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does anyone know where i can get a dog flap that opens electronically as the dog gets near (i.e collar key operated) in the u.k .our new dog doesn't seem to like the idea of pushing the normal one we have fitted open but will go through the opening if we tape up the flaps .i have seen several auto ones on u.s websites but nothing over here .HELP

P.S i don't need one that just auto locks to keep out stray cats etc i need one that actually lifts as the dog approaches
 
Tell the dog to stop being such a wuss. Even my cats will push open a flap.

Put his food bowl on the other side of the door. Disinterest in using the flap will disappear quite quickly ;)
 
I only have the one wife! And I still end up serving the cat's door needs!!!
 
srichards said:
Tell the dog to stop being such a wuss. Even my cats will push open a flap.

Put his food bowl on the other side of the door. Disinterest in using the flap will disappear quite quickly ;)
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been trying for 5 weeks now its just not working ,he's a rescue dog and obviously we don't know the true history .he does seem scared of noises though
 
If he's a rescue dog they can be awkward to convince that nothing awful is going to happen to them if they hear a noise. I know my cats don't like it when the flap falls on their tail so they either slowly exit or they dive through so it shuts behind them. I wonder if the dog is bothered by the squashed tail feeling and having a flap that closes more slowly might help?
 
Incidentally...what kind of dog are we talking here?
 
I got my dog to use the flap by playing a game with it, with the door open and sitting on the floor, post his/her favourite ball through it and repeat till he/she follows it through. Unless the dog has been traumatised by someone and is actually scared of going through they'll pick up on the game quite quickly (at least mine did).
 
Me, my family, are the auto dog flap. He sits by the door if left alone in the garden, and we open it :) very easy and quick to operate. Batteries don't run out either.
 
the black fox said:
a bichon frise ruth ,stubborn as a mule
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Phew. At least it's a little 'un.
I was thinking it might be a Great Dane or something; at which point a "Dog Door" becomes, you know, a door, and you give him a key :lol:
 
We had a couple of dogs who both used the normal door handle. One was a golden lab and the other was an Irish setter. Not sure a bichon fries would manage to do it though!
 
Nod said:
We had a couple of dogs who both used the normal door handle. One was a golden lab and the other was an Irish setter. Not sure a bichon fries would manage to do it though!
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When I was in my early 20s we had a GSD who did the same thing, so we turned the door handle around so it had to be lifted.
She soon sussed that out; so we changed it to a door knob which she proceeded to learn to open with her mouth. :jawdrop:
 
Nod said:
We had a couple of dogs who both used the normal door handle. One was a golden lab and the other was an Irish setter.
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Years ago, we had cats and a dog at the same time, before the cat flap was installed,
A couple of cats (one at a time obviously) would leap up and hang on the door handle pulling it down, the dog would then nose the door open
and "every one" could come in :)
They buggers never learned to shut it behind them though :(

Latterly, when the flap was installed the cats would obviously use that,
the dog would stand next to it and keep hitting it with his nose,
(Obviously not a "key one")
knocking, until we took the hint and opened the door :D

Who said pets are stupid? Eh? :D
 
We weren't that surprised that the lab sussed both pushing the door to get out and pulling to get back in but the setter did surprise us since she was so much slighter than the lab (and they really are stoopid!) Maisie (current cat) has a flap and is perfectly capable of using it but if we're in the conservatory (90% of our home, waking time), she'll usually try looking pathetic and when that fails to get the door open, she'll start pulling the inner flap to annoy us until we weaken. Works every time! Her other trick is used after we lock the flap to keep her in at night (mainly for our peace of mind but also to reduce her predation...) She'll go into her litter tray and scrub around as if she's about to "leave a deposit" then her little face appears around the edge in hope that she'll be allowed out for the ablutions/constitutionals. When we have been taken in by this ruse, she just went out and sat on the shelves under the window sills (originally placed there for plant troughs) watching whatever cats watch as they stare into the dark so no we simply ignore her ploy. 90% of the time, the litter tray threat is a bluff so we reckon we're the winners!

Back on topic! I'm sure I've seen motorised cat flaps, including ones for large cats which I reckon would be big enough for small dogs such as bichons. Can't remember where I've seen them though - if I spot them again, I'll make a note of the make and model.
 
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