A flap solves a specific and quite miserable problem: a dog that needs the garden at six in the morning, or an older dog whose bladder no longer waits. The four-way lock is what makes it practical, because there are plenty of times you want the dog able to come in but not go out.
Key Benefits
- Four settings, including in-only for overnight and out-only before a trip
- Weather flap with a magnetic close to cut draughts
- Fits standard doors and can be fitted into a panel
- Considerably cheaper than getting up at six every morning
Best For
- Older dogs that cannot last the night
- Households where nobody is home during the day
- Reducing accidents during house training in an older dog
How It Works
A sliding panel behind the flap blocks it in one direction, both, or neither. The magnetic strip on the flap bottom pulls it closed after the dog passes, which is what stops it standing open in wind.
Pros and Cons
Pros: The four-way lock is genuinely more useful than a simple open-or-shut flap, and it costs very little for what it fixes.
Cons: A flap is a hole in your house, and it is worth being honest about that: it is a well-known entry route for burglars on larger sizes, and it lets other animals in — cats, foxes and rats all use dog flaps. There is no chip recognition here, so anything the right size gets through. It also costs you heat all winter, needs a real hole cut in a door you may not own, and some dogs take days of encouragement to use one at all.
Things to Consider
- Lock it at night; unchipped flaps admit foxes, cats and intruders alike
- Check with a landlord before cutting a door, and expect some heat loss
- Prices, availability and shipping times are set by the AliExpress seller and can change
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