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Dog Door - Shopping for One is Easy

If you're installing a dog door in your house, be sure to pick the right size, material, locking settings, and color for your home.

The door Size and size-cut aspects - you should measure your dog's height, weight, and shoulder fit

Dog doors come in many sizes, some can be enough to fit a range of dog heights and shoulder widths. But if you dog is a large as pony, you should get the extra large doors. Better yet, consider a custom-made door. Since the large dog doors usually already come at an extra large size, there's not much adjustment to do.

But if you got the most common one-size-range-fits-most dog door, you need to choose the size cut precisely. 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. Don't guess, go ahead and measure and check where that measurement falls under in the size cut guide. So then you only need to follow the rest of the instructions in installing the dog door.

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. Your pet might need to kneel a bit lower and crawl just to get in.

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. Now, back to that badly sized dog door - your pet could get injured when it tries to run and slam into the door, thinking it would fit. What if your dog was being chased by an enemy dog, or is running scared of an intruder? Kneeling to get through that door is a hassle.

Soft or hard flaps - your choice

With many dogs and a large place, you may have dogs that view your home as one big large playground. Use a soft flap if you have small dogs that look delicate or are old or recovering from injuries. When yours is a small house with an overeager dog that could abuse that soft flap, then a hard flap is recommended.

Security concerns - why lock settings are vital for dog doors

What a dog owner, worried about his pet, may want is some added lock settings to the dog flap. You can set it up to lock after your dog comes home at night, so the dog can't leave again. If you want to vacuum the house, for example, you can do the reverse - so your dog will be locked out when it leaves through dog door. For added security, consider an automatic dog door. Automatic dog doors unlock to let only your pet in - it uses a special collar the door can detect.
Power Pet Automatic, Electronic Doggie Door for Dogs & Cats - Installation Video

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