need ideas for dog doors

[mlinnane]

Hi Guys
We are almost done pouring concrete I am afraid to tell you how many yards we have so far. Last count is 62 yards and we still need to pour another
12 yards.

But that is not what the post is about. Door dogs are expensive and never last. If you look at picture you will see that I have a 8 inch cement block walls going up 6 feet to be even with the kennels. I would like to have a dog door separating the two back to back runs. So it will be 6 feet high 5 feet wide and 10 feet long. Then a block wall. When I am not busy the dogs can have a 5 X 10 and 5 X 10 during the holidays I drop the door and instantly double my capacity. But I have dog doors for my own dogs and man can dogs tear them up.

One idea I had was use angle irons on a pully system with a plywood board. The angle irons are on either side of the hole and keep the dogs from moving the ply wood board. IF you wish to open the door you pull from the outside of the kennel and pull door up. If there is no corners the dogs will not be able to chew the plywood.

Need some good ideas guys so start thinking and writing!

No plastic or rubber must be firm or dogs will chew. must also be strong.
thank you in advance

 

[Tim_in_IA]

have you seen these? They appear to be quite durable:

About K-9 Kondo | Kennel Door | Chew Proof dog door

 

[mlinnane]

They will never hold up. I should explain it must stop two dogs from getting to each other as these are back to back kennels. That type of door was never designed for that purpose. A big dog would have that bent and in with
the dog in the next kennel in a minute. The purpose of this is not to keep the cold out but to seperate two dogs I do not want together.

 

[Soundguy]

Then don't use plywood as a seperator.. use a piece of 1/4 plate. I've seen a dog 'dig' thru plywood in a few hours.

Soundguy

 

[schmism]

Then don't use plywood as a seperator.. use a piece of 1/4 plate. I've seen a dog 'dig' thru plywood in a few hours.

Soundguy

my neighbor's dog (who has one of my chocholete lab pups) dug/chewed through the soild doug fir basement door in about 4 hrs.

my lab dug/chewed her way through my dads wood garage door in a couple of hrs.

my suggestion

HDPE
you can get it in 4x8 sheets (although its expensive)

 

[wushaw]

My neighbor trains labs for a living and he also kennels dogs for all the other reasons.
He has concrete walls between runs that goes up 36" so dogs don't fight through the fence.
I take it you have drain troughs feeding a septic tank to remove feces and have a place to just wash the runs down.
I would also do the 1/4" plate. My neighbors were wood at one time..now nothing on most.

 

[can100]

Those do not sound like the easygoing and highly trainable Labs I am used to. What are those dogs bread for? Never heard of such destruction from one.

 

[firemanpat2910]

did you forget the sarcasism icon??? I love my lab and she is very well trained, but she hates to be locked up. She will destroy anything in her way to escape. then she wont run away anywhere just sits on the other side to let you know she just wanted out.

 

[schmism]

ummm ya and labs are very intelligent... so when they get board, they usually get into trouble....

mine did not like being locked in the garage. I came home to find her sitting on the back porch waiting for me with a look of... "ya sorry about that, but you know... "

 

[firemanpat2910]

my dog gives me that same look. like its MY fault.