If the dog is at home, which door to choose. Antibeast - protection from animals. Removing barriers to movement

Pets give us a lot of positive emotions, but often cause significant damage to interior doors and other interior items. After all, they want to frolic and fool around, which can negatively affect the interior of your home. That is why it is important, even at the stage of choosing door panels, to carefully select finishes that are resistant to dirt and mechanical damage. And also consider how to protect interior doors from a cat or dog.

Resistant to scratches and dirt

Interior doors with eco-veneer artificial coating are characterized by the highest resistance to mechanical damage. It withstands sharp claws and paw pressure without losing its attractive appearance. In the catalog of the Porta Prima factory, you can find such canvases of the most diverse designs and colors. They have a presentable appearance and are visually indistinguishable from products with natural veneer. Therefore, it will not be difficult for you to choose doors with eco-veneer for any interior.

Faux veneer flooring is easy to care for. Such doors can be washed with a mild detergent, they are not afraid of moisture. But do not use abrasive cleaners, scrapers or hard sponges.

Removing barriers to movement

Closed interior doors cause pets to have a completely natural desire to open them. In attempts to leave the room, the animal will scratch the canvas, leaving marks of claws and teeth on it. So that a cat or a small dog can freely leave the room and enter it, a special window with a door that opens in both directions can be cut into the lower part of the door leaf. The disadvantage of this solution is that it is not suitable for all animals.

If you are thinking about how to protect interior doors from a large or medium-sized dog, then you can install an anti-window device. This mechanism will not allow the canvas to slam shut - there is a gap between the sash and the box, using which a cat or dog can open the doors.

Protection of interior doors from pets

No matter how high-quality and durable an interior door is, it will inevitably lose its attractive appearance if your cat or dog has a bad habit of chewing on the canvas or sharpening its claws on it. Of course, you can try to accustom the animal to a special scratching post, cut the claws in a timely manner, but what if these measures do not give the desired effect?

Keeping an animal permanently in a cage or mini-aviary is not a very suitable option; it is better to install an anti-vandal plastic lining to protect interior doors. If the height of the pet on its hind legs does not exceed one meter, then only the lower part of the canvas can be covered with an overlay. Otherwise, you will need to protect the entire surface of the door. And when your pet stops biting and scratching the door leaf, the lining can be removed.

To protect the door from a cat, you can also use special products that repel animals with their smell. These drugs do not harm cats, but simply make them stay away from the doorway.

✍ A common question among future buyers of an entrance or interior door is its cat resistance, a little less often a similar question is asked by dog ​​owners. As a rule, which doors are better in the presence of pets, they begin to find out already having a sad experience. Tailed friends are notable for their considerable love of freedom and integrity in matters of limiting their territory in a house or apartment, and the consequences of the struggle for this very freedom can often be observed on the doors in the form of various kinds of damage.
Very tense relationships in cats and dogs arise with closed interior doors. And this is easy to understand - against the will of the animal, its living space is limited, often while hiding something interesting or desirable behind the door. And if the dog, as a rule, expresses his indignation quite actively and achieves his goal or obeys the command, then the feline curiosity is not so easy to calm down, and you can’t refuse the mustachioed perseverance. If a specially equipped scratching post does not save, the owners often resort to cutting, or even removing the claws. But there are obvious disadvantages here - the pet is going through an unpleasant procedure, and in case of getting into the street or some kind of threat, it is deprived of the opportunity to defend itself or climb to a height. Special liquids can help out, but this is again a way from the category of insulting to the little animal. And the little animal can respond in kind if a person constantly ignores her desires.

Which door coverings are harder to scratch?

✍ Let's say right away - you can scratch any door. You will not find a 100% guarantee against the encroachment of four-legged from honest door sellers. The only question is which interior door coverings withstand these same encroachments better than others, other things being equal. And there is always some probability of a combination of some circumstances or a particularly sophisticated ingenuity of a cat or dog.

Veneered and doors from array they have good maintainability and resistance to mechanical damage, but they can arouse quite understandable interest in a cat - the naturalness of the material beckons to try out claws, and in the case of a dog - teeth. Veneer (especially fine-line, from fast-growing species) is unlikely to withstand the persistent interest of the little animal, doors made of solid oak or pine will be more stable, but if a dog or cat takes such a door seriously, the coating will not last long. Some bonus will give brushing(structuring) - with this method, soft fibers are scraped out, and a modern paintwork will provide additional protection. But it is worth considering one more minus of the doors of the doors from the array - big weight(20-30 kg), they can accidentally cause considerable harm to your pet.
Price for enamelled doors may not make you want to risk your wallet, but they resist claws well due to the effect of sliding on the surface and cause less interest in felines. Easier and tint the damaged area. Virtually Guaranteed Full Survival glass doors, but this is rather a solution only for the bathroom and toilet, and their trims with a box are made from traditional materials.

A coating of the so-called ecoveneer. But here you need to be extremely careful in choosing the type of eco-veneer. Often the coating in inexpensive doors is a paper-based finish film and will surely give up at the first any serious pressure. The edge of the door, most often suffering from feline aggression, can also be a weak point - the slightest delamination will quickly lead to sad consequences. It will perform well in a duel with a cat or dog. polypropylene-based eco-veneer, with PVC film or CPL plastic- These are coatings close in properties to plastic. It will also be a plus light weight such doors. In this case, it is recommended to choose a door with edgeless wrapping of the canvas or with aluminum edging.
You need to understand that, with the exception of attempts to use the door as a scratching post, in other cases, the cat just wants to get into a closed room - into a warm bed, to food, to something interesting. And in general, such freedom-loving animals as cats can often simply show their protest against the restriction of freedom. And if your door is at least three times cat-resistant, it is unlikely to console you in the second hour of listening to scratching and meowing behind it.


One of the cat's favorite tricks is very well known, when the tail, actively scratching at the door, after opening it, suddenly loses interest in crossing the threshold, starts defiantly washing itself or falls apart in front of the entrance. But one has only to close the door again - it immediately begins to break into it again. Do not rush to be indignant, because the cat often does not want to enter, but expresses disagreement with the restriction of freedom of access, it is difficult for him to understand such an infringement of the cat's rights. Just imagine yourself in a similar situation. If the door still needs to be closed from time to time, but you value the relationship with the animal - go towards it, open the door immediately, as if a child was knocking on it. And if a stubborn man shows his anarchic essence even after ten seconds, close and ignore subsequent zeal. If the door holds, after a few such lessons, the cat may well learn the rules.
We are approaching the main decision - if a four-legged comrade is still not only a decor item for you, it will be easiest (and at the same time often most difficult) to agree with him. Understand what arouses his interest, organize the same scratching post, hide the food stored outside the door, give him access for half an hour to the desired room. Often it is enough for a cat to make sure that there is nothing interesting for him there, and interest in a closed door will disappear in the future.

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Organization is a great compromise. special hole in the door- here you can show your imagination well and put your hands on it. Or make it easier by choosing a collapsible door paneled or tsargo design- in this case, when installing the door, it is enough to remove one of the lower panels or a glass element, and in such cases it is easier to replace the damaged part. It is worth paying attention to door handle. If, nevertheless, there is a need to restrict access to a cat or dog in a room, it is worth taking a closer look at round shaped handles- only a cat who is able to earn money for a new door can open such a door, and after a series of unsuccessful attempts to open it, interest will fade. But cats and dogs often open ordinary rosette handles, which increases the likelihood of damage to the door in the handle area. Pay close attention to material of the box and platbands- These are pretty favorite climbing machines for cats. Also pay attention to the design - glass or decorative elements at a height of about a meter can attract an animal as a support for paws, and frames or glazing beads in these places are by no means the most protected place on the door.
An original solution with due imagination and non-handedness can be a purchase unpainted solid wood doors. In this case, you can organize some interesting devices right on the canvas, or decorate the door so that the claw marks on it will look like a designer refinement. Another non-standard solution could be transom with a hole above the door and cat stairs to it. Suitable transom can be selected on order some manufacturers, but be prudent - instead of the path you planned, the animal can choose its own way, which is by no means loyal to the surface of the door or box.


Entrance doors, perhaps, are the most pointy place for expressing feline love of freedom, dogs also often ask for a walk by showing attention to the door. If the problem of scratching interior doors can be solved by leaving them open, things are not so simple with front doors. Animals often rush to the street, methodically scratching the surface of the door from the threshold to the handle. Sometimes, to protect the surface of the front door from the claws of a zealous dog, some owners hang an additional piece of film or plastic from the handle to the floor, but this is more of an extreme case and rarely looks aesthetically pleasing. We hasten to reassure - the doors of the "Steel Line" are very resistant to the leprosy of the smaller brothers. Door coverings (PVC, eco-veneer, SteelTex, SteelLak) easily survive the pressure of a cat or the leprosy of a small dog without consequences - they are close to very durable plastic and create a sliding effect even for the sharpest claws. A particularly curious cat can be discouraged from sneaking out into the street or into the entrance by carefully opening the door and showing behind it a large (but not necessarily aggressive to cats) dog - a couple of such meetings and rare reminders are enough to consolidate the reflex. Be extremely careful and do not flirt - a cat in stress is much more desperate, here you must first of all proceed from caring for the animal and preventing sad situations. But if the cat constantly crawls under his feet when they meet, risking injury, and not everyone in the stairwell or in the yard shares the love for animals, this can make him reconsider his views on opening front doors.

The handle also withstands pressure - even a preschooler copes with the opening of the 100-kilogram door "Steel Line", but under the weight of a cat, the handle will not give up. Dogs often show interest in architraves, on which, after such attention, traces of teeth remain. To reduce the negative effect, the best choice would be metal trim with SteelTex or SteelLak coatings - not a panacea, but you can get rid of only light dots on the surface. We repeat once again - there is no full guarantee of protecting doors from the attention of animals, but most of the technologies used have more than a ten-year sample of observations, improving every year with new collections.

Equip horizontal bars for the animal, or just actively play with the same cat a couple of times a day with a ribbon with a crumpled plastic bag at the end, imitating a mouse or bird hunt - it’s easy for an attentive owner to understand when the animal needs to throw out energy and stretch muscles. Also avoid easy-to-lock interior doors - the animal can accidentally close them, sometimes together with the person. It may be worth reconsidering the traditional place for a cat litter box in the bathroom - even if you are used to providing freedom of access for the animal there, incidents often arise with the participation of guests who are unusual for this, and the likelihood of accidentally injuring the cat increases.

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☮ So, the best methods to protect your doors from pet encroachments (and vice versa) will be love, mutual respect and the ability to negotiate. In almost all cases of door damage, the people themselves are to blame - usually it is enough to understand your Barsik or Rex and compromise somewhere. Believe me, the animal will always, in response, make some concessions in things that are important to it, for example, rebuild its schedule to fit yours. And if you choose a cat or dog to match the color of the door, it is better to limit yourself to plush friends.

Pets give a person love, disinterested affection and the joy of communication. But the appearance of a four-legged pet in an apartment often changes the usual way of life, daily routine, and even ... the interior.

Puddles on the floor, traces of sharp claws, wool, torn curtains or gnawed furniture legs make the owners think about how to minimize damage to the home environment - and at the same time take care of the safety of their pets so that they do not harm themselves if they play too much.

Many of these problems can be solved if, during the renovation phase, more carefully select finishes for all surfaces - walls, floors, doors, as well as upholstered furniture and other items. Indeed, on the modern market there are many finishing materials that are resistant to pollution, easy to clean and at the same time retain an attractive appearance.

The choice of flooring

The floors in a house where a cat or dog lives with people are under significant stress. With such a neighborhood, the two main qualities that a floor covering should have are strength and moisture resistance.

Extremely simple and easy to use linoleum. It is easy to lay, it is not afraid of moisture and is easy to clean. The disadvantage of this coating is that larger animals can scratch it and even tear it with claws or teeth. The chances of a successful outcome will increase if, instead of the usual linoleum, you use a covering for public premises (semi-commercial linoleum) - it is stronger, and at a price not much more expensive.

But linoleum has another flaw. Pet owners sometimes complain that their paws move apart on such floors, which means that a naughty pet can slip, hit, or accidentally drop and break something valuable. In addition, walking on slippery surfaces is bad for joints and posture, especially for large dogs. If a slippery floor turns into a serious problem, you will either have to cover the linoleum with rugs and carpet, or look for another anti-slip coating.

Speaking of linoleum, it is worth mentioning its "relative" - pvc tiles. In terms of moisture resistance and unpretentiousness, it is comparable to linoleum, but, in addition, it can be easily repaired - if necessary, a damaged or scratched bar can be removed and replaced with a new one.

Works well with pet owners laminate. However, it is worth buying only a floor covering with a high wear resistance class, resistant to mechanical damage and moisture, otherwise wet and odorous "surprises" from our smaller brothers will quickly render it unusable. The advantage of a laminate floor is that it is anti-static, which means wool does not stick to it, and cleaning becomes easier.

Ceramic tile- a beautiful, durable and reliable material, although many of our compatriots do not like it, considering it unsuitable for residential premises. This attitude is understandable: a hard ceramic surface cools the legs (and paws), so walking on it is unpleasant. The problem of discomfort can be solved by installing a "warm floor" system, but this will require additional costs. However, if you have to walk your dog on a daily basis, it makes sense to tile at least the area in front of the front door in the hallway.

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Vertical surfaces in a house where there is a cat, dog or other living creatures get no less than floors. The coating on the walls is torn, scratched and dirty, so paper wallpapers and materials that are difficult to clean are not recommended.

Choosing wallpaper, it is reasonable to give preference to vinyl - they are very diverse in design and at the same time they can be wiped with a damp cloth from stains and dirt.

A good solution can be paintable wallpaper, especially fiberglass, which can withstand the pressure of paws, claws, and beaks well, and can also be repainted many times. Washable water-based paints are usually used for painting walls.

Decorative plaster- aesthetic, environmentally friendly finishing material with a wide selection of textures and decorative solutions. However, it is better for pet owners to choose not the most refined, but the most durable varieties of plasters that tolerate wet cleaning well - it will be easier to find a middle ground between design and cleanliness of the house.

Alternative wall finishes decorative panels, primarily made of plastic, MDF or chipboard. In addition to resistance to dirt and damage, they have another useful property: a damaged piece of trim can be easily replaced with a new one.

Finally, the walls can be lined artificial stone or porcelain stoneware to rule out the possibility of damage. And to make the interior look not too formal, close only the lower part of the wall, to the level where a four-legged family member can reach.

The same technique can be used with decorative plaster and panels, lining the wall with them from below, and decorating it with more comfortable wallpaper from above.

Looking for a way out

Asking for a walk, furry hooligans find him very quickly, whine, meow, scream - and scratch with their paws on the front door. If this behavior is typical for your pet, you will have to forget about soft upholstery on the door.

The inner side of the front door can be decorated with anti-vandal plastic or the issue can be solved more radically - apply a thick layer of metal coating, which will not be damaged even by the giants of the canine world - shepherd dogs, great danes and other large dogs. Rough, but reliable.

For installation between rooms, manufacturers usually recommend laminated doors or doors with plastic trim, which do not leave marks from fangs and claws. But wooden or veneered doors are not the best choice in a house where four-legged creatures live: even a small animal can easily scratch them.

Upholstered furniture: what to do?

As a rule, upholstered furniture delivers the most concern to owners of cats and dogs, since sofas and chairs constantly suffer from claws and “tags” of animals.

One of the most practical upholstery options is considered flock. Dense, velvety to the touch pile does not allow the claw to catch on the fabric base and prevents the appearance of puffs. The fabric has high wear resistance, animal hair does not stick to it, and dirt can be removed from it using a sponge with soapy water.

Sofa cover. Photo: SureFit.

Finally, you can just close all the sofas and armchairs removable covers and then wash them when they get dirty. With the current wealth of fabrics and colors, it is easy to choose a cover for any interior.

There are other ways to redirect the energy of our smaller brothers in the right direction.

For example, to distract a cat from a sofa or curtains, you need to place a couple of scratching posts in her favorite places - and at the same time teach how to use them. In order not to suffer from the legs of the cabinets, the puppy must be regularly given a “bone” or other object that he can gnaw “legally”. Puddles on the floor will also be significantly reduced if you provide pets with convenient trays with the filler they like.

Scratching post. Photo: Square Cat Habitat

It is important to understand that although choosing the right finishing materials will make it easier for you to keep your house clean and tidy, it is also necessary to study the nature of the animal, its needs, devoting enough time to its upbringing. However, that's a completely different story...

We have a cat and two dogs in our apartment. The old doors are already damaged and scratched and we want to replace them. Which coatings are more resistant to such damage and which is better to choose?

Answer from an expert

Hello. No matter how expensive and high-quality interior doors are, in any case, it is necessary to take special care of the coating and try to prevent animals from contacting it.

The most resistant to external influences, damage and scratches are the following materials for the manufacture of door structures:

• The highest quality and at the same time expensive are doors made of valuable solid wood. They are also more resistant to various kinds of damage and scratches, as they have a high level of strength. Such valuable tree species include: mahogany, larch, bek, maple;
• Soft wood with high-quality processing and application of a special multi-layer coating is quite a bit inferior to the first option. Such doors have a more affordable and budgetary cost;
• An equally high-quality base is MDF. It has high strength, and thanks to a properly selected coating, it is very expensive to be distinguished by its durability;
• Molded doors are also hard enough to damage and scratch due to the thick glass base. The design is heavy and can be installed in any room, due to the presence of three-layer glass and a special protective film.

Choosing the right cover:

• Eco veneered finish. Distinguished by its high quality and rather complex processing, which makes it especially durable and resistant to various kinds of damage and scratches;
• PVC film. This coating belongs to the category of the most stable and can be used to protect the door leaf. It is quite hard to damage and scratch. In addition, it tolerates exposure to high temperatures and high humidity. This allows you to install such doors not only in the bedroom and living room, but also in the bathroom and on the balcony.

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To prevent the doors from being damaged and scratched by pets, you can install a window for animals in the door yourself. In the middle, at the bottom of the door, there is a special window with a hanging sash that opens in both directions. This device is intended primarily for cats or small dogs. Of course, if you have a bulldog the size of a calf at home, then this is not an option. For him, not just a special window, the doorway itself will be like a window.

The disadvantage of such a window is, of course, that the hole in the door does not look attractive at all, and also the standard size is not suitable for all animals.

Watch the video on how to install such a window in the door yourself:

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There is also a door holding system. A new offer on the market that is trying to find demand. Its essence is. that the doors don't close. The mechanism keeps the doors from slamming, leaving a gap for a cat or dog. It takes some effort to close the doors completely. In fact, this is such an "anti-leader". For more details, see the video about this device below.

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Various materials are used to cover interior doors, and the operational properties of doors, their durability and appearance directly depend on the material. There are several main types of coatings:

1. Laminated coating;
2. PVC coating;
3. Veneered coating (natural, artificial and eco-veneer).

laminated coating

Laminated door covering is made from thin melamine, fiberglass, PVC or paper film and is a budget option, second only to conventional paintwork in price. Some characteristics of laminated doors are better than those with natural veneer:

Laminate flooring can be made not only from the above materials, but also from modern CPL and TSS plastic polymers, which are a type of HPL plastic flooring. The plastic CPL polymer is produced by continuous pressing and has high strength, environmental friendliness and wear resistance, while the TSS polymer produced by thermostructuring has beautiful appearance, long service life and resistance to scratches, dirt and other influences. Therefore, high-quality laminated doors made by well-known manufacturers can last up to 15 years.

PVC coating

Polyvinyl chloride or PVC is a thin polymer film used to cover the door leaf. Despite its artificial origin, PVC is considered a more practical coating than natural or artificial veneer, due to the following performance:

This combination of positive qualities makes PVC-coated doors an excellent option for bathrooms and kitchens. It is also worth mentioning that there are a huge number of color options for PVC and with its help you can design doors with convex and concave decorative elements.

At the same time, it is important to note several disadvantages of PVC coating.

Note! It has poor sound insulation and is less environmentally friendly. And with prolonged use of doors coated with polyvinyl chloride, edge delamination may form.

Veneered coating

Veneered flooring is made from a thin layer of hardwood or softwood. This layer has a thickness of up to 10 mm and is obtained by sawing, planing and peeling. Veneer is natural and artificial (fine-line). Natural veneer completely repeats the texture and appearance of natural wood and has the following qualities:

High-quality veneered doors can last more than 10 years, especially if they are made by a well-known manufacturer. The cost of doors covered with veneer is significantly higher than doors with artificial veneer. This is due to the complex technological aspect of production - each sheet has a unique texture, which makes it difficult to select fragments that allow you to assemble several identical door panels.

Important! The veneer has low resistance to moisture.

This disadvantage is eliminated by applying a paint coating, however, this solution has the disadvantage of the possibility of damage to the coating, which is especially true in homes where there are pets. Another disadvantage of veneer is the difficulty of covering convex and concave decorative elements of doors.

Artificial veneer (fine-line) is made from inexpensive wood (linden, abacha, poplar, etc.) by peeling wood into separate sheets, which are dried, painted, glued, pressed and sawn into slabs of the required size. This veneer is better than natural veneer due to the lower cost due to the solution to the problem of unequal sheet texture.

There are many options for fine-line veneer design, since this material lends itself well to processing. But in appearance, it is somewhat inferior to natural, because it has a uniform pattern that is not able to convey the beauty of natural wood. Also, this material has low moisture resistance and strength.

Ecoveneer is an artificially created material in the form of a thin polymer or polypropylene film, widely used in the food industry and medicine. In appearance and performance, it is more similar to polyvinyl chloride than natural coating. It is only the appearance that unites it with veneer - eco-veneer can be designed in such a way that it will repeat the relief, texture and color of different types of wood. Eco-veneer benefits include:

Since eco-veneer doors are made using a chemical reaction to bond the veneer to MDF, the material is more environmentally friendly than its natural counterpart, which often uses adhesives containing harmful chemicals to attach. But it is worth noting that over the past few years, leading manufacturers of interior doors have improved production technologies and use adhesive mixtures that do not contain harmful substances.

Along with many advantages, ecoveneer also has a number of disadvantages. It cannot be restored, and it loses to its natural counterpart in terms of sound insulation. Like any other coating of artificial origin, eco-veneer does not create good air exchange and microclimate in the room, unlike natural coatings.