Being in the country as we are now, we can't have a doggie door for Tatum. The "yard area" is fenced but has cattle guards which she can fly over. Although she doesn't run off, I don't feel safe about predators being able to get in. BUT at our old house, we had a toy poodle and he had a doggie door. Man, that thing was a godsend! When we were gone for the day, he stayed in the kitchen/breakfast room with a baby gate up at the living room entrance. When we were home, he had full run of the house and went out his door into the backyard whenever he needed to - even in the middle of the night. We had a sliding glass door in the bedroom so we had to get one made especially for that kind of door (if that's the kind of door you have, I can show you an example). It also had a sliding cover that you could close when you didn't want him to have access. It was so nice that I really never even noticed when he'd go out. We had no problem at all teaching him how to use it - and we didn't even move there and get the door until he was about 2 years old so he caught on real quick. I really miss the dog door times but it's just not possible for us now.
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