First Things First

So, we finally closed...now what!?  Well, Jordan's aunt was in town for the football game, so we went to Chuy's then dragged her over to our new home to show it off.  We had movers scheduled for the following morning, but I tried my hardest to figure out how to spend that night in our new place.  In the end, it just did not make sense, so we spent our first night as homeowners in our apartment.

Bright and early Saturday morning, we picked up the truck, met the movers, and convinced my dad to do do this to our new house:

We thought there was no better way to turn this house into our home than cut a hole into the wall and install a doggie door!  We had a few problems with the electrical wiring, but the end result is a couple of worn out pups.

First Rennovation: Dog Door

Our house is not even finished and we already have changes in mind.  Being a two dog household, one of the things we are looking forward to is having a backyard for all the fetch and frisbee we can handle.  To maximize the benefits of having a great backyard, we want to install a dog door.  Specifically we want this automatic dog door.  The dogs wear magnets around their collar so the door opens when they approach the door, but stays shut when anything not wearing the magnet approaches.

Since we do not have drywall yet, now is the perfect time to pick out a place to install the door.  That way we know where all the wires are hiding in the walls.  We have narrowed the location of the door down to two options: A and B.  These locations are both on the patio, hopefully decreasing the amount of mud the dogs will track into the house.

Ideally, we would put a dog house in front of the exterior door.  This would not only hide the door, but discourage curious humans from trying to enter.

From the inside: While there is more space for the door on the B side, the main problem is that the door would be in the direct line of our front door.  A is in our breakfast room, so it would be mostly out of the way.

From the outside:  Again, B has the most room.  It would be difficult to put a dog house in front of A.

Where would you install the dog door?