With 7 of us pups runnin’ loose through our house, there’s always a lot of chaos goin’ on WOOF! Most of us are big dogs weighin’ in over 70 lbs, but there are medium sized ones and a little sprite of 5 lbs in the mix. With all the runnin’, jumpin’ and woofin’ it up goin’ on my Lady gets a little frizzy haired and starry eyed lookin’.
When she’s got somethin’ important she’s needin’ to get typed up or when she’s a cookin’, she brings out them baby gate things to try and make us stay in one spot. For some it works, for others not so good. Them baby gate jails are easy to break out of Woof! That sister of mine Brandi can jump like a deer and smooth flies over the top of em! Then, there are those of us that can break thru em with a good shove! I don’t think my Lady likes them baby gates either, by all the fussin’ she does when she trips herself up tryin’ to get over em! She sure shut us down good the other day though! She brought out the big guns with a new hands-free pet gate from a place called Richell USA.
Yep, I think she got us good on this one! The Richell Hands-Free Pet Gate is taller than a normal baby gate at 36.6″ tall and it fits so tight we can’t seem to pull our usual stunts to knock it down. My Lady seems mighty pleased cause she don’t have to step over it! She can just walk right on through it by stepping on a foot pedal. Sure put a damper on my mood! I’m gonna go back to my poutin’ and let her tell ya ’bout our new hands-free pet gate since she’s the one so pleased ’bout it!
Here’s what my Lady has to say about the Richell Hands-Free Pet Gate:
Molly nailed it when she said we have a very noisy and chaotic household! With 7 dogs running, barking, wrestling and playing – not to mention always underfoot, it can be a little too much when you have necessary things to do. While the older dogs are fairly good about laying down out of the way, Ozzy and Brandi are still a handful. They are almost 2 years old, hyper as all get out and I’m starting to wonder if they will every grow out of it.
For me, and if you are a pet parent, then you know pet gates are a necessity! A few of the worst times in my home when they are needed are when I am trying to cook, work or more often than not – both at the same time. My poor pups are probably confused because they are either gated ‘in’ or ‘out’ of the office depending on what is going on. If I am working on something with a deadline, trying to work with them in there is pretty much worthless. As big as they are, they still try to get in my lap, jump on my desk, hit the keyboard, etc. So, during important times and if someone is home with me, they are designated outside of the office so I can work.
At other times, I need to keep them in the office with me. If I put something on the stove in the kitchen to simmer, I can’t trust Ozzy and Brandi not to jump up on the stove and possibly pull it off on themselves while I am still in the office. Them two can do a fair amount of damage in a short period of time if you don’t keep up with them. Having a hands-free pet gate is perfect for containing them inside the office with me and I can come and go easily to check on my simmering food, all without doing acrobatics to get over the gate!
With my dogs being on the hefty size, they were constantly knocking the regular baby gate down. Now, with the Richell Hands-Free Pet Gate, I don’t have to worry about that! Richell’s products are made with excellent craftsmanship and attention to detail that earned many of its product designs the “Editor’s Choice Award” for four consecutive years (2010-2014)! If you haven’t heard of RichellUSA’s Pet Products, they are all about comfort and style! They combine the elements of safety, comfort and mobility . Let’s check out the features of the hands-free pet gate.
How does the Richell Hands-Free Pet Gate work?
I love when I can find eco friendly pet products and the Richell Hands-Free Pet Gate is made of eco friendly Rubberwood! It uses a tension-mount installation with adjuster knobs. It fits similar to a baby gate, only the adjuster knobs and heavy build of the gate makes it MUCH sturdier and heavy duty! It also has rubber stoppers to protect the wall surfaces. The hands-free gate stands 36.6″ tall, which is an added benefit for me since I have large dogs that can easily jump a baby gate. The Richell hands-free pet gate fits doorways or hallway opening from 28.3″ to 37.2″ wide.
Another feature that I am totally in love with is the specially designed foot pedal that allows for hands-free opening of the gate door. No more trying to hop over a gate with my hands full or balance something in hand, while holding on to the door facing to climb over. I am in heaven with this thing! All I have to do is simple step on the foot pedal and pass right through!
The gate opening measures 19.1″, which is spacious enough to pass through with no trouble. The gate door automatically closes behind you, or if you want to leave it open, just push it open to a 45º angle and it will stay opened.
Molly is a thinker and she has seen me press the pedal to get out and she is checking it out. While pressing the pedal down with my foot is quite simple to me, none of the dogs would be able to press it hard enough to release the gate. Even my heaviest dog, would not be able to pull that off. Can’t blame her for checking it out though!
Since I have dogs of all sizes, I particularly liked the idea that it is recommended for both small and large dogs weighing between 8.8 to 88 lbs. We are enjoying the 36.6″ height of the gate, which is perfect for all of my medium to large sized dogs, even my German Shepherds. It’s tall enough to keep my leaping Brandi inside, much to her disappointment! The slats are spaced 1 1/4″ apart making it perfect to allow them to see what is going on so they don’t feel left out or locked up. Even if they do pout at times!
Award winning pet products are hard to find, but I’ve found a jewel in the Richell Hands-Free Pet Gate! It has definitely made my every day life easier and I look forward to using it during my holiday cooking! My pets are like my kids and a part of my family, but there are times they don’t need to be underfoot. The Richell Hands-Free Pet Gate gives me the freedom to do what I need to do, while my furry four legged kids can watch safely from another room.
Once last word of caution, the hands-free pet gate is meant for use inside the home to section your dog off in a particular area. Do not use for keeping your pets from leaving the house.
This is much nicer than the gate I had. It was a pain to use and my Yorkie was hard to contain since he was so small. This looks well made too.
The canine beast pretty much goes where she will, but the cats live on the lower level of the house… we use doors, not gates.
This gate looks so much easier to use than any of the others.
We don’t have any dogs, but this looks like a really great product!
I love that it closes automatically behind you!
Much nicer than those plastic eye sores.
We have used gates in the past and they are effective. This is a really nice one!
I can see why you’d need a gate. I always say, dogs are like young children. Sometimes you need a barrier. Young children don’t understand that the kitchen stove is hot… Dogs just smell people food and go nuts!
This is a great idea. I actually remember when I was younger people using them to keep dogs from escaping
I never really thought about using gates for pets. Pretty good idea though. I use them for my kid mostly for safety reasons. I love that you can release it with your foot!
The gate looks so good and blends in with the area. I was using the old fashion style gates and they were a pain. This looks so neat.
I love that this gate has a foot pedal for opening.
We currently have a gate that divides our laundry room and kitchen so that our dogs can easily come through the doggie door and lay on there beds where it’s nice and warm.
This looks like a great gate for dogs. I have a cat and he pretty much jumps over gates and doesnt really need a gate.
This is a much nicer pet gate than the one we have and I love that it closes behind you. Must show my husband, I bet he’ll like it too.
i dont use pet gates with my dogs they go where i go
I don’t need gates for my dogs anymore, but I’m sure there will come a time when I do. I will keep these in mind. Our last gates were cheap and didn’t last.
My Chessie is a counter-surfer and always under foot. I use a gate to keep her out of the kitchen and give me some peace.
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This gate looks wonderful. I currently wrestle with a conventional gate to block some of the dogs out of the kitchen while others eat. This looks like it’d be great to have.
I have never heard of these before and would love to own one. There are many times that I really need to put the dog in another room or outside depending on what is going on. I don’t always like to put her outside especially this time of the year as it is only about zero degrees today and too cold for the pup to be outside. This hands free pet gate would be a blessing.
I love that it looks good. We used an ugly baby gate, but this is much better.
These look like really high quality gates. I would love to have one for or kitchen.
I like this gate,as my one fur-baby is afraid of the gate because it falls down.
This also is a prettier than what we do have now.
This pet gate looks like it is built really well and would work really well for sectioning off a part of a house. Our Sparkie has free run of the house and he mostly just follows around my fiance. We don’t need anything like this, but if we did, this would be on the list to look at.
I have a few dog gates st my house. I love that this gate is hands free. I am always having issues with guests struggling to open my gates in the house. Plus, this gate looks like a good quality made gate.
We use gates for our pugs. I keep them out of the kitchen, and just keep them in the area I am in to watch them…they are pretty naughty!
This would be good for when family comes over and the dogs get so crazy excited. Just put them off in a separate room and open the gate up. Save them from jumping on everyone.
Love the pet gates! We have nightmares about leaving our Beagle to roam the house completely free, while we are out.
I don’t have dogs but I wish I had this when my boys were little.
It is nice that you don’t have to hop over this gate!
This gate looks much easier to use and what I used was those baby gates for our pet we had. Which didn’t work too well.
This is a very nice dog gate and looks easy to use. I would use it.
I think these seem like a great option in some circumstances. Not anything that I need, but probably very handy for some!
I need one of these
I’m going to pass along to your very informative and well written (fun to read!) review to my sister who has two beautiful (and very athletic/energetic) Viszulas… but for our part, I might look into this gate for our two 10 year old cats who still find a way to get into whatever space we are in, despite being somewhat “plump!” One of them can jump remarkably high and with very light space to get traction of build momentum!
Thanks ~ to Lady ~ Ozzy and Brandi too!
Great option! I like the ease of use and the overall look… not cheap or distracting!
I like these gates, and they aren’t ugly.My daughter has 3 dogs and boy could she use of these. Great review 🙂
I like all the features of this gate. It makes it convenient for a senior citizen that I know.
My dogs are always trying to escape out the front door when my kid’s friends come over! This gate would be awesome.
Looks far more sturdy and easier to use than most others I’ve seen!
I like this idea.
These are really nice, looks well made.
This pet gate looks very useful. Thanks for sharing!
no,I’ve never used a gate for my pets,it probably works on dogs but I have a cat and she would just jump up and climb over.
Yes, I have always used gates for my dogs. They have free fun of the porch, family room and kitchen, but I use gates to keep them out the the rest of the house. They go into other rooms when we are in there but not unless they are supervised.
I’ve used baby gates for my pets over the years. Early on it was to keep the dogs (and kids) in or out of particular rooms. I don’t need to separate animals from people often these days, but I do still use them for keeping dogs out of specific rooms (especially when I’m cooking or we have repair men at our house. I also use them to keep the dogs out of the area where I keep my cats’ litter boxes. We still have many uses for gates and I’d really love a gate like this one.
I have always used gates with my dogs……I love them.
We use baby gates on the basement and our boys’ rooms so that the dog doesn’t go in and bother them. We cut a hole out of the basement one so that the cat can go down and be alone in his ‘cat cave’!
I do use gates with my dogs. These are much nicer than what I have though. I have a plastic Wal-Mart one up across the entry way to the kitchen because I have a pancreatic dog and I must keep her out of the cat food and garbage. These are beautiful!!
I have never used gates but these look great and effective. We have a boxer who gets really odd when left alone and chews everything,yet its the only time he does. A gate might help that problem!
WOW! I really love this gate! I just have a normal baby gate, however, both of my babies are only about 17 lbs each! So, the baby gate keeps them in! I only used it when my other dog, Angel, died and these 2 were fighting who was gonna be the heat B**ch of the house! I think it sounded worse than it was. So, when they started fighting, they got locked away from each other for a while. I think the oldest, Maxie, is the one who won that battle! So, for now everything seems to be ok. I love this gate that you have! I would definitely need it if I were to get big dogs! I had one big dog and, as much as I loved her, she shed all over the place and my vacuum was constantly being run! After she crossed the rainbow bridge, I started getting shih Tzu’s (well I got a Shih Tzu when Keisha was still alive.) Anyhow, this gate is terrific for your purposes! I can’t even imagine living with that many dogs! These 2 sleep with me and my husband in a king size bed. It does not feel king size to me! My husband takes up a lot of room and these babies are always up against me to sleep at night! I feel like I’m always hanging off the bed! LOL Thanks so much for the Terrific Review and all the great information on this gate! I honestly do appreciate it! Thanks again, Michele 🙂
These are so much better than the dog gate I used. It keeps my dog from going into the kitchen.
This looks like a much better solution than what I have up and what I was thinking of making in replacement of what I currently have there.
I’m actually using two different types of child gates on my kitchen door right now and they are a pain. We have to go through my room to get to the kitchen.
He have two Big Dogs, and I’m not sure a gate would stop them from going upstairs… but we may want to try this… I’m going to look into it.
I haven’t considered any other food. Greasy likes Friskies Indoor Delights.