Garage Door Sensor Install To High Killed My Yorkie

[For My Coby]

Oh Fozzy, I am so sorry that this horrible tragedy is what prompted your first post on Yorkie Talk. But I can guarantee that your painful posts has now saved more than one baby. Thank you and God bless you and your family.

[mypreciouspups]

I am so very sorry about this tragic accident. I guess we all need to check these censors. My heart goes out to you in your loss of your beloved baby. And thanks for your courage to alert others of what can happen here..

pooh's mum

[oopsmyhalofello]

I'm so sorry for your loss, what an awful thing to happen. Thank you so much for sharing your story with us and warning

[For My Coby]

I already posted once, but I had just had my husband read this post. He immediately went to the garage to measure. Keep in mind we just had our brand new garage door installed 2 months ago. The sensors were set at a towering TEN INCHES HIGH!!! Both my dogs and any child could have ended up under that!! He moved it himself and could only get it down to 7 inches. We measure the pups, and it should be okay now. But we'll call the garage people to see what they say. So, as you read this, don't "assume" yours is okay. Please go measure!!

I don't know if Fozzy will return to YT after this warning, but we never would have dreamed of measuring the sensors had they not posted about their tragedy.

[Patti]

I am so sorry for your tragic loss. A couple of months ago I took my Pom out the garage door to get the mail and completely forgot she was out there and I started to shut the garage door and my husband was standing at the house door and said wait Maya is out there, just as he said that Maya entered the garage an d tripped the sensor and the door went back up. I was so paniced but thank God it worked. I usually don't take her out that way so I will not to that again. I know our sensors are low as I just knocked one off the other day and my BIL gluedit back on, but I am going to go test them just to make sure they are lined up properly. I never let the other 3 out front as they would take off, but I am still going to make sure that the sensors are no higher than 5 inches high. Thank you for this warning. My heart breaks for you.

[gardenyorkies]

I'm sorry for your loss...Thank you so much for making us all aware of this danger!

[LunasMomma]

I'm so sorry What a horrible thing to happen, as it was so preventable. My condolences to your family

Thank you so much for sharing that info about the garage doors, I'm going to have my hubby check ours out first thing tomorrow. This post will probably save at least one little life

[Little Bit]

I am so sorry! What a terrible accident!

[yorkiesmiles]

Thank you for sharing your heartbreaking story. I am so sorry for your loss. I would pursue the issue of liability of the contractor or installer, because their carelessness should not be repeated. I would also alert the local media to tell your story so you can reach a wide audience and those who have used the same installer would be notified of the danger possibly at their own home.

I live in a house over a 110 yrs old, with a very old garage, so I do not have an automatic door, but I was just visiting my parents & refused to let the dogs out of the car when they pulled in the garage until the garage door was all the way down. My mother scoffed at me, but I said I was not taking my chances with a 3 1/4 lber and a 4 1/2 lber. I'm not sure how tall they are.

I will be emailing your story to others to scream out the warning, And that added on the thread by others.

I hope you will stay around YT

[kathrynS]

So sorry for your loss.

[Cathi]

for this information that you provided to us. We are talk about getting a garage door opener someday. Now we are thinking twice about one. We send are condolence to you and your family.

[MaxwellHouse]

So very sorry for your tragedy -- it looks like your thoughtfulness in sharing your loss may help save other people from having it happen to them. If we know any garage door installers, like one of the YTers above, we should also share it with them.

[Bizzymammabee]

Originally Posted by Fozzy

Hello,
I'm writing this to alert other pet owners. My twelve year old, five-pound Yorkshire Terrier was crushed/killed by our electric garage door.
My Yorkie tried to exit the garage and was not detected by the two side sensor beams that were mounted too high and the reverse sensor was set with too high so it just continued to close until the door was completely shut. This killed my baby.
I hired a licensed Contractor to install a new garage door and the contractor sent a worker to our home that didn't install the garage door according the State law. There is a State law regarding garage doors because too many children have been killed or injured by garage doors.
The two sensors (positioned on each side of the door frame) should of been installed at five inches in height from the floor and the reversed sensor for the garage door was set to high so the sensor never reversed when it came in contact with my Yorkie.
I contacted the licensed contractor who came and fixed the improperly installed garage door but he took no responsibility for my Yorkie’s death.

If you have a small animal, please make sure the two sensors detect your Yorkie and the reverse sensor on the garage is set to reverse as soon as it touches an object (like your hand).

My family is totally heart broken over the loss of our child (we called him our baby). I hope to prevent this type of tragedy from happening to anyone else.

I am so sorry for your loss. Believe me when I say I know how you feel.

[Baby Madeleine]

Oh, how terrible! I am so sorry this happened!

[charly]

I am sorry to hear about your tragic loss. I would certainly continue to pursue the irresponsible actions of the contractor. It could have been a child who was hurt and they would give the same response; thats not accecptable.