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Post by greybeagle on Apr 3, 2015 7:32:33 GMT -5
Does anyone here use a dog door for their Grey? We have a dog door that leads to a fully fenced yard. It was used regularly by our previous dogs (a Beagle and an Ibizan Hound) but Strider does not want to push the door open. Oh, he'll go out the dog door if we hold it open for him but will not use his head to push it open himself. Our current theories are 1. The door flap looks an awful lot like the starting gate at a track and they may have learned that you don't push on the gate, or 2. He prefers the personal service of having doors opened for him. Any thoughts or experience with this??? Thanks
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troysmom
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Post by troysmom on Apr 3, 2015 9:40:57 GMT -5
We leave the door ajar a bit sometimes to test them and see if they will push the door open more to come in. Nope, they just stand there until we fully open the door. My guys just don't get it. Actually, my first 2 grey angles didn't get it either. My dachshund on the other hand will push it open for them, he such a smart little guy.
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Post by daylight on Apr 4, 2015 11:20:54 GMT -5
These posts made me laugh. Not actually the same situation, but sometimes when I am getting ready in the morning and go from bathroom to bedroom, I unthinkingly swing the door a bit closed... perhaps 1/2 way or less. When I open it to exit, I see a forlorn looking Joker, occassionaly with Light, standing there with his head almost touching the door,...wanting to come in but waiting for the door to be opened. I have chuckled and told him I will have to get the automatic sensor doors like in retail stores.
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Post by celine87 on Apr 5, 2015 7:16:32 GMT -5
Callie will open the door (sometimes) when im in the bathroom and other times when I leave both dogs will be standing there like daylight described.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 9, 2015 15:05:37 GMT -5
I have the odd pushy one that will open the door but most of them want the full out service! Never had a doggy door! M
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Post by rubylottie14 on Apr 10, 2015 18:55:18 GMT -5
None of the 4 greyhounds I've had has ever thought to be pro active where doors are concerned. Door opening is firmly my job! My little staffie who has been with me for 11 months has worked out that she can nose the door open. She has also worked out how to get past the screen at the bottom of the stairs. Bless her.
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Post by lanlove on Apr 11, 2015 1:26:35 GMT -5
These greyhounds are funny characters...Lanny also prefers door service but he sometimes likes to rush through...he always has to be through the door before his Lab sister, even if she is standing at the door and he is across the yard when the door gets opened, the race is on to get inside and 9 times out of 10 Lanny will beat Cedar inside. He might not have been that great on the track but he sure does like to win the race to get inside, of course, only if the door is held open enough for him. He has also figured out that the door knob is what makes the door open and since it is at his nose height he has taken to bumping the knob with his nose if you don't open the door quick enough for him, leaving little wet nose prints on it. He has also tried to open the door himself a couple of times and the one door knob is chewed up from his attempt...he didn't know that he needed to unlock the dead-bolt first! I guess I shouldn't have been surprised that he could turn a door knob (I have witnessed him doing it) since he opened the door to his crate and let himself loose in the house the second day we had him home. He is a crazy beastie but I love him, chewed door knob and all. All that being said, I don't think he would ever attempt a dog-door, the noise of the flap closing behind him would probably scare him to bits and he would never use the door again. Maybe Lanny can come over and teach your pup how to turn the door knob and you won't need to use a doggy-door at all
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