I'm currently in the market for a petgate.
As shepherd owners, we know we can't get a flimsy one or a short one.
These are ones that I've looked into so far on Petsmart.com. They are having an online 15% off sale that ends tomorrow, so I've been doing a couple hours of research, reading customer reviews, etc. I just want to get some input from my fellow shepherd owners on if you've used these specific gates or something similar and what your experience was.
This one will be used for the top of the stairs:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755308
I'm pretty set on buying that one already, and possibly buying the extentions to make it taller. It is mounted with screws, so I'm not worried about him escaping. It is the pressure mounted ones that I want more input on before I buy them.
We will be putting 2 (preferably pressure mounted) gates up in the 2 kitchen entrances, to contain both a shepherd and a boxer in the kitchen while guests come through the front door (which enters into the living room and the dogs will be able to see into the living room from the kitchen when the gates go up). We are working with my shepherd and my roommate's boxer (they easily rile eachother up) on how they greet visitors, and what we are trying is getting them contained into the kitchen before we let the guests in, and once they are both calm we will let them greet the visitors. That said, if my 90 lb shepherd is pawing at a pressure mounted gate, I need one that is STRONG and won't fall down!
Here are a couple of the pressure mounted gates I have my eye on:
This one was #1 on my list because of it being "extra tall", but have read some customer reviews about how it easily got knocked down:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755235
What I like about this one is that you have the option of doing pressure mounting or permanently installing (comes with the parts to do both) and all of the reviews were positive. But, its only 30" tall and though all of the reviews were positive, there were only 5 reviews. Who knows what size or drive these reviewer's dogs have. So if I were to get this one, I'd have to add on an extention to make it taller:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2754770
This one is probably last on my list. It is more expensive than the last one and the special feature of the "foot pedal" won't be much of an added feature to me, since I don't have a baby to carry around or anything. And once again, I'd have to put an extention on top:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755319
Please respond with your suggestions/experiences as soon as possible, as this petsmart sale ends by tomorrow.
And please feel free to suggest other gates you've used, so long as I'm still able to purchase them online somewhere.
As shepherd owners, we know we can't get a flimsy one or a short one.
These are ones that I've looked into so far on Petsmart.com. They are having an online 15% off sale that ends tomorrow, so I've been doing a couple hours of research, reading customer reviews, etc. I just want to get some input from my fellow shepherd owners on if you've used these specific gates or something similar and what your experience was.
This one will be used for the top of the stairs:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755308
I'm pretty set on buying that one already, and possibly buying the extentions to make it taller. It is mounted with screws, so I'm not worried about him escaping. It is the pressure mounted ones that I want more input on before I buy them.
We will be putting 2 (preferably pressure mounted) gates up in the 2 kitchen entrances, to contain both a shepherd and a boxer in the kitchen while guests come through the front door (which enters into the living room and the dogs will be able to see into the living room from the kitchen when the gates go up). We are working with my shepherd and my roommate's boxer (they easily rile eachother up) on how they greet visitors, and what we are trying is getting them contained into the kitchen before we let the guests in, and once they are both calm we will let them greet the visitors. That said, if my 90 lb shepherd is pawing at a pressure mounted gate, I need one that is STRONG and won't fall down!
Here are a couple of the pressure mounted gates I have my eye on:
This one was #1 on my list because of it being "extra tall", but have read some customer reviews about how it easily got knocked down:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755235
What I like about this one is that you have the option of doing pressure mounting or permanently installing (comes with the parts to do both) and all of the reviews were positive. But, its only 30" tall and though all of the reviews were positive, there were only 5 reviews. Who knows what size or drive these reviewer's dogs have. So if I were to get this one, I'd have to add on an extention to make it taller:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2754770
This one is probably last on my list. It is more expensive than the last one and the special feature of the "foot pedal" won't be much of an added feature to me, since I don't have a baby to carry around or anything. And once again, I'd have to put an extention on top:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2755319
Please respond with your suggestions/experiences as soon as possible, as this petsmart sale ends by tomorrow.
And please feel free to suggest other gates you've used, so long as I'm still able to purchase them online somewhere.