We've been feeling sorry for our pooch, so this weekend we went dog door shopping. We found a great deal on one at Home Depot, where we went to buy a jig saw for the project. Brian was able to get it done in just a couple hours - while I made him some lunch and cleaned the house.
First, he took the door off of the hinges.
Then, he traced the outline of the hole and cut it out with his new jig saw.
Then, he screwed in the dog door and hung the door back up. The hard part was getting our scaredy cat dog to go through it. So, we got some lunch meat and lured him out....here's a photo of Riley looking back at us saying "Do I hafta?"
We discovered that getting him to go out is the easy part - he does not like coming back in. He'll sit outside looking through the clear flap in at us, waiting for us to open the door....after calling his name over and over, and a few tries at coming in, he actually makes it through.
Here's an action shot of Riley using his new dog door....success!
Our weekend was very domestic and productive - farmer's market, dog door installation, house cleaning, dinner with friends, yard work, stripping beds, washing towels, loads and loads of laundry, bath and brushing for Riley, homemade Green Chile Chicken....
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