I think I'm missing something. How big is your house? And where do you think your dog is when you are at work? I really think a free moving dog is your best bet. I'd invest in window shades and make sure they are pulled down not giving anyone a visual into your house. Its a deterrent to hear a barking dog and more so if you don't know the size or whereabouts of that dog in the house.

As an aside: I think keeping a dog behind a closed door is anxiety causing for lots of them; and pushing through said door could be a symptom of the anxiety. Try the gate if your still thinking she needs to stay in your room.

I have no fences. My dog stays in the yard. She respects the differences in "texture" of the street pavement vs the grass and mulch ECT.
Sounds complicated, but its really like this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCmMaYtjpI
Or this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=msCmMaYtjpI
I can easily switch it to any object or item she steps on or over. (creepishly this doesn't work indoors due to family ruining my dog.)

This is just basic stuff she just learned from basic agility foundation training i taught her at home myself.

As for the door, your right, its just like some of the agility training equipment we have trained with...
To my dog, its a "tunnel shoot" door! LOL!

"but you'd basically have to train him to wait for a release command every time he crosses the threshold of this doorway--even when you are home, and then gradually introduce time and distraction (including when you aren't there) to proof this behavior. "

Oh, what fun.... that means ill have to keep her AWAY from the door whenever im not around to train. (i dont even know if it will work out, due to her past, and family members messing with her indoors.)
Back to square one, until the dog is reliable with the door, she must be contained away from door.. while i am gone.
This Pawz Away device is looking better and better as this would cut down the training time 100 percent....

"And put a prominent sticker on the window alerting fire department personnel that there is a dog in your house in case of a fire. "

Don't think i don't have tons of them already?!
But sadly no matter how many i buy, i still can't have any peace of mind crating my dog while i'm not home.

Ugh, fun fun. I guess ill give my best shot. Update when or if things are going.. good.. or bad... or at all.

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I think I'm missing something. How big is your house? And where do you think your dog is when you are at work? I really think a free moving dog is your best bet. I'd invest in window shades and make sure they are pulled down not giving anyone a visual into your house. Its a deterrent to hear a barking dog and more so if you don't know the size or whereabouts of that dog in the house.

As an aside: I think keeping a dog behind a closed door is anxiety causing for lots of them; and pushing through said door could be a symptom of the anxiety. Try the gate if your still thinking she needs to stay in your room.

Whats missing?

Well i have video inside my house. I check up on her while im at work. See she sleeps here and there, walks around and keeps changing her sleeping place. Barks at noises here and there..goes back to sleep. Wherever she sleeps blood stains follow. (wound on neck, and tumors bleeds) And not everybody living with my appreciates my dog as much as i do. Roommates tend to not want dog blood on carpets ECT.

The shades go up and down depending on my roomate, i mean, its not like im going to demand the shades be down all the time while i am out, when i could just keep her in my room.

Na, no anxiety to walking through the door. Its a cheap plastic door that puts up virtually no resistance. It would blow open with a larger fan on it.

I would like to keep my dog inside of my room, unkenneled while i am not home, thats all.

BTW whos the dog in your picture? Beautiful!

baby gate completely stops the door bashing! Tadah, magic!
"problem" officially solved!

That's great Brianah! The dog in the picture is my boy Thor; I lost him in September. He was a bit of a door basher himself.

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That's great Brianah! The dog in the picture is my boy Thor; I lost him in September. He was a bit of a door basher himself.

Im sorry
are you okay without him?

Thank you for asking. I am; now that I realized it is so much better to have had him in my life, loss included; than not to have ever known him.

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Thank you for asking. I am; now that I realized it is so much better to have had him in my life, loss included; than not to have ever known him.

He was lucky to be your dog.