locoboy
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 08:52 PM |
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pressure sensing alarm
Fellas,
I have just moved into a new house and as gay as it sounds the kitchen is really nice......
My dog has decided to take it upon herself to start jumping up at the stair gate (which we have used since she was a pup to keep her contained in the
kitchen at night and when left alone) and she appears to have been stretching over it and getting her paws through it and has scratched all the
paintwork around the door and surrounding wall
She does not make any attempts to do this when we are at home........only when we are out.
I want to rig up some sort of interupted beam system or pressure pad system that can be mounted on top of the stair gate when she is left alone that
once triggered it will activate a 12V car horn or similar but will deactivate once the trigger has been removed.
Can anyone advise on what i need or where i can get the components.
I would like it to be removable so that i can put it on the edge of the work surface too as we have noticed dirty paw prints on the edge of the
kitchen units at the top too.
As usual it is MY dog that is being a pain in the ass...............it becomes HER dog when its behaving!!!!!.
MY dog wrecking the kitchen would play havoc with my build time allowance!
ATB
Locoboy
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Confused but excited.
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 09:02 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by locoboy
I want to rig up some sort of interupted beam system or pressure pad system that can be mounted on top of the stair gate when she is left alone that
once triggered it will activate a 12V car horn or similar but will deactivate once the trigger has been removed.
Neighbours will love that!
See you on the telly. 
[Edited on 28/10/06 by Confused but excited.]
Tell them about the bent treacle edges!
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ruskino80
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 09:07 PM |
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some sort of micro switch set up triggered by dog pushing on top of gate(or bar above it)should do it,or could use a small system of electric fence
available at most farmy type places,but i am sure the dog would not be the first victim!!!!
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locoboy
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 09:25 PM |
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No neighbours
Dont really want to use electric fence set up, quite expensive in comparison really.
ATB
Locoboy
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JackNco
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 09:25 PM |
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wouldn't the easiest thing to do be back the stair gate with a sheet of ply thats about 12" higher than the gate?
John
Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador)
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emsfactory
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 09:31 PM |
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Your dog sounds boared. You could try and give it the run of another room when you are gone. Having a window it can look out will help too.
I have done this with two dogs now and it has worked a treat.
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Hissingsid42
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 09:47 PM |
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What about those dog bark speaker things that stop dogs barking?
Could you not wire that up to a trigger switch on the top of the gate so when your dgo jumps up on the gate it would set the speaker off and the dog
will get dog.
Therefore not upsetting the neighbors and preventing a stint on the neighbors from hell programme! lol
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locoboy
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| posted on 28/10/06 at 10:24 PM |
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Dog has plenty of toys to play with when left alone so there are things there to alleviate her boredom.
there is no chance she is going to be allowed the run of another room, she was fine in one room at our other house and besides....... the rest of the
downstairs is open plan so she would have the run of the whole house!
being the kitchen she will not be able to look out of any windows either. think im going to have to get her used to assocciating an undesirab;le
action with an undesirable outcome to achieve my goals.
how easy is it to obtain and set up an infrared broken beam kind of system?
ATB
Locoboy
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 29/10/06 at 11:27 AM |
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I'd agree that it's not boredom. And I'd also agree it's a pain in the ass and a worry to leave the dog alone to destroy the
house.
I'm in the same boat as you and here's my scenario.
The dog at the age of 8 years began being destructive. He can chew/remove 6 panes of glass from a panelled door in les than 20mins. I have 3 doors the
same and he never takes the same one twice. It's not done for fun ore boredom cause the panel pin rip his mouth open .
He's always been left for long periods of time prior to this with no side effects, and it's random and he can go for 14 months at times
without doing it.
So I built an outdoor kennel with a run and he stood at the wire mesh and howled all day and the neighboors complained
Back to the vets on many occassions with no joy. We tried a device like an airfreshener plug in which is supposed to smell like a lactating bitch and
be a calming influence it was less than useless.
Now whenever we leave the house the dog has to be shut up oustside (in a decent sized shed). He sometimes still barks for a while and then settles
down. We did ask about rehoming him (who'd want a dog that does damage like this, he's even eaten and escaped through a 12mm thick solid
wooden door).
And so as a final straw we decided it would be best to consider perhaps having him put down (very difficult in a dog that is a pet and is very
healthy). At this point the vet decided to try clomacalm pills (valium for dogs) it seems to have done the trick so far but costs around a tenner a
week
We were worried that the neighbours would report us to the RSPCA cause we were shutting him up outside but the vet said that there would be no
problems as everthing we had tried to keep the dog happy/safe was documented with them.
Finally to cap it all off I think I mave have found the trigger for all the problems!! one night our smoke alarm started beeping when the battery went
low I found the dog cowering in the corner terrified,it must have been the pitch of the noise I reckon.
Good luck I hope it works out for you as I know it can be a VERY trying time for all concerned.
As for the noise/warning idea you've had, we've recently been doing a job where the sensor for an automatic sliding door system is used to
turn on lights. If you want I could try and get info/partnos at the start of the week. Just be sure that the noise alarm is not going to make matters
worse.
[Edited on 29/10/06 by omega 24 v6]
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locoboy
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| posted on 29/10/06 at 12:12 PM |
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Omega,
sorry to hear your troubles, if only we could understand dog speak we would have no problems!
Info on the door alarms would be great, cheers.
I take me dog to work with me every day so she is not normally left alone for long periods but she was fine at the other house when we went out.
Ideally i would like the sensor to set off a recording of me saying sternly ' No, bad dog' or something similar but went for the car horn
or similar for ease.
The voice recording would not only let the dog know she has done wrong but also reassure her that there was really someone there!
The only down side is that if she ignores my recorded command it will reinforce disobedience as i will have given her a command am not actually there
to ensure she carries it out to my satisfaction, but i think its worth the risk as she is very obedient when given voice commands.
I had considered making a run in the garage for her to be put in when we go out but im sure she would assosiate being put in the garage as a negative
thing eventually, if this had been done when she was a pup it would probably have been ok......hindsight eh!
ATB
Locoboy
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JackNco
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| posted on 29/10/06 at 06:13 PM |
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Omega we had something similar with our Lab, she used 2 rip us new shoes/trainers tear up toilet roll (it was only cute the first time she did it)
We got her one of those massive chew things, like a tanned colour i think they are dried skin but the big ones cost about 4quid and last a week. they
can chew it and its tasty so should leave everything else alone.
John
Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador)
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 29/10/06 at 10:10 PM |
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quote:
We got her one of those massive chew things, like a tanned colour
We tried all that including butchers bones. The only tan coloured chew he was using is the one with the glass panes in it. To be fair the dog must be
frantic when he does this. Its a shameand very annoying/frustrating as you realise it's not the dogs fault.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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JackNco
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| posted on 29/10/06 at 10:13 PM |
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Have you tried leaving the radio on, or putting a stuffed toy that smells like you in the room (stick an old t-shirt n it
Some people are worried about the difference between right and wrong. I'm worried about the difference between wrong and fun.
O'Rourke, P.J. (1989), Holidays in hell. London (Picador)
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omega 24 v6
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| posted on 29/10/06 at 10:44 PM |
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Yep tried all that as well.
If it looks wrong it probably is wrong.
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