Warning for Southern Folks with dog doors on their house.

[muddocktor]

I was messing around on Facebook a little while ago and ran across something that happened back in June that blew me away. It was a post made by the Iberia Parish Sheriff's Office that was shown on a friend's Facebook page that shows just what can happen down here and elsewhere in the South if you live near where alligators also live. It seems that they got woken up by their dog one night and found that a 5 foot alligator in their house, which had entered through the dog door they had on one of their house doors. And these people had recently moved to New Iberia from Arizona, so you can just imagine their surprise at their nocturnal visitor too. I will post a link that I found to this story, including animal control capturing the gator on some Texas station website.

So, if you have a dog door on your house and live near gators, don't be surprised at odd visitors.

WATCH: Alligator captured after getting inside Louisiana home through doggie door

 

[lihpster]

Seems like an awfully inefficient way to hunt gators. Kinda lazy, too.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

I don't have a dog or a dog door. Besides there are no Gators in the Sierras.

 

[DWalt]

I had a dog door in one house I owned. A thief reached through it, unlocked the door, and burglarized my house. That is worse than having a gator.

 

[Bekeart]

Not Child Proof Either

I had a dog door in one house I owned. A thief reached through it, unlocked the door, and burglarized my house. That is worse than having a gator.

Same thing happened to a fellow I know here in Kentucky.

Low life scum family sent a child through the dog door.

Bekeart

 

[03hemi]

My doggy door is activated by my dogs collar to open then automatically closes.

 

[soFlaNative]

Gators got a great sense of smell, should have put the leftovers away.

 

[Pete99004]

So...what's the best caliber for gators?


Pete99004

 

[Roofuss]

Up my way, we're more concerned with bears than gators, lol !

 

[robvious]

So...what's the best caliber for gators?


Pete99004

almost all those TV shows use a rusty 22lr.... and using your dog as bait is just wrong

 

[djohns6]

You're more likely to have a Racoon come in to eat the dog food .

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Being able to shoot Gators and watch TV at the same time -
Sounds like a Win-Win to me!

 

[Greyman50]

Raccoons will come in and Help themselves to anything and everything they want. Very smart critters. Had 2 at different times when a kid. IIRC one can have one as a " pet" in Florida with a permit, be worth checking into. Have to get them when eyes are not open. Best pet ever had…

 

[arjay]

I thought you were posting about that goat that squeezed in a dog door ��

 

[Telecaster]

Being able to shoot Gators and watch TV at the same time -
Sounds like a Win-Win to me!

That's a job for...

Florida Man!

 

[357larry]

About 10 years ago a co-worker was awakened by his aging German Shephard (who was on his bed) sounding like he was getting ready to kill something or somebody. The co-worker turned the light on just in time to see the dog attack a skunk who had managed to find his way into the house. Mayhem ensued. Skunk sprayed the co-worker, sprayed the dog, and just about everything in the house. Co-worker beat the skunk to death with a ball bat.
The house was a small house out in the country, perfect bachelor pad. It was determined the skunk had came into the house through a doggy door. Poor co-worker tried all sorts of things to rid his home and belongings of the stench, to no avail. It got to the point where he actually considered burning the house down with everything in it and then starting over. A solution came from someone associated with Kansas State University. Co-worker was told to get a large frying pan and place 5 pounds of sugar in it. Put it on the stove on medium heat and let the sugar burn. This actually worked to eliminate the odor.
Moral of the story, I will never have a doggy door.

 

[Doug M.]

I'm not inclined to a doggy door for the reasons shown here. A doggy door big enough for one of the breeds I like will allow a human to pass through, although the other side of that is that they will have a real understanding of regret when a big dog (rott or bigger, like a Boerboel) gives them feedback.

 

[Rustyt1953]

Dog door?

 

[cherrypointmarine]

I buddy I worked with out at Cape Canaveral lived next to gator land out on SR50 . He came in late one day , fit to be tied . Seems he heard some scraping on his back porch . Tried to open the door , wouldn't budge . Walked around front to the back , and there was a 5 footer laying up against his back door . Seems this guy had climbed a 6ft fence , yes they can climb fences , and went to sleep on his porch . On another note , I don't know how many times we had to stop our train because a gator was laying across the tracks , just another day at the Cape , in the middle of a preserve .

 

[Harrison]

Having spent many years living within crawling distance of the Texas coast, I already knew this. Plus, possums, raccoons, buglers and other assorted vermin. Our dogs have always been trained to tell us when they needed out.