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Posted by admin | Posted in Uncategorized | Posted on 18-02-2012

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Dog Door – Size Guide, Locking Settings, And Other Tips

If want to install a dog door inside your home, you need to choose the appropriate size, locking settings, material, and color that suits your home.

Size cut is important – you want your dog to be comfortable when passing through the dog door

Dog doors come in many sizes, some can be enough to fit a range of dog heights and shoulder widths. Is your dog as big as a small horse – then consider getting large dog doors for your pet. Better yet, consider a custom-made door. Large and very large dog doors often come in a size of their own, so there’s often no problem with shoulder width right there.

If you don’t have a big, big dog then you’ll be looking at the common size range of dog doors, one that offers at least three size categories in the size cut guide – small, medium, and large. This means you need to measure your dog’s height (from foot to head while it’s standing on all fours) and the width of its shoulders. A majority of dog doors are sold with or comes with size cut guides that list weight range, height, and shoulder width. Carefully measure your pet’s dimensions and then simply follow the size cut guide.

There’s probably no one who knows your pet better than you do, but just to be on the safe size, if you make a mistake and choose a smaller cut size of the dog door for your pet, you could end up inconveniencing your dog. When your dog kneels and crawls just so it would fit through the dog door, that’s sign something went wrong with the installation.

You may already know this, but some pets tend to muscle their way through pet doors. Quick entrances and exits like this are common when dogs are at play. That’s when the smaller sized dog door comes into play – your dog could get injured or at least hurt when it forces itself through that ill-fitting dog door. Even if it can fit, with some effort, that’s bad – what if it was being pursued by another animal?

Choose from hard or soft flaps

When you own a multitude of dogs and have a fenced backyard or garden, then your pets may have a play-run route around and even through your home. Use a soft flap if you have small dogs that look delicate or are old or recovering from injuries. If you have a small house and a rowdy dog that might abuse a soft flap, a hard flap is suited for him.

Security matters – choose a dog door with lock settings

What a dog owner, worried about his pet, may want is some added lock settings to the dog flap. For example, you can set it to lock once your pets come back indoors after evening play. Or you can do the reverse if you shoo them away because you’re vacuuming the house. You should think about getting an automatic door if you’re still worried about forced entry of other animals. Your pet will be allowed to pass through the door since it unlocks in response only to your pet.

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