How does the door work? It looks like it would require opposable thumbs to open and close!
1852511
The wooden lock is what you see. It only used if you want to keep you dog in or out...or, as in my case, my 6 year old locked my 4 year old in it.
1852512
The door is like a heart shape in wood that you move up or down to lock/unlock the door. My dog ate half of it and now it won't close.
1852513
The door is on a hinge. It swings open easily. It has a wooden heart shaped "lock" that swivels around to open and close the door. I rarely lock my 2 small dogs in ... I use it to keep them safely tucked in when I'm mowing the lawn and they want to be outdoors.
317913
It actually slides open instead of pulling it open. It took us a bit to figure it out too!
88745
The other answers are correct. There is a small screw (black I believe) that has to be removed with a very small phillips screw driver to open thebattery door.
1064210
You have to turn the button. I like this feature since it's easy to tell if the door is locked with out opening the door.
1369890
You have to make sure there is nothing in the space that the doors close in first, move things back away from the doors. If that doesn't work, you may need to realign the doors or the magnets. Otherwise I can't imagine why they would "keep popping open", mine never have.
1908426
It sure did not surprise me to see this question. The entire center section of top, slides in the direction indicated. It does not lift up, nor does it push down. Stick your thumbnail in the end, and it will slide open. Trying to slide it by pressing your thumb on the knurled surface is fruitless. Ignore all the things on top that look like holes that need to be drilled out or pushed in.
1362541
The door is attached with 3 small hinges. If you wanted you could with a very small screw driver.
478926
Yes the door opens, but sometimes its hard to close it correctly (I can close it without any issues, but my 2 year old can not).
66001
The door does not close automatically. It opens both ways. Once it reaches the middle there's a stopper, so you have to lift up and over the cross-bar.
1652849
Unfortunately not. It takes 2 hands to open or close this gate. If I had known that I would not have bought it.
1447091
You hook four fingers of your left palm on the door's hinge and keep your thumb on the edge of the side panel. Pull your fingers while holding the thumb.
1436040
yes, it is not well designed. I almost break the door. you have to pull a bit the side notches and act carefully
1843752
I had the same problem at first, but after reading that others open it easily I tried again and found that it is best to open it from the corner, don't try to open it near the "clip." Now I, too, can open it with a "flick of a finger" as Beth responded earlier.
1908388
If it's lined up correctly in the installation when the door is closed a strong magnet pulls the pin into its locked position and keeps it there. Works almost too well. Pulling the handle to open requires some adult umph. So know this. Opening the requires 2 hands, one for this safety latch and one for the doors normal latch. So walking through with a rake is nearly impossible. It works well for safty if the door closes its locked.
1930378
There is a screw to hold the flap closed. You'll need a little screwdriver.
991626
I would strongly suggest the door be a strong door!!! Also try to set it up so you have to pull the door closed behind you. I have old doors.in my house and using this approach has been the most successful for me. Hope this helps.
2018765
I can open it easily with my fingernail. You may need to push the right point to open it.