pet gates

[bjh]

Originally Posted by KathyKelben

BJH, I never thought about the little guys going through the gate....lol. My frenchies would be fine, but Ace may be able to go through. The frenchies are desperate to get to the front door when anyone comes and will jump at whatever I have blocked the doorway with. I love the look of the freestanding gates, but not sure if they would move. I guess I could return it if it won't hold them. Thank you all.

I understand your problem. Luckily we have a screened in front porch so we have to go through two doors to get into our house. Some of my dogs are bad about door crashing. Lol, there has been a few times over the years where one would slip out as we were coming in and we would not realize it until later when the dogs would be scratching at the door because one was on the porch. It scares me to think about if we did not have the porch that the dogs would get loose and could get ran over.

Now the only issue I have is that when someone comes to the door all the dogs are going crazy wanting to see who it is so I usually ask the person at the front door to step off the porch before I open the front door to the house. It really makes me nervous answering the door to strangers since we are way out in the country.

We got really lucky about 6 months ago and found a really nice walk through gate with extentions that fit perfectly in our entrance way. When we come in our house the kitchen it to the left and the living room it to the right so we put the gate to the right as we come in the door. It has worked out great because now when we have to bring in groceries I can just close the gate and keep the dogs in the living room while we unload everything.

We have found all of our walk through gates at either Goodwill stores or at garage sales and we have paid from $5 to $10 for them. Some have bars closer together than others.

[KathyKelben]

Unfortunately, you open the front door here and you are on the street practically. I would totally panic if anyone got passed me. It seems that everyone finds the one that best suits them..lol, everyone is different.