We've been having a problem with our pet door.

When Huckleberry squeezes through he rubs against the locking tab and pushes it into a position that blocks the door from opening back up.

I drilled a hole through the tab so we could plug a wire through it to keep it open.

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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