Me: has a large breed and a giant breed dog. Both are elderly and need frequent outside bathroom breaks.
You: Have some reason to have an opinion (anecdotal evidence is great too) on the likelihood of the dog door being used as a way to break into our house. And/or you have advice gleaned from experience about types of dog doors that will better prevent people breaking in.
Details after the jump. Mr. Westridge and I work from home, so this only became an issue recently as the dogs have gone from old to very old, and unable to travel with us. They used to be able to have the sitter visit around 7 PM at night and be fine until the sitter visited again around 7 AM. Now they need to go out right when they wake up which can be as early as 4:45 in the AM. 4:45 is obviously too early to get a pet sitter to show up. For REASONS we do NOT, under any circumstances, want to kennel the dogs. We are weighing having the pet sitter stay overnight (if that's even an option depends on the sitter) against having the dog door. Hence, my question is my attempt to find out from the lovely folks at MeFi about their experiences with dog doors and break ins. Bonus points for Giant Breed dog doors (which seem to be almost as big as the regular door!).
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