How do you keep your dog out of the kitty litter? (clean, poop)
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There are all sorts of articles on line but I would like to know what YOU do which works for you.
My cats are 17 lb Ragdolls and we use those giant under-the-bed storage containers as litter trays. 2 per bathroom. So it's not like I can move them elsewhere. I try to keep them clean every hour or so but sometimes I don't get to them before our new puppy, Teddy. It's gross!
I don't have a cat anymore, but when I did, I used baby gates. The cats jumped over the gates to get to the cat box and the dogs respected their presence even though they could easily step over them (they are Great Danes, haha).
I keep the litterboxes in the garden tub that I don't use. Though I have used a baby gate in the past, when the litterboxes were in the extra bedroom, or a bathroom that had no tub.
Stepping over them is great exercise, except in the middle of the night.
I thought of baby gates but my cats are almost 15 and rather limited in jumping ability. Maybe I'll rig something lower than a baby gate which they might be able to use. Suggestions?
Nothing worked for me unless it was a physical barrier like a gate. Some pet gates have holes that are big enough for cats but too small for dogs but I'm guessing your dog is about the same size as the cats so that wouldn't work. Hope you find a good solution.
When we had a cat, we kept the litter pan in our bedroom closet and kept the closet door open enough for the cat to get in but not big enough for our dog. We put a book down on the floor between the door and the door frame to prevent it from closing, and tied a string from the doorknob to the door frame to prevent our dog from opening it wider with her nose. Maybe you'll need a higher barrier than a book to keep your puppy out?
We just learned to hook and unhook the string when we went in and out of the closet. I think it would be much easier doing this with a closet, rather than the bathroom where guests might forget to put things back as they found them. Besides, I think it's gross to put a litter pan in a bathroom where guests have to smell cat poop/pee.
When I had a cat I had a covered litter box with the opening turned towards the wall and just enough space for her to get in but the dogs could not.
My parents had big cat and he did not like covered litter boxes and were having troubles with my dogs cleaning the box when we visited them. I bought them a high gate for the room the box was in and it had a cat door in it that said a 15 lb cat could get in the opening I was a bit worried as their cat was about 20lbs as he was big . Well turned out my Dash who was 50 lbs could get through the cat opening and after seeing him do it Phoenix could too,Jazz could not as her chest was too deep and my parents dog Henry was way too big so my dad got a board and fixed it to cover 1/2 the cat door so when I visited my dogs could no longer squeeze through it but their cat still could.
I use baby gates placed far enough up from the floor that the cats can get under but not the dogs. This doesn't work with small dogs though obviously. We have a hole cut in our basement door to access another box too, but you wouldn't want to do that with a bathroom door I'm sure!!
If you're keeping up with the poop most of the time, I think really the occasional snack is not harmful, disgusting as it might be, if you're sure your cats don't have worms.
When we had a cat, we kept the litter pan in our bedroom closet and kept the closet door open enough for the cat to get in but not big enough for our dog. We put a book down on the floor between the door and the door frame to prevent it from closing, and tied a string from the doorknob to the door frame to prevent our dog from opening it wider with her nose. Maybe you'll need a higher barrier than a book to keep your puppy out?
We just learned to hook and unhook the string when we went in and out of the closet. I think it would be much easier doing this with a closet, rather than the bathroom where guests might forget to put things back as they found them. Besides, I think it's gross to put a litter pan in a bathroom where guests have to smell cat poop/pee.
Sorry but this sounds so backwards to me. Poop and pee smells would be more "at home" in the bathroom than in my bedroom closet! What do your clothes smell like with the litter box in the closet?
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