How to keep a door ajar???
We have a dog and a cat. The dog loves eating the cat food. To solve that problem, we have been putting the cat food on the stairs leading to the basement, with something sitting in front of the door so that it is left open about 4 inches. This way the cat can sneak…
We have a dog and a cat. The dog loves eating the cat food. To solve that problem, we have been putting the cat food on the stairs leading to the basement, with something sitting in front of the door so that it is left open about 4 inches. This way the cat can sneak through, but the dog cannot. However, the dog has recently figured out how to push the door open despite the door weight. We have increased the weight of the “stopper” but she still pushes it open.
Does anyone have any sugguestion on a better way to do this? Ideally, we would like to do it without ruining the door or the door frame (ie by screwing into it).
thanks!
I know this is an old thread, but we always put the cat food up out of the dogs reach.
We had the same problem with our dog and cats.
We ordered heavy cast iron hook and eye latches.
The eye attaches to the *inside* of the door you want to keep open, and the hook attaches to *outside* door jamb.
Here’s the url for what we ordered and is working beautifully:
http://houseofantiquehardware.com/s.nl/it.A/id.7612/.f?partner=froog
Good luck!
Misty, our dog also goes into the litter box… (which is in the basement). I think we have narrowed down the possible solutions to:
using something even heavier as a door stopper;
wedging something in the hinge end;
baby gate;
eyelet lock system.
146steven has the best idea – put your cat food up high.
I had the same problem AND one of my dogs enjoyed getting into the litter box too(gross, I know)…. Anyway, put up a baby gate in the doorway and leave a few inches underneath so the cat can squeeze under, but the dog can’t.
Seems like the easiest thing to do is to tie a rope to the door handle and attach the rope to something, maybe a radiator, to have just enough give to leave the door open four inches.
I assume there’s no occasion when you’re fully closing this door anymore. Since your doorframe is already notched to accommodate the door strike, screw an eye bolt, or eye bolt with ring through one of the exposed sections of the strike. Or remove the strike and put a screw eye into the existing hole. If you need to, put a U-bolt around the door knob, and then run shoelaces, chain, whatever between the two. Personally, I wouldn’t want to look at that contraption on a regular basis, but it should work (until the dog figures out how to apply enough pressure to pull the screw from it’s hole). The hinge pin door stop is a much more elegant solution.
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Is your dog allowed in this area otherwise? Our pit is not allowed upstairs, so we put the cat food on the landing halfway up. She does not go up the stairs so she can’t eat the food. We’ve never had to enforce this rule with gates or anything – I guess because she was NEVER allowed up there she knows it is totally forbidden. She is generally pretty good about not getting into her own food (lid of container could be just lifted off) so perhaps she is better in that area than a lab would be. Though she did once eat a bag of “textured vegetable protein” off a kitchen shelf, blow up like a cow that had been floating in a river for a week, and then fart poisonously for 4 days….