Indoor cat figured out doggie door

Hi. My wife has lost two cats in the last few years that just ran away and
never returned. So she is really concerned that our current indoor cat
Brittney will flee now that she has gone out the doggie door a couple of
times. We are currently locking the doggie door while she has full reign of
the house but it's getting harder and harder to juggle the dogs and her and
keep her from "escaping". Both times she just sat on the porch and let me
bring her in. Should I invest in an electronic door and just let the dogs
have "keys" or does someone have a better suggestion.?

"Tom Meter" wrote in message
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Hi. My wife has lost two cats in the last few years that just ran away and
never returned. So she is really concerned that our current indoor cat
Brittney will flee now that she has gone out the doggie door a couple of
times. We are currently locking the doggie door while she has full reign
of
the house but it's getting harder and harder to juggle the dogs and her
and
keep her from "escaping". Both times she just sat on the porch and let me
bring her in. Should I invest in an electronic door and just let the dogs
have "keys" or does someone have a better suggestion.?


Well, you could try that. From what I hear, once they figure out the doors,
it's pretty hard though. Do the dogs *have* to have free access?

Karen

"Karen" wrote in message
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"Tom Meter" wrote in message
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Hi. My wife has lost two cats in the last few years that just ran away
and
never returned. So she is really concerned that our current indoor cat
Brittney will flee now that she has gone out the doggie door a couple of
times. We are currently locking the doggie door while she has full reign
of
the house but it's getting harder and harder to juggle the dogs and her
and
keep her from "escaping". Both times she just sat on the porch and let
me
bring her in. Should I invest in an electronic door and just let the
dogs
have "keys" or does someone have a better suggestion.?


Well, you could try that. From what I hear, once they figure out the
doors,
it's pretty hard though. Do the dogs *have* to have free access?

Karen


Or, here's another thought. Can you cat proof your backyard?
www.catfencein.com


Karen

"Karen" wrote in message
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"Tom Meter" wrote in message
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Hi. My wife has lost two cats in the last few years that just ran away
and
never returned. So she is really concerned that our current indoor cat
Brittney will flee now that she has gone out the doggie door a couple of
times. We are currently locking the doggie door while she has full reign
of
the house but it's getting harder and harder to juggle the dogs and her
and
keep her from "escaping". Both times she just sat on the porch and let
me
bring her in. Should I invest in an electronic door and just let the
dogs
have "keys" or does someone have a better suggestion.?


Well, you could try that. From what I hear, once they figure out the
doors,
it's pretty hard though. Do the dogs *have* to have free access?

Karen


Or, here's another thought. Can you cat proof your backyard?
www.catfencein.com


Karen

On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 21:13:46 GMT, "Tom Meter"
wrote:

Hi. My wife has lost two cats in the last few years that just ran away and
never returned. So she is really concerned that our current indoor cat
Brittney will flee now that she has gone out the doggie door a couple of
times. We are currently locking the doggie door while she has full reign of
the house but it's getting harder and harder to juggle the dogs and her and
keep her from "escaping". Both times she just sat on the porch and let me
bring her in. Should I invest in an electronic door and just let the dogs
have "keys" or does someone have a better suggestion.?

A doggy door??? Never heard of that, I presume it's like an over-sized
catflap?? Must be an American thing. The electronic thing sounds best,
though I've never seen one so I couldn't comment! Presume it works
like the magnetic catflap. Or do what the Brits do - take your dog out
2 or 3 times a day supervised when it needs its poop!

A doggy door??? Never heard of that, I presume it's like an over-sized
catflap?? Must be an American thing. The electronic thing sounds best,
though I've never seen one so I couldn't comment! Presume it works
like the magnetic catflap. Or do what the Brits do - take your dog out
2 or 3 times a day supervised when it needs its poop!

People who have doggie doors also have fenced back yards. It gives the dog
access while you're gone to the outdoors. It *is* just like a big kitty door --
unfortunately, some of them are big enough for a person to crawl through, which
I always thought was kind of creepy.

Sherry

It *is* just like a big kitty door --
unfortunately, some of them are big enough for a person to crawl through,
which
I always thought was kind of creepy.

Sherry

I always figured that a person may not want to chance what KIND of dog (nice or
not!) may be on the "other side"!

That said, with indoor cats, dog doors with full access are obviously not a
good idea. "Keyed" ones don't seem to come in the larger sizes either.

There was a company that used to advertise in magazines several years ago, that
had a model called "not a cat exit". I could never get them to disclose how it
worked to not let cats in/out, and I wasn't about to spend the few hundre
dollars they wanted for the thing in order to find out! They seemed to stop
advertising it, which probably means it never worked all that well.

Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

a pet door for medium-large dogs - electronic opener.



http://thepetdoorstore.com/petdoors/...nic/index.html
Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

It *is* just like a big kitty door --
unfortunately, some of them are big enough for a person to crawl through,
which
I always thought was kind of creepy.

Sherry

I always figured that a person may not want to chance what KIND of dog (nice or
not!) may be on the "other side"!

That said, with indoor cats, dog doors with full access are obviously not a
good idea. "Keyed" ones don't seem to come in the larger sizes either.

There was a company that used to advertise in magazines several years ago, that
had a model called "not a cat exit". I could never get them to disclose how it
worked to not let cats in/out, and I wasn't about to spend the few hundre
dollars they wanted for the thing in order to find out! They seemed to stop
advertising it, which probably means it never worked all that well.

Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience

a pet door for medium-large dogs - electronic opener.



http://thepetdoorstore.com/petdoors/...nic/index.html
Janet Boss
http://bestfriendsdogobedience.com/
http://photos.yahoo.com/bestfriendsobedience