an 8 or 9 inch rise and his hips are crippled up now and he couldn't step over them.
I live in the suburbs --- but we have the same rule....
btw my daughter and son-in-law did have the skunk get in (under actually) and they had a terrible job to get rid of the smell - it must have gotten disturbed and sprayed something because their house was unliveable for at least two weeks and smelled for another couple of months.
We're safe enough here, a couple of car breakin's now and then but no houses have been entered. That does sound something like I had in mind. We have glass sliding doors which offer no security at all if someone wants to get in. I think it might take me 10 or 15 seconds to defeat those doors if I was serious about getting in.
Mike of the North
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Thanks...that is something like what I'm thinking about....
TellicoTurning
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Or the Raccoon... they'll come in and shop around in the kitchen for supper... DAMHIKT..
Charlie_W
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One of the folks in out neighborhood had a thief come in through the doggie door and steal their purse, wallet, cell phones and keys which were on the kitchen counter. The dogs were upstairs in the master bedroom under the influence of their night medicine and did not hear a thing. I don't think we could sleep at night knowing a dog door was accessible.
Wouldn't get a heck-of-a-lot at my house, my wallet is in my bed room with me, my wife's purse is locked in the trunk of her car, my cell phone can only be supplied with minutes by me and if it is stolen I can have it shut off and my keys are in the truck in the garage. To top that my young dog would hear them and would wake up barking and that does wake me and my wife up....not that I would shoot them but I can call 911 from my bedroom.
KnB Polymers
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What's in the middle for the dog to push to go through?