Fail Dogs

The Home of Dog Friendly Holiday Accommodation - Dogs Invited.  Pets welcome. Training a Dog to use a Dog Door Most dogs can learn to use a dog door within minutes of installation. A few bits of hot dog or several toys make the training fun; but some dogs find a doggie door frightening. I was motivated to write this article after attempting to train a very timid rescue dog to use a pet door for three weeks with very little results. 4 Steps to Teach a Sensitive Dog to Confidently use a Doggie Door: 1. Completely remove the flap covering the door. 1. 2. With the flap still detached or out of the way, and the dog willingly going through the unobstructed opening, hang an old dishtowel or hand towel so that it covers ¼ or ½ of the pet door opening. 3. (If your dog is doing great this this point, you may try skipping this step) Step three involves a covering firmer than the cloth in step two and is more like the actual flap of your dog door. 4. Reattach (or, in the case of the petsafe, untape) the dog door flap. This doggie door training method works! I just wanted to say thank you for you advice!