Dog gets stuck in Doggie Door

Dear Ollie,

Today, I found myself inside out. Yesterday, I was outside in. I am a 22 inch high pure white Samoyed dog.  I love to play and what I have in my owner’s laundry room is a doggy door installed on an outside wall that goes right into a fenced patio. The door was installed when I was just a pup so I could go in and out of it all day when my owners were gone to work.

Recently, I got stuck going in the door and stuck going out, I looked ridiculous.  My back yard space is concrete. I just love to dig in dirt and used to drag in the house all kinds of stuff. So now I am sunning myself on concrete.  I hate it. I am the happiest when I am rolling in something that smells awful to my human but wonderful to me. I love chasing squirrels up the trees and howling at the full moon. I look forward to a walk on my leash, playing with toys and chewing stuff. I am having a lot of trouble. My owners are talking about giving me up. Help me Ollie.

Sam, the Samoyed

 

Dear Sam,

Having a doggy door in your laundry room can be a great idea. Most owners invest in fencing for a run or a yard for their dogs, but few build a concrete patio with a doggie door access.

After all, you are a dog and that’s O.K. I always say that a dog is a dog and all the things you speak about loving to do are things that dogs love to do. Your human needed to understand that you would grow big someday, the doggy door would be too small, a concrete patio wouldn’t cut it and you would most certainly grow up and end up acting like a dog.  Humans go in and out of relationships all the time.  But when a relationship between a dog between a dog and their owner goes bad, the dog has no control over his destiny.

Acquiring a puppy and then believing the pup won’t grow up and not fit in a doggie door is really ridiculous. Because the human does not understand their dog, many good dogs end up abandoned on the streets or in shelters or dog rescue groups. Sure, nobody can guarantee that every dog and owner relationship will work out but the same can be said of most things.  Clearly, your owner had no idea how big you would grow. He or she may be trying hard to be responsible but is missing the obvious. First, you are a dog and second, the doggie door is too small because you grew. Many of the local pet stores like Brandt’s in Michigan City or PetsMart in Merrillville sell doggie doors in all sizes and materials such as plastic or metal.  PetsMart even has dog trainers who can help people train their dogs to use these doors. I’m hoping that your owner gets the idea that concrete is silly and your dog door needs to be bigger before you get so stuck that you can’t move or get hurt. This situation really worries me.

 

 

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