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Old October 6th 03, 03:56 AM
JohnS
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I have a 6 year old rescued Shiz Tzu Male. Installed a doggie door for him
and he is terrified of it. Part of the problem (I think) is he as only one
eye and no depth perseption. Anyway, any ideas?

TIA,

JohnS
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Old October 7th 03, 01:54 AM
Julia Altshuler
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I'm not speaking from experience here unless my friend telling me how
she taught her cat to use her cat door counts.

I'd say first to make sure the door swings freely so your dog isn't
bumping his head to get it to open. Sometimes dogs are afraid because
they've been hurt. They're not stupid.

Then I'd say to enlist the help of a friend. Put your dog on a leash.
One of you gets on one side of the door and the other on the other side.
Both of you coo encouragement, as your dog is gently pulled through
with the leash. You go back and forth a few times with loads of praise
and good wishes on both sides.

Is it possible that your dog isn't terrified, just has no desire to use
the door? He might be happy where he is.

--Lia

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JohnS wrote:
I have a 6 year old rescued Shiz Tzu Male. Installed a doggie door for him
and he is terrified of it. Part of the problem (I think) is he as only one
eye and no depth perseption. Anyway, any ideas?

TIA,

JohnS


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Old October 7th 03, 01:54 AM
Julia Altshuler
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I'm not speaking from experience here unless my friend telling me how
she taught her cat to use her cat door counts.

I'd say first to make sure the door swings freely so your dog isn't
bumping his head to get it to open. Sometimes dogs are afraid because
they've been hurt. They're not stupid.

Then I'd say to enlist the help of a friend. Put your dog on a leash.
One of you gets on one side of the door and the other on the other side.
Both of you coo encouragement, as your dog is gently pulled through
with the leash. You go back and forth a few times with loads of praise
and good wishes on both sides.

Is it possible that your dog isn't terrified, just has no desire to use
the door? He might be happy where he is.

--Lia

This message will invariably be followed by a vicious one from our
resident loon. Please ignore him. Usually new people feel it necessary
to answer his posts. I'm trying to save time.


JohnS wrote:
I have a 6 year old rescued Shiz Tzu Male. Installed a doggie door for him
and he is terrified of it. Part of the problem (I think) is he as only one
eye and no depth perseption. Anyway, any ideas?

TIA,

JohnS


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Old October 7th 03, 01:54 AM
Julia Altshuler
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I'm not speaking from experience here unless my friend telling me how
she taught her cat to use her cat door counts.

I'd say first to make sure the door swings freely so your dog isn't
bumping his head to get it to open. Sometimes dogs are afraid because
they've been hurt. They're not stupid.

Then I'd say to enlist the help of a friend. Put your dog on a leash.
One of you gets on one side of the door and the other on the other side.
Both of you coo encouragement, as your dog is gently pulled through
with the leash. You go back and forth a few times with loads of praise
and good wishes on both sides.

Is it possible that your dog isn't terrified, just has no desire to use
the door? He might be happy where he is.

--Lia

This message will invariably be followed by a vicious one from our
resident loon. Please ignore him. Usually new people feel it necessary
to answer his posts. I'm trying to save time.


JohnS wrote:
I have a 6 year old rescued Shiz Tzu Male. Installed a doggie door for him
and he is terrified of it. Part of the problem (I think) is he as only one
eye and no depth perseption. Anyway, any ideas?

TIA,

JohnS


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Old October 7th 03, 04:13 AM
Susan Fraser
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Sham had a hard time with our dog door. Best I could guess, SheBop must've gone
through it at warp speed and the recoil smacked Shammie in the snout. Whatever,
Sham didn't even want to go near it.

So we propped it open and put up with misquotoes for awhile until she was using
the 'hole' with no problem. (Even so in the beginning, we had to lure her
through with treats;-)

Then we hung a light towel over the hole, just so a bit of it touched her back,
then a bit longer, then covering it entirely so that she had to nose her way
thru it.

Then we hung some clear plastic stuff we got from an upholstry shop, and
frankly, we stopped there. The dog door is off a screen porch, so it doesn't
need to be secure or anything, so that works fine for us.

HTH!



Susan Fraser, owned and trained by
Boog and his Bitches, Shammie and SheBop
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/chinchuba/AuH2OK9s/
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Old October 7th 03, 04:13 AM
Susan Fraser
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Sham had a hard time with our dog door. Best I could guess, SheBop must've gone
through it at warp speed and the recoil smacked Shammie in the snout. Whatever,
Sham didn't even want to go near it.

So we propped it open and put up with misquotoes for awhile until she was using
the 'hole' with no problem. (Even so in the beginning, we had to lure her
through with treats;-)

Then we hung a light towel over the hole, just so a bit of it touched her back,
then a bit longer, then covering it entirely so that she had to nose her way
thru it.

Then we hung some clear plastic stuff we got from an upholstry shop, and
frankly, we stopped there. The dog door is off a screen porch, so it doesn't
need to be secure or anything, so that works fine for us.

HTH!



Susan Fraser, owned and trained by
Boog and his Bitches, Shammie and SheBop
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/chinchuba/AuH2OK9s/
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Old October 7th 03, 04:13 AM
Susan Fraser
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Sham had a hard time with our dog door. Best I could guess, SheBop must've gone
through it at warp speed and the recoil smacked Shammie in the snout. Whatever,
Sham didn't even want to go near it.

So we propped it open and put up with misquotoes for awhile until she was using
the 'hole' with no problem. (Even so in the beginning, we had to lure her
through with treats;-)

Then we hung a light towel over the hole, just so a bit of it touched her back,
then a bit longer, then covering it entirely so that she had to nose her way
thru it.

Then we hung some clear plastic stuff we got from an upholstry shop, and
frankly, we stopped there. The dog door is off a screen porch, so it doesn't
need to be secure or anything, so that works fine for us.

HTH!



Susan Fraser, owned and trained by
Boog and his Bitches, Shammie and SheBop
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/chinchuba/AuH2OK9s/
 




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