Doggie Doors - When Getting The Right One Is Half The Problem

If you're a dog owner and you have several dogs

, most likely you have looked into doggie doors for your home. Despite being dog owners for some time, you may still face (or are still facing) some problems with dog doors. If you're shopping or know someone who's shopping for doggy doors, here's a list of problems related to that (it's always prudent to know them).

Sometimes one forgets to lock the doggy door. The aim of having a dog door is to forget about those annoying moments of having to get up just to let the dog in and out - that's fine and good - but this can have a backlash. Say you had to shoulder some extra work in the office, and stayed well after quitting time, that means your dog can still roam free (no one will safely lock the dog door when the dog goes back home from his adventures). In the same vein, should you come home tired, you may out of instinct lock the door anyway, forgetting to check if your dog made it home at all. Locking your pet out is the outcome.

Automatic dog door problems. Automatic dog doors open and close when it senses a device nearby, one that is installed in a dog collar your dog is to wear. That way only your dog can get in and out. But the batteries on the dog's collar may run out while the dog is outside the house. It may not be able o get back inside. If your room is far from the doggie door, you might not hear the barks and cries. Poor dog. Also, there are cases involving automatic doors where the collared dog brings home a friend-dog. The friend-dog walks into the door immediately after the collared-dog, so they both get in.

Dog door height. If you own a toy dog or several medium dogs, that already reduces the chances of other larger dogs (not yours) getting inside. Dogs are resourceful creatures, and can squeeze through openings as long as they crouch and crawl though. The same goes for dogs that have grown in size. But then the dog doors' size has been left behind. The outcome could range from a slight inconvenience for dogs who use the doors, to injuries the dog could get being forced to use a door it has outgrown.

Lack of insulation - loss of heat or cold. Should you have a few dogs, that means a lot of comings and goings, or various times a "window" is left open for a few seconds. If you reside in a place where it's cold most of the year, that heat loss can compound into a lot in your energy bill. The same problem is found with owner who live in air-conditioned housing. Consider the leakage and its consequences for you, and not just the convenience afforded by the dog door.

by: Mary Victoria

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