I have used a number of baby gates before that I had to step over to get to the other side. A friend of mine broke her leg stepping over a baby gate she was using for her puppy. I nearly fell also trying to step over a dog gate that did not have any other means to pass through.

About the Photo: In this photo Molly and Jack (still being housebroke) are patiently waiting at the Kidco Doorway Gate fence.

When I found the Kidco Doorway Gate, I was skeptical. Since it was pressure activated, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to tighten the bold tight enough or the swinging gate section wouldn't work or be too difficult to unlatch. I was wrong.

When we were housebreaking both Molly and Jack, the Kidco Doorway Gate came in handy. If they had an accident in the house, we wanted it to be on vinyl, not on carpet. Puppies get used to feeling a certain texture under their feet when the relieve themselves. We wanted that feeling to be grass. If there was an accident in the house, we wanted that feeling to be vinyl. Therefore, for the first couple weeks of their puppy life with us, they were barricaded into the dining room using the Kidco Doorway Gate. It worked great. It also allowed us to pass through the gate by lifting up on the latch and walking through.

After the Cairn Terriers were accustomed to the feel of grass under their feet when they relieved themselves, and we were confident they wouldn't have an accident on carpet, we moved the Kidco Doorway Gate so that they had more area of our home to play - they living room only. We placed the Kidco Doorway Gate this time in the hallway so the Cairns couldn't go down the hall into the rest of the house.

As they grew older and graduated from housebreaking (a minimum of one month without an accident the house), we opened up more territory for them to roam.

We used the Kidco Doorway Gate for other training purposes too. Remember, puppies love to explore and chew. They can get into lots of human stuff and ruin it. Their territory in our home expanded as they passed through several puppy stages, like chewing on electrical cords, digging, chewing on shoes or anything else they find that isn't a toy, etc.

The Kidco Doorway Gate also came in handy while we were trying to train them to "stay". We opened the gate and walked through while they "stayed" or "sit" whichever we stated.

I work from home and often have my assistants come to my home to help in our home office. Until our Cairns became used to my assistants coming and going, we used the Kidco Doorway Gate to limit their time they could visit with my assistants when they arrived. Our Cairns love people and are very friendly. If we didn't limit their time with my assistants, they'd be monopolizing all the in-office time and not much work would be done. :) After all, Cairns do love to have fun.