I just wanted to say that we also have a doggie door. However, we got the one for cats, because it was the smallest one we could find and it is a hard plastic vs the soft plastic that the real doggie doors have. We got ours at Lowes. I wanted the hard plastic, because I felt it had a better air lock value to it. I wanted to minimize the amount of air that was coming thru it for winter and summer purposes and to cut down on heating and air conditioning expenses.
We have the door at the bottom of our storm door (my husband put it in). Millie is 4.5 lbs, and will probably not get bigger than 5 lbs and this door is perfect for her size. We leave the door open all day long so she has access to the doggie door. We do leave her on her own to roam the house when we are not there, including when we are at work.
Besides the potty factor, the other thing you need to take into consideration about leaving your puppy free roaming privledges, is will they get into trouble or find trouble to get into when you are not there. (ie: chewing on things they are not supposed to, getting into things like Toilet Paper, or other things due to boredom). Millies has the type of personality that she does not do this kind of thing, so we do trust her more. |