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Pet dog and cat owners. Do you have a "pet door"?

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Contributor: mmmmm mmmmm
I don't have one
11/11/2012
Contributor: MidnightStorm MidnightStorm
No pet doors! Our animals are always and will always be inside animals, so if we have a dog that needs let out we just let him out.
11/11/2012
Contributor: Bethy Cassatt Bethy Cassatt
I have a cat door for my bedroom door. So the cat can come and go freely without disturbing me while I sleep, eat, have sex, etc.
11/11/2012
Contributor: haley730 haley730
Its best that I don't have a pet door. My dogs always bark at the neighbors dog.
11/11/2012
Contributor: NorthBayLady NorthBayLady
I don't have a pet door. My dog sleeps outside, because he is a husky and my cats are indoor cats. We live close to the main street, we don't want them getting out and getting hit by some idiot driving too fast
11/11/2012
Contributor: AmethystSmoke AmethystSmoke
We've had a dog door for the last 15+ years and will never be without one again. Even now, in a rural setting, we have yet to have anything other than our dogs come through despite the door being large enough to accommodate a medium-sized human.

It's nice that my dogs can come and go as they please when we're not home.
11/11/2012
Contributor: Winifred Winifred
I think pet doors are a really great idea so dogs/cats can be independent about what they want to do.
11/11/2012
Contributor: indiglo indiglo
Don't have a pet door and don't want one. Aside from the security issues, I prefer knowing where my pets are and controlling where they are. I personally would not be comfortable with my pets letting themselves in or out as they please for a couple of reasons. First, safety concerns for my pets and secondly because I'm the pack leader and I decide who goes out/in and when. Me controlling those things just reinforces our bond as a pack and my position in it, making life in other areas that much simpler.

I do a lot of pet sitting, and I've found that dogs who normally use a pet door to go in and out do not listen/mind/obey as well as dogs who are used to being let in and out by a human.

But, your mileage may vary, and all that!
11/11/2012
Contributor: DomonCoshu DomonCoshu
I would love one, but I don't think my dog could figure it out. We already just try to leave the back door open and he is afraid to go into the back yard as it is.
11/11/2012
Contributor: Rossie Rossie
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Originally posted by indiglo
Don't have a pet door and don't want one. Aside from the security issues, I prefer knowing where my pets are and controlling where they are. I personally would not be comfortable with my pets letting themselves in or out as they please for ... more
No one can sum it up better!
11/11/2012
Contributor: TWE112 TWE112
Nope never have
11/11/2012
Contributor: Sunny Meadows Sunny Meadows
I want one that opens and unlock when the dogs get closer. But now that we are moving south I have my concerns about snakes getting in. HUGE FEAR!
11/11/2012
Contributor: misskat misskat
I have inside AND outside animals and I could never have a pet door! We live out in the country in the south and no telling what would come in
01/24/2013
Contributor: EmuLove EmuLove
My kitties aren't allowed outside anymore I don't trust how people drive in my neighborhood anymore. Not after I lost one
01/24/2013
Contributor: Missmarc Missmarc
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Originally posted by Bignuf
Since we have a fenced hard, we had two "pet doors" installed for our three dogs. I cannot imagine life without these, ever again. They are so happy, coming and going as they please.
Anyone else enjoy having a dog or cat door?
No, I don' have a pet door and don't want one.
01/24/2013