The Answer To Pet Nuisance: The Pet Door
When your newly adopted dog comes to “ask” you to open the door for it, you might find it funny or even cute, but after a few weeks of this, it becomes tiresome and irritating. If you start to feel like you’ve become your dog’s personal doorman, it’s time to install a pet door and train your dog how to use it.
Buying a Pet Door
You do not have to spend a lot of money to install a pet door at home. There are plenty of affordable and easy to install pet doors available in the market today. Before you get a door that your pet will use, you have to take measurements of the body of your pet. Once you have the correct measurements, you may start hunting for pet doors either online or offline. In the end, getting the pet door from an online store is more comfortable than going to a physical store or a shopping mall. Shopping online will not only help you save energy, it can also help you save some money especially if you use a price comparison shopping tool. Price comparison tools can help you find the cheapest prices online.
You should always try to get a model that you can install yourself. This will save you from having to hire someone to install the pet door.
How to Install It
You can install a pet door yourself relatively easily, even if you aren’t very good at carpentry. To install the door correctly, measure your pet from the floor to the lowest part of its body. The bottom of your door should be at 2 inches lower than the lowest part of your pet’s body and the width of your door should be at least three inches bigger than the widest part of your pet’s body. If you have a young pet, keep in mind that you may need to expand the measurements of the pet door after some time.
Train Your Pet To Use The Door
After the pet door has been installed, you should start training your pet to use it immediately. Take your dog or cat, place it in front of the door, open the door with the hand and hold it, and then gently push the pet through the door. With some repetition, your pet will eventually start to use the door on its own and won’t “ask” you to let it out anymore.
