And other pet equipment. We just put a doggie door in our backdoor. Should've do e it years ago! Not even and hour and both of our little fur babies are using it.
Doggie Doors
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We discussed the doors for years. Now the cats and dogs are so old we have a snowball's chance getting them to look at one let alone use it. Add in that our dogs are super suspicious about any change and well . . .
We had a doggie door at our other place. We also had pygmy goats that ran with the dogs in the fenced in run area. We ended up taking the door out when the goats discovered it and started chewing on things in the house. It was comical at first, seeing them come through the door. But it got old pretty quick.
I thought about putting one in.
Then I though about the uninvited animals that might use it.
I really don't want coons or skunks in the house.
We also have 2 inside cats and they would wander off and the yotes might get them.
Then I though about the uninvited animals that might use it.
I really don't want coons or skunks in the house.
We also have 2 inside cats and they would wander off and the yotes might get them.
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Our dogs have learned to open our front door cause it has one of those push down type door handles. If we can only teach them to close the door behind them would be awesome!
Backlash, we have thought the same thing about coyotes and coons and such. We don't have inside cats because of severe allergies from several family members. We do have one outside and an abundance of yotes. The first coon or possum in my house will be the last...one of us will die, probably me!
I have a cat that does that.
He figured it out pretty fast.
We have to lock our bedroom door or he will let himself in and sit on top of me.
We had a bunch of feral cats after the neighbor cat lady died.
Saw a coyote one morning and we went fro 14 to 2 in a short time.
So far my cat has managed to stay alive. He's fully clawed and doesn't mind using them. He weighs close to 20 lbs, though.
We are townies and our 3 little guys love their doggie door. They can go out to a small fenced yard and bark at the neighbors or do their business.
We've had doggie doors in our last three houses and the only unwanted critter that made use of one in twenty years was a copperhead. Despite that problem, I'd never have a house without one as long as we have dogs.
Doggie doors are they way to go when you get tired of being a doorman all day.
We just took our dog door out. We are replacing the siding and getting the place ready to sell in the next year. I MISS the stupid door and its only been 2 weeks. We have mastitis and the only animal that came in uninvited was a rooster.
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Mastitis is painful;D
Stupid tablets spell check. Mastiffs!!!! We have 2 mastiffs!!!
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I knew that but couldn't resist. Please forgive me.
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I saw your post and didn't think you were breast feeding, or even had children that young, but what do we really know about each other?!
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...what you typed: mastitis. What I saw: mastiffs. Go figure.
Had to look Mastitis up. Sounds painfully.
City boy?
Grew up on farm. Live in a town of about 10,000 (winter) now.
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I have been sick all day with the crud. . . omgoodness this just made me crack up! 
Funny thread as well.
We have a cat door. Put the litter box out on the back porch so we don't have to smell cat crud every time they poop. It's been heaven. Only problem was we had a certain cat that was a stupid ass and she decided to sit there and play with the door. She was batting it back and forth. Predictably she got her paw stuck in the door. After rescuing her, hearing her screams from the other side of the door... she never touched that cat door again. Due to her stupidity and other reasons that particular cat now lives outside.
We have a cat door. Put the litter box out on the back porch so we don't have to smell cat crud every time they poop. It's been heaven. Only problem was we had a certain cat that was a stupid ass and she decided to sit there and play with the door. She was batting it back and forth. Predictably she got her paw stuck in the door. After rescuing her, hearing her screams from the other side of the door... she never touched that cat door again. Due to her stupidity and other reasons that particular cat now lives outside.
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Got our doggie door done! On front porch with cut out piece of screen held down with fishing line leads. Closes as they come in and out. Works great. On real cold nights they stay in guest bathroom, other times when on the porch, they have a red biddy light that keeps them very warm.
My old female looks just like Old yeller. She is 17 and that is real old fro a large dog.
My old female looks just like Old yeller. She is 17 and that is real old fro a large dog.
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GaryS, you made it here. Great!
I have a dog door but it enters into a built in dog kennel under the entertainment system and there are slide gate doors on that. When we leave the house we close the kennel doors so the dogs (or uninvited guests) cannot enter the house and run rampant. When we are home we slide the kennel open and the dogs can come in. This way, the dogs have a nice heated or cooled space when we are not home. When dogs get older this setup is nice because you can lock them in the kennel at night and they can still go outside to do their business or, as some older dogs do, vomit. New house I'm building will have something similar as it has been a perfect setup over the years.
