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Dog door recommendation

9.5K views 6 replies 4 participants last post by  myluckypenny  
#1 ·
Our puppy is 6 months old now. Could someone be kind enough to recommend a dog door for our back door that leads to a deck? I have looked up many doors online, but the ones that seem to be good are the expensive Endura and Hale pet doors. Are these doors really worth 400-500$? Or am I being too picky?

In general, the criteria I am looking are 1. Good seal to prevent draft. 2. We will not leave the dog door open at night. 3. Security would also be good( otherwise, I plan to install a storm door outside, and the main door will have dog door)

I have also looked at the electronic ones(hitecpet), but I am a bit reluctant because of the collar requirement. We are located in Little Rock, Arkansas, so it shouldn't get cold for extended periods of time.

Thanks in advance!
 
#5 · (Edited)
Thank you for your reply. I did look at a storm door with a pet door as well, but it didn't seem like an energy efficient idea. Would it be better to have the dog door in the storm door, and keep the main door open from morning to evening, ----or---- would it be better to have the storm door in the main door, and keep the storm door open from morning to evening?
Since storm doors aren't as energy efficient, keeping the main door open at all times and have only the storm door to protect from the heat/cold doesn't seem like a good idea to me. Of course, I could be wrong here :)
 
#3 ·

I've had this one for over 6 years, it's truly worth the price.