Dog door
Lynda Oleksuk
>Does anyone have any tips on getting my door to use her
>doggie door? She'll jump through it if I hold the door
>flap open but she doesn't want to push it open with her
>head. I've tried demonstrating but all this seems to
>do is give my neighbors a good laugh.
I've not ever done this -- but they covred it on "The pet department" this
week. They recommend TWO people, one on each side. Use cookies, and start by
holding the flap open and teaching her (with cookies) to go through it. Then,
start letting the flap rest on her back as she's going through. Eventually
(over a few days) she'll figure this out. But keep using cookies to reward
her, and only GRADUALLY lower the level to which you hold the flap open.
"Wanna cookie? Nothing in life is free." -Lynda Oleksuk (akit...@bev.net)
& Edric the Wonder Mutt, Kati the world's hairiest Akita, __ /|__
Gypsy the brindle pinto pogo stick, ah, I mean Akita, / \___/ ^_/
and Battlecat & Cringer, who think all dogs are dumb \ \/ |
(oh, yeah, there might be a husband under all the hair) \ / --\ /
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Regina M. Seaner
Two tips, hope they help:
1--Prop it partially open with a stick so that she doesn't see
it as a solid barrier, and so that she gets used to pushing
with her head.
2--Do not let the dog enter or exit the house by any other door
except the flap for a week or two.
--Regina
HoudiniW
just enough for the dog to smell the treat, and coax it out. Do the same
once the dog is out. You go in, and hold a treat...It'll take only take a
few times.
Karen
down. We called them in and offered a treat and called them out and
offered a treat. No problems.... Good Luck! (2 Siberian huskies)
Karen and friends /\_/\ /\_/\
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