Our dog recently lost her sight--she is accustomed to a single flap door but wonder how much harder it will be to use the double flaps?
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o might have to help her and offer her a good treat to keep going, but I am sure she can get used to it
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The fact that your dog can't see the second flap might make her less shy of it. If you have a problem with her I would take off one of the flaps temporarily and hold the second flap in place for a few training sessions before installing it permanently. I live in Hawaii and have found that one flap works just fine with keeping out the weather. If you need to you can save the second flap as a spare, but I don't think you will have to.
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If its a small older frail dog it will be very challenging because the magnets are quite strong. My small cat still struggles with the second flap. But u don't need to install the second one. It's purpose is to keep out rain and wind if your area has this kind of weather. The unit itself is top notch quality.
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I don't think it would be that much different, your pet may have to be taught to get used to the second flap (it has a magnet too), but with a little patience it should be ok!!
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I say no. My dog's larger friends come over and bull through. The two flaps is much better...for many reasons. Plus, the double flap is pretty standard.
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You can order the replacement flap only by contacting dog mate. Don't know if Amazon carries them.
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I have a small dog, 12 lbs. and about 3 years old. He has no problem. I also have an older cat - 13 years old and he has no problems with the flap either. This is a great product. Installation was a little bit of a challenge. I called it quality time with my husband. PS - We are still married.
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Specs are as stated in the previous two replies but I wanted to piggy back off of Michigan amazon's reply and also recommend that you do NOT purchase the door flap... very difficult to install and the dogs tend not to like it as it is not see-through. It really isn't necessary anyway with the igloo-style opening.
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Yes. The replacement flap kit comes with 2 flaps. The door also comes with 2 flaps.
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Door may be too big for a cat, took awhile for my 30lb dogs to figure out how to work the double flap door. Now that they aren't scared of it anymore it works great!
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Seeing what Calvinbob said I would completely agree. my friend has the older version with 2 locks but the door does not hook latch into the bottom of the frame. I prefer the new style better. My dog is crate trained as well and doesn't try to escape. I have seen the pictures of crates torn apart by dogs and find it hard to imagine. If the dog can tear this apart your going to need to spend a good chunk of money on something really extreme.
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had a 12 pound cat that mastered the door flap.he would go through it very easily without pausing.be sure to follow instructions about the correct height.makes it easier to go through.
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There are five screw holes. There are different styles of the PetSafe Replacement flap so you may need a Large size in one of the others - I looked on the PetSafe website to determine which style I needed to replace, then came back to Amazon and searched for that model.
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There is a screw to hold the flap closed. You'll need a little screwdriver.
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There is also a button on the inner side of the "door" system that will open the door. Also, the small opening size of the medium door is just big enough for our 20 lb mini schnauzer. No human could fit through, in my opinion. Location close to bottom of exterior door that it is mounted in also insures that the inner door knob cannot be reached from the outside through the dog door.
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We had no issues installing the new flap, although our dog door framing is only three years old.
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We have the large with a 75lb and a 50lb dog. There will be no problem with an 8 pounder using the medium flap. This is old dogs, new tricks, using the double flap. They hesitate to use the double flap for a while. We started with a single flap and added the second flap later.
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The actual insert is approx 15 1/2 inches and the flap is 11 inches wide. Please note that I have had multiple problems with the flap. I have replaced multiple flaps in the past 7 months. We have learned to put them back together and reinforce them with glue to make them last. I have been incontact with the company and they replaced one flap, but deny that they have a proble with their products durability. Take this into consideration. My last dog door was a pet safe model that lasted 8 years and I only replaced 4 flaps in 8 years. I had already exceeded that number of replacement/repairs to the ideal pet door in only 6 months.
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Have the screen in the door replaced with the heavy-duty, "pet-proof" screen. It wears like iron. We still had a problem with the frame of the pet door coming apart. I finally used wire to "sew" the frame together and into the screen. I did this at intervals---like in each corner and in the center of each side and the bottom. We have one lab and one terrier---they fly through the pet door without a problem now.
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Flap is not loud. Not sure about the size 5x7 door? seems awefully small for a dog door? We may have the 12x19. My husband would use extra wood to make the hole smaller, which could work for you