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class=489171817-13112008>O:-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=489171817-13112008>Shove her through </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=489171817-13112008>I know.. I know.. sounds cruel.. but if she wants to
get back in... or to get the treat you're holding (you are holding a treat
right??) she'll have to come to grips with that nasty doggie window door thingy
... </SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=489171817-13112008>LOL</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=489171817-13112008>One of my boys just wouldn't.. so I'd shove him out..
hold the flap open just enough for him to see the treat and get its scent.. then
as he'd reach for it.. I'd pull the treat back in.. and hold it there just
inside... he could see it.. but "that nasty flap" was in his way..
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class=489171817-13112008>after a few attempts, he finally started pushing the
flap... with just a little help from the inside .. and now after probably
15 to 20 times of being bribed with treats.. they come and go with out a
problem.. :)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=489171817-13112008>wonder whats going to happen when full on winter hits..
and I decide to put the second flap in ... :-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=489171817-13112008>Speaking of treats and doggie doors .... Any of you
other doggie door owners see your hound try to go through with a dog bone
sticking out the side of their mouth?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=489171817-13112008>Again.. I know.. kinda cruel to laugh at ... but oh my
god! it was the funniest thing to see one of my boys go to exit the door like
normal.. trying to nudge open the flap at the bottom corner ...yeah, they could
push anywhere but this one loves that bottom corner .... and all the sudden he
couldn't reach.. the steak bone I'd just given him and he was trying to make out
the door with was hitting the side ... he must have tried a dozen times while my
sister and I stood there laughing at him ... till I finally reached down and
guided his head through.. LOL !!!</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=489171817-13112008>-Robert</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=489171817-13112008>PS. with the treat as reward ... if you get something
like the chicken jerky (Costco has a big bag and not too expensive) that works
really well, its thin, easily slips under the edge of the doggie door and you
can pull it back so they can't have it till they nudge the door. That one
hound of mine ... what worked for him was to leave the flap open just enough
that it was "started" for him. My doggie door is a vinyl flap, magnets at
the bottom and sides 1/3rd the way up, also has light weight brush strips at the
sides and bottom to help stop the door in one spot, keep wind & debris out,
etc similar to this one</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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