Archive for the ‘Pet Gates’ Category
How Does Your Dog React To Strangers? – Part 1
When you get a new dog, whether it is an adult dog from a shelter, or a new puppy, getting acquainted with your pet is an important first step. With a new puppy, teaching a puppy good manners at a young age will go a long way toward establishing a lasting relationship with your dog.
If you have gotten an adult dog, learning his habits and traits is paramount. Does he have good house manners? Is he house trained? Is he a counter surfer? Does he chew furniture? Does he bark at every noise? These are some of the things you must learn and work on from the day you get your dog.
The one thing you must learn that is of most importance is How Does Your Dog React To Strangers? What is going to happen when family and friends show up to see your new Dog? How are you going to handle it when he runs to the door when the doorbell rings? Is he going to jump on them tail wagging? Or is he going to snap and growl? Putting you dog in a restricted are of the house, behind a Pet Gate
is a good way to eliminate any unwanted surprises until introductions have been made.
What’s Your Dog Doing When Your Not Home? – Part 5
Does you dog have a favorite room in the house? Mine does. It’s the kitchen. When in the kitchen counter surfing is his favorite game. Unless it’s meal time and he’s being fed his dinner.
Any other time is snack time. When mommy is cooking he sits beside her waiting for something to drop. And when she’s not around he helps himself.
Training you dog kitchen manners is not difficult but takes time. Until he is trained Pet safety gates are used to confine our pet to certain areas of the home, or to keep them from restricted areas where they might be in danger or where mommy just doesn’t want them to go, such as bathrooms and the kitchen.
Pet Gates are Designed especially for wide doorways or hallways, they are stylish and features side extensions that you can adjust to fit a 36″ to 60″-wide space (expands to 36″, 48″ or 60″, plus/minus one inch). The latched door lets you go in or out easily…so you don’t have to take the extended pet gate down or perform acrobatics to get over it!
Keeping Puppies out of Trouble
To ensure your new puppy doesn’t get into trouble in your home, you will want to take a few preventative measures. Ensure that nothing you don’t want chewed is on the floor near the puppy. This can include shoes, clothing, and wires. Puppies will learn not to chew things over time, but in the beginning, they will put their mouths on everything. In addition to keeping things off the floor, you may want to block off certain areas of the home with a pet gate, such as bedrooms, or stairs. You will also want to keep your puppy ideally in a location where you can wipe pee off the floor with ease.
Giving your puppy lots of attention will also assist in keeping them out of trouble, as puppies tend to get into trouble when they become bored.
Teaching Your Dog Some Manners – Part 2
Does your dog run to the door when the door bell rings? Does he lunge thru a Pet Gate,
which is keeping him in a certain area of the house? Teaching him to “wait” is a good way to prevent him from going where he is not suppose to until he is told he may do so.
The “wait” command is a low level stay command. With the “Stay” Command, the dog is frozen in place and cannot move until another formal command is given. With the “Wait” command the dog is free to move around as long he doesn’t move forward in the direction he was headed.
If you are opening a gate and the dog heads toward it, tell him to wait. As he moves forward, slam the gate shut until it bops him in the nose. Repeat the “Wait” command, and open the gate. If he lunges forward, bop his nose again. It won’t take very many repetitions until he realizes he needs to wait until he is invited to pass thru the gate. The same exercise can be used at a door, and is a good way to keep your dog from lunging at unsuspecting visitors who may be at the door. Each training session should not last more than 15 min.
Pet Gates Should Restrict Pets Not People
Pet gates 
are used to confine our pet to certain areas of the home, or to keep them from restricted areas where they might be in danger or where mommy just doesn’t want them to go, such as bathrooms and the kitchen. Pet gates can be a better alternative to simply closing a door to restrict or confine your Pet.
Pet gates that open are an ideal way to keep your pet out of restricted areas, while still making it easy for you to go from room to room. Many pet gates are also portable, allowing you to easily move the gate to fit your needs, such as gating the dog in a room with you while you watch a movie.
Select a gate, keep in mind your specific needs as well as the size of your dog. The width of the gates are adjustable while the height is usually not. Select a gate tall enough that your dog cannot bunny hop over it. Pet gates are designed especially for wide doorways or hallways, they feature side extensions that you can adjust to fit your needs. The latched door lets you go in or out easily…so you don’t have to take the extended pet gate down or perform acrobatics to get over it!
Most pet gates are extremely easy to install. Some gates feature pressure mounts, which require you only to fit the gate tightly inside a doorframe or room entrance. Some feature wall mounts, which require you to screw hardware to a wall or doorframe.
And finally, when choosing a gate, be sure to select one that withstands your dog’s size and behavior. Make sure that the gate cannot be tipped over/opened when your dog leans on and does not have widely spaced slats in which your dog could get his head stuck.