Pre-training

Our porch is coming right along! The construction phase is complete and all that's left is paint.

This weekend we started pre-training Fred and Ethel to use their new doggie door. We bought a regular five post screen door from Lowes and had the carpenters modify the posts so that we could use it as a doggie door.

Fred has always had a fear of doors or tight passages, so we were a bit concerned about him busting through our new screen rather than using the doggie door. Our pre-training consisted of using scrap lumber to block off every side of the porch except the doggie door.

So far, it has worked like a charm. The real test will come when Fred is sleeping on the new screened porch and sees a raccoon in the yard. Will he go through the doggie door or bust through the nearest panel of screen?

Until tomorrow,

Shelli

A dog is so often the answer —

 when you're lonely and need company, or when you're tired of company and need lonely.

 ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com