I would like to open this forum to anyone who needs advice on their pets.  You can ask me anything and I will do my best to answer.  I am pretty knowledgeable when it comes to figuring out what is ailing a pet and giving advice on the next step to make your pal feel better, even if it is just, "get your baby to the vet ASAP!"  I will also try to give my best advice on all topics too!  For example, with the holidays coming up keep baker's chocolate away from dogs!  The smallest piece can kill!  Never give a dog or a cat Tylenol (Acetamenophen).  Especially never give it to cats unless you want to kill them.  It causes the cat's body to attack red blood cells and the cat becomes anemic and without RBC the cat becomes unable to take in oxygen and ends up suffocating to death.  I am curious to see how this forum does.  Remember ask anything, I like a challenge! 

Do they use the doggie door at all?

They use it mostly during the day, but often not at night, as they don't like going out in the dark. They are all different ages, so each of them were trained at different times. I think we had the dog door for all of them. They have a mind of their own, and don't care what we want, but outside of that, they are very loving, and awesome dogs.

Our yard is fully lit at night. We have tried everything under the sun already. Next time, we may get a different breed that is more trainable, but we'll deal with it in the meantime. That's all we can do. They are less frustrating than my real kids.  :-)

We have all tile. We learned that lesson long ago. When we moved into our house 12 years ago, we got premium carpet everywhere, and some nice area rugs. What a waste. It was all out the door within 1-2 years! It's still a pain to clean up,but much less so than before!