Infrared Dog Door
If you are shopping for high quality dog doors then you must check out the infrared dog door by Staywell. Infra red dog doors are superior in every way to standard flap dog doors and even better than the standard electronic pet door.
With standard dog doors you have to worry about so many things that it is not even really worth considering. Do you really want outdoor animals making their way into your house. Think squirrels, possums, raccoons, even the dreaded skunk could find its way inside. Sure those plain dog doors have a manual locking mechanism, but what good is that? The beauty of having a dog door is so that your dog can go in and out as they please any time of day without disturbing you to open or unlock the door.
Electronic dog doors are a definite step up from the standard flap door, but they still have their drawbacks. Electric models generally have some sort of magnetic locking unlocking mechanism. The dog wears the magnetic collar and when they approach the door and get close enough, the electronic lock will unlock and safely let the dog into the door flap. This will for sure work to keep out the neighborhood critters out as the door is always locked unless your dog is within range for the door to unlock. the models of electronic dog doors are less accurate than the infrared dog door models. They also have the downside of not working on metal doors. The metal door causes too much interference with the magnetic trigger mechanism.
Now for the best of the bunch, infrared dog doors. I say the best of the bunch because it has the strengths of electronic dog doors but none of the weaknesses and plus some added bonuses. The collar attachment for an infra red dog door is the size of a normal name tag, hardly noticeable and no batteries required. The infrared dog door can also be used in a metal door. The infra red technology is not effected by the metal surroundings.
When you are looking to buy dog doors a couple of things to keep in mind. Make certain that the door you buy locks in both directions. Some door only lock inward. This is especially important if you have children that you do not want crawling out of the door. Raccoons are also a smart bunch of critters, they have been known to figure out how to lift the door outward to get in. Many times an infrared dog door has an ac cord that you can plug in, eliminating the chance that a battery might go bad. These units still accept batteries, but that is really in case of a power outage so you dog can still go outside when that happens.
Really what I am trying to tell you is that an infrared dog door is the way to go. If you are shopping right now or even just doing some preliminary research. Do yourself a favor and take a good long look at the infrared dog door before deciding on anything.
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