Advice on Dog Door Security

Hello Everyone,

I’m looking for dog door security advice. We have two dogs 85 lbs and 15 lbs. Due to incontinence issues with the small dog we need to leave the dog door unlocked 24/7.

I’m looking for something that will wake me up at night if a person tries to crawl through the dog door, but without false alarms.

In looking for solutions I purchased a nest security cam. The only problem is it sometimes identifies our 15 lb dog as a human – but oddly not our 85 lb dog- to the point where there are too many false alarms and, for my own sanity, can’t be woken up that many times at night. The nest cam is mounted at 6 feet.

Nest detect states it can only ignore small dogs so thats probably out.

I’ve been trying to find a pressure plate that would only activate an alarm if something heavier than my bigger dog -85 lbs- tried to get in but cant seem to find one.

The room is not wired for a security system so I’m looking for something that can plug into the wall or be battery powered.

The dog door was built into the house when the house was built so changing it out for another would be difficult so I’m trying to find a different solution.

Any ideas?

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May 27, 2023
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