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**ggandibazz** · 10-29-2012, 10:33 PM

This would have been a bad BAD bad idea for my old boy Rowdy (R.I.P.), would not have bode well and I never would have done it, but Mason has "earned" it.

- Mason wants to be inside AND outside ... often at the same time ... all day and much of the night.
- Mason isn't an escape artist nor tries to dig out or chew his way through the fence around the "compound"
- I secured the evil lawn maintenance device Mason liked to try and destroy, with welded wire.
- For almost a year, I used an oak dowel with metal hooks and loops to hold open the back door so Mason could come and go as he pleased. But leaving the door open for hours at a time invited much fine dust inside as well as driving up the power bill.

SOoooo ... I gave Mason a pet door. He's used it now for a couple of weeks, took right to it and throughly enjoys it. He still barks at the door occasionally to come and go but mostly uses the pet door. I can always hear what's going on in the backyard, even if I can't see what's going on (yes, that does cautiously concern me).

After 6 years, Sugar is set in her ways. She still barks to be let in or out ... even if Mason has JUST gone through the pet door in front of her. I "showed" Sugar the pet door and she even went in and out while I was standing there with treats ... but otherwise, she wants nothing to do with it. So, often Mason is outside by himself as Sugar happily lounges around inside.

Since the backdoor is a glass door, I had a hella time figuring out how to install a pet door. While it doesn't look professional, it is installed to spec and functional. I did have to remove, cut and reinstall one pane of glass.

I wouldn't advise a pet door for anyone and when I had Rowdy the escape artist that "got into" Sugar a couple of times a year with little provocation or warning ... it would NEVER have worked. We'll just have to see how it goes with Mason & Sugar ... and the new neighbors that JUST moved in next door this weekend ... with 3 young children ... a trampoline and a basketball goal in their backyard (that is driving Mason nuts right now).

10-29-2012, 10:33 PM	#17
ggandibazz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	Shoot me then. I can take it This would have been a bad BAD bad idea for my old boy Rowdy (R.I.P.), would not have bode well and I never would have done it, but Mason has "earned" it. - Mason wants to be inside AND outside ... often at the same time ... all day and much of the night. - Mason isn't an escape artist nor tries to dig out or chew his way through the fence around the "compound" - I secured the evil lawn maintenance device Mason liked to try and destroy, with welded wire. - For almost a year, I used an oak dowel with metal hooks and loops to hold open the back door so Mason could come and go as he pleased. But leaving the door open for hours at a time invited much fine dust inside as well as driving up the power bill. SOoooo ... I gave Mason a pet door. He's used it now for a couple of weeks, took right to it and throughly enjoys it. He still barks at the door occasionally to come and go but mostly uses the pet door. I can always hear what's going on in the backyard, even if I can't see what's going on (yes, that does cautiously concern me). After 6 years, Sugar is set in her ways. She still barks to be let in or out ... even if Mason has JUST gone through the pet door in front of her. I "showed" Sugar the pet door and she even went in and out while I was standing there with treats ... but otherwise, she wants nothing to do with it. So, often Mason is outside by himself as Sugar happily lounges around inside. Since the backdoor is a glass door, I had a hella time figuring out how to install a pet door. While it doesn't look professional, it is installed to spec and functional. I did have to remove, cut and reinstall one pane of glass. I wouldn't advise a pet door for anyone and when I had Rowdy the escape artist that "got into" Sugar a couple of times a year with little provocation or warning ... it would NEVER have worked. We'll just have to see how it goes with Mason & Sugar ... and the new neighbors that JUST moved in next door this weekend ... with 3 young children ... a trampoline and a basketball goal in their backyard (that is driving Mason nuts right now).
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