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03-23-2015, 11:51 PM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker | indoor dog doors? so, my fam has 'personal space issues' ..... meaning my room is my room! stay out! ...... but if i leave my door open that seems to mean it's no longer 'my space' its 'hey i wanna play with your hedgehog, or i needed to borrow your paint- or here i thought i'd wash your bedding while you were at work' (for the record it actually means' i didn't close my door and you guys shouldn't have been in there) so anyway to the point so home or not i usually keep my door closed.- if the door is closed they respect my space. so my problem is, when my baby is finally ready to be home, my space will also become her space. i want it to be her comfort zone (also where her bed and kennel will be kept for her comfort until bedtime habits have been trained) and i know that i wont always be there when she wants to go in to open the door for her. so i was thinking of maybe putting one of those cheap plastic dog doors that you can get at Walmart and installing it in my bedroom door. that way she can come and go when she wants weather the door is open or not- and can be locked when its time for bed or when i don't want her in there unsupervised . and yes, this dog door will only be used indoors, not to the outside. . with as many large prey birds around and how easily the dogs could hurt themselves i'd never let them be outside unsupervised . so yeah? good idea? bad idea? tips? you think she'd take to it? Last edited by Tardis yorkie13; 03-23-2015 at 11:54 PM. |
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03-24-2015, 03:48 AM | #2 |
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| Welcome to YT. If you start her off early, train her from the very beginning to use the doggie dog, I think it's a clever idea.
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03-24-2015, 07:02 AM | #3 |
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| I think it's a great idea and that's very thoughtful of you. |
03-24-2015, 08:13 AM | #4 |
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| I actually was going to do the same thing for my indoor cat. When I moved into my house, there was a door on the first floor that I wanted to keep locked and closed at night for safety. (mainly because I was a city girl moving to a rural area and I was not used to the area...basically it scared the crapped out of me to be in the woods at night by myself). I had put the cat's litter box in the laundry just because it was the perfect place for it. So yes it is a great idea. I would do it again in a heartbeat. |
03-24-2015, 08:25 AM | #5 |
YT 1000 Club Member | I think it's a good idea, but these pups can find trouble in the most unlikely places so I don't know if I'd be too comfortable leaving it unlocked while unsupervised. Also, is your room located upstairs/downstairs? If upstairs do you have a balcony with railing (or steps) she could fall through? If you start her young I think she'll get used to using it |
03-24-2015, 09:17 AM | #6 |
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| I have a doggy door on my bedroom door. Callie loves it because I have bad anxiety and depression so if I have to lay down she can come in and check on me or when I'm getting dressed. My room is at the end of a hallway which also has my bathroom and my office so at night I use a baby gate to block off the entrance to the hallway.
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03-24-2015, 11:26 AM | #7 | |
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the building is all one floor and she would not have access to the outside porch - and im always super paranoid about pets hurting themselves. i think it comes from always having lots of small kids around so 'baby proofing ' is almost as natural to me as breathing sometimes my friends will laugh because i do it at their houses without even noticing either for their pets or kids :P | |
03-24-2015, 12:07 PM | #8 | |
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03-24-2015, 02:54 PM | #9 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| I think the doggy door will be better and come more I to play after the pup is potty trained because before that your not going to want the pup to have full run of the house.
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03-24-2015, 05:57 PM | #10 | |
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im actually designing a tardias dog house for my puppy i love that iv found so many other fans on here | |
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