# Having a cat with a dog door

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 11, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-cat-with-a-dog-door/957607 "2022-01-11T21:08:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-cat-with-a-dog-door/957607/21 "2022-07-17T18:45:48Z")

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> [@eschrodinger](#):
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> Our cat regularly takes advantage of us letting the dog in or out, including by walking under the dog.

Have you tried keeping your cat in a box?

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**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2022, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-cat-with-a-dog-door/957607/22 "2022-07-17T23:25:44Z")

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don’t know if she made it over the 5 foot wood fence.

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**Author:** ![eschrodinger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschrodinger/32/122_2.png) [@eschrodinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschrodinger)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-cat-with-a-dog-door/957607/23 "2022-07-18T00:00:56Z")

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It’s tough. Once we put him, no one’s ever sure if he’s still in there or not.

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**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2022, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/having-a-cat-with-a-dog-door/957607/24 "2022-07-18T18:14:41Z")

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Here in the desert most pet rescue organizations won’t let you adopt unless you promise (1) that the cat will be an indoor cat and (2) you don’t have a dog door. We have an old saying around these parts:

“Today’s outdoor cat is tomorrow’s coyote poop.”

We also have bobcats and hawks. Hell, we know a small (but bigger than a cat) dog that has been bitten by a rattlesnake, grabbed by a coyote, and attacked by a hawk (rescued by the owner in the latter two cases). All in the back yard.

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