If you’re a dog owner and you have several dogs, most likely you have looked into doggie doors for your home. Still, despite being experienced dog owners, you could still face some problems that have to do with your doggie doors. It never hurts to learn something new about what you may already know - here’s a list of those problems, so you can plan ahead in case you’re buying a new dog door.

Sometimes one forgets to lock the doggy door. Although the goal of having a doggie door is so that you don’t have to keep getting up to let the dog in or out, it is possible to be too lax about this. If you had a hard day and forgot to lock the doggie door, your dog could be in danger when it goes out at night. The reverse can also be a problem - when you lock the dog door and you forgot to check whether the dog is actually back inside safely. You’ll end up locking your pet out.

Automatic dog door problems. Automatic dog doors open and close when it senses a device nearby, one that is installed in a dog collar your dog is to wear. That way only your dog can get in and out. This is well and good, but when the batteries on the collar run out and the dog is outside, that’s a problem. Your dog may not be able to get back inside and be safe there. If your room is far from the doggie door, you might not hear the barks and cries. That’s a discomfort you want to spare your dog from. There’s also that embarrassing situation when your dog brings home a friend. How can this happen? The friend-dog walks into the door closely following your dog.

The height of the dog door. Should you have a small, toy dog or a few medium-sized dogs, that means bigger dogs won’t be able to get inside - if you get the right size. The thing is, dogs are a resourceful bunch - they can squeeze their way in through openings. That problem extends when the dog grows in size. But if the dog door’s height remained the same despite the growth spurt, you can imagine the consequences. You could have an inconvenienced dog that may have eventual injuries because of the dog door height it is forced to contend with.

Loss of heat or cold. Should you have a few dogs, that means a lot of comings and goings, or various times a “window” is left open for a few seconds. For dog owners whose residence is in cold climate areas, the heat loss can find its way into their monthly energy bills. It’s the same problem when you live in an air-conditioned house. Consider the leakage and its consequences for you, and not just the convenience afforded by the dog door.

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