Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I have a Golden Retriever puppy we got when she was only a couple months old. She sure was cute, but boy could she get into trouble (have you seen "Marley and Me")?? We ended up buying about 10 different gates to close off every area of our large home! This one is my favorite, and here's why: * Swing-open door is easy to use and means no more stepping over gates! * Nice looking compared to plastic or collapsible wood gates. * Good quality construction, sturdy gate, well made. * "Kitty door" lets my cat get away from the dog during daily high speed chases! * Metal gate means my puppy can't eat it! (you should see the wood chairs!) Now that my puppy is a little over a year old, I can see we will need gates for the foreseeable future, and I am going to get rid of some of the others I bought, and pick up several more of these. I do agree with other reviewers that the kitty door is too big, because our puppy would go through it occasionally until she hit about 55 pounds, and then one day she got stuck halfway through the gate! I have since closed the kitty door, but sawed off one of its metal posts as was suggested by another reviewer so that the opening is big enough for the cat, but way too small for the dog. Another thing I did to make the gate more secure was use some small plastic furniture glide cups (the kind made for protecting a wood floor from scratches) and screw the cups into the wall on either side of the gate, so that each of the gate's 4 pressure mounts is held inside a small plastic cup. This ensures the gate will not get knocked down even if someone accidentally runs into it.