After we moved into our house, we encountered a problem. The wood baby gate that we purchased when we first got Bentley was too short to fit in the doorways of our kitchen and dining room to block them off. It was our original plan that he would stay in the kitchen while we were gone, but with no baby gates, we have kept him in the guest bathroom while we are away. Poor thing...it is like the size of a small closet in there and it just looks cramped with his bed, food, and some toys. I went to several pet stores looking to buy larger pet gates. They do not sell the oversized ones in regular stores. We started looking on the internet when we realized these things are not cheap! But we knew we had to order some before I went back to work so he could be left in a larger area. Leaving him to roam was not an option. He has not had an accident on the floor in the new house and I do not anticipate one either. We paid $130 for these steel, pressure-mounted gates. John did not want to have to screw into the wall and these were the cheapest we could find-we even got 10% off and free shipping. We tried not to be bitter about the cost and were excited when they arrived. John got them all set up and we put Bentley in there to see what he would do. He quickly found a spot on the side and squeezed himself through. The opening was only 2.5 inches wide, but where there is a will, there's a way. So the next time we left him in there was Friday night when we went to the movies. After we closed the gates, we put blankets over them and then placed a pillow in front on the sides where he potentially could get through. We figured this would work just fine. When we pulled up after the movie, both of us thought we saw his little head in the dark doorway. Our thoughts were confirmed when we came in from the garage. Bentley had just moved the blanket to the side and pushed the pillow over and came on out! At this point we were both MAD at him. We had spent all this money and he was still going to have to be put in the bathroom. My engineer husband thought all weekend about a way to rig the gates up. He came up with plastic ties to create another slat so now he for sure can't get out. We put him in there to see what he would do and he just stared at his normal get-away spot with a look of defeat.
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I can just see you guys getting madder and madder at his success of getting out!!! Way to go John on coming up with something to fix the problem. For that kind of money I know you guys were going to find a way!!!!!
I know the money is already spent and gone, but did you look for an actual baby gate? there is this catalog called One Step Ahead that has baby gates for every size and shape. I'm not sure of the cost, but I don't think I've ever seen one for that much. Check out their web site - you'll discover a whole world of baby needs you never knew about!
Hilarious. Bentley is such a wily little dog. Can't wait to see how he treats "Caddy" when he/she arrives.
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