Stacked Stretchgates

When One Stretchgate isn't Enough, Use Two

by Pam Green, © 2003

When the use of a single height stretchgate is not enough to keep your dog from hopping over it, it is easy to "stack" a second stretchgate on top of it to make a more convincing barrier.

Basically all you need to do is to put in a second set of screw eyes or other needed attachments so that the second stretch barrier hangs in position above the first one. Now you have a double height barrier. This is not going to be jumpable by any nornal dog. A cat however will still have no trouble zipping through the diamond openings or scaling over the barier. That may or may not be a desireable feature.

Of course a dog could still chew his way through a wooden barrier or just fling his body against it repeatedly until it broke. So this is not a maximum security barrier. If you need a maximum security barrier (or a cat proof barrier) that still allows airflow through it, I would advise getting one of those high security sheet metal perforated with hundreds and hundreds of littel holes doors that people often use in place of a normal screen door on their exterior doors.

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