>I also laid carboard in the doorway and duct taped it down so she could >rip up the carpet. After I did all this, she stopped trying to get over >the gate for awhile, but for about the past week, she has been obsessing >over it and it is driving me crazy. Yikes! I sympathize with you there. My oldest fert, Shelma did this for a while. We tried putting down plexiglass on the floor (rubber floor mats work too). Tracy [Posted in FML issue 4570]