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Electronic Dog Doors
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Does anyone know of a company that makes nice looking electronic dog doors? I've seen the plastic, white PetSafe ones but I think they're hideous.
Re: Electronic Dog Doors
Why do you need a dog door? Nobody here is going to advocate for allowing your dog outside unattended when you're home, its dangerous for your dog.
I need to find Karen. She has a photo where a raccoon came in through the dog door, the dog killed it inside the house, and the person's house was COVERED in blood. We've never had one...when I was little our contractor locked himself out of the house and got back in through the dog door. I'd be worried someone could break in through anything my dog could fit out of.
Ditto Kellbell.
I get that it's unlikely for a random wild animal to get in through an electronic (ie, locked unless it gets a signal from a tag on your dog's collar?) dog door, but stranger things have happened. You also can't monitor your dog going outside when you're not home, and that can lead to a whole other host of dangers or negative behaviors (digging when you're not around to correct, for example, or learning to jump fences?).
Also, reselling a house with a dog door is dicey business. Most people are unlikely to want one, so you'd have the expense of replacing the door you put it in.
Keep your doggie safe and your sanity intact by just letting him/her in and out yourselves. You can keep tabs, monitor potty breaks (thereby knowing if something is "off" and catching an illness early), and maintain that you're in charge.
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If you problem is that the dog can't hold it, get a dog walker.
you left out the part that the raccoon later tested positive for rabies. ewwww...
I echo everyone else's sentiment on no dog door, not even an electronic one. what if there is a glitch and your dog gets stuck outside and something happens?
OMFG I somehow missed that part. But not the part where the lab made the owners cut off the head to send it in.
It is half insanely nasty and half insanely funny. Maybe the OP will come up with something better once she puts her dog door in.
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