Really? Wow. I never imagined the doggie door could harm her. I can't even dream of a scenario where it could. I will have to do some info gathering on this, thank you.
As far as them going out alone, obviously, Pippa doesn't at this point. But we have a 7 ft fence, no neighbors and are about 50 yards from the only road by our house. Not to mention, with 4 dogs, you aren't getting in the fence without them letting us know you're here and Roxie wouldn't let them in anyway. No one ever wants to go outside after dark and so we always go along and have to call them out and I do worry about owls at night. However, I don't agree with tethering them every time they go out. They love to run and play and chase the cats ( who chase them back), and bugs. They have their own chairs outside and they like to lay in the sunshine...I prefer shade, so that will never work
. I can't imagine how unhappy they would be to have a yard to play in and be unable to do so. They take their toys outside, then back in. They hide toys from each other. These are our furbabies...our children. My human boys are grown but I would have never tied them up every time they went outside. I thank you for the info and I will def check out the doggie door thing.