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Post by dad2paisley on Feb 1, 2007 12:02:49 GMT -5
There has been some discussion about this lately. What do you do to let your grey know about sliding glass doors and windows?
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Post by jiffer on Feb 1, 2007 18:41:40 GMT -5
When we had patio doors, I put stickers and such on it. I bought the Crayola Window Clings pack and made my own greyhound Clings It was fun and it looked neat. We only had one incident with the screen part... which I never would have thought of. Poor Miss Emily was visiting us and went through the screen in the screen door.
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Post by emily on Feb 3, 2007 10:44:42 GMT -5
We have shutters in the kitchen and we kept them closed at first. She could see through the louvers. Every turnout, we opened the doors and boink, she gently met the window. It took a couple of days. Now the shutters are always open during daylight. She recognizes the barrier but it doesn't stop her from leaving nose drips!
We still expect a period of adjustment when the milder weather arrives and we use the screen.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 3, 2007 22:01:11 GMT -5
I used painters masking tape on the big windows. Couple stripes of green or blue tape at about nose level for a couple of weeks. Worked wonders
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Post by ontariogreys on Feb 4, 2007 10:39:59 GMT -5
I don't have sliding glass doors after I learned Callie had went thru a window in her former home during a thunderstorm I used blinds and curtains to cover the windows so they would not be seen as escape routes just in case a severe storm blew over when I was not home.
Saddest thing I ever read was about the greyhound who had been in a home for a bit and did realize glass was solid, she was let out thru the sliding glass door but realized she had left her stuffy inside, it was laying on the floor just on the other side that she usually took out with her and turned around to go back to get it but in the mean time the door had been close, she ran head on into the door and broke her neck and died as a result.
So please remember that even though your dogs may understand the glass is solid, in a split minute of excitement they may not realize the door has been closed and the same thing could happen, there should alway be something there to let them know visually when the door has been closed.
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