Pet gate for Labrador that lets cats pass

A Labrador and two cats sharing the same space — that's a classic challenge, because what contains a large dog needs to still give cats complete freedom of movement. Gate choice really comes down to three things: the dog's size and jumping ability, the width of the opening you need to cover, and whether pressure-mounted or wall-mounted is possible. Worth flagging upfront — pressure-mounted gates should never be used at the top of stairs. So, tell me a bit more: how big is your Lab, where are you planning to put the gate, and is drilling into the wall an option for you?

Perfect — a 90cm doorway, wall-mounting is on the table, and you've got a solid 35kg Lab who'll push his luck if there's any give in the gate. The key thing here is that most standard gates with a cat flap built in have flaps that are either too stiff for cats or too easy for a determined Lab to nose open. What height does your Lab jump to — does he clear anything waist-height, or does he mostly just push and nudge rather than jump?

That changes things helpfully. If he's a leaner rather than a jumper, you don't need an extra-tall gate — but you do need something with a very solid wall-mount and no flex at the bottom. My recommendation is the Pressure Paws Extra Tall Pet Gate with Cat Door by Cardinal Gates — but specifically for the UK, the one I'd point you to is the Safetots Extra Wide Wooden Pet Gate with Cat Flap (available on Amazon UK). It wall-mounts securely, spans up to 150cm with extensions, sits at 76cm tall which is more than enough for a non-jumping Lab, and has a small swing-through cat door at the base that a cat can nose open easily but a Labrador's muzzle simply won't fit through. The wooden construction is rigid — no flex, no give — so your bulldozer won't gradually work it loose the way he might a pressure-mounted gate. Fit the wall cups properly into studs or use wall anchors, and this will hold him reliably.

Yes, a Burmese will be absolutely fine. The cat door on the Safetots gate is sized for average domestic cats — roughly 15cm wide and 18cm tall — so a slim young Burmese will slip through it with no trouble at all. The flap swings both ways and is light enough that cats figure it out quickly, usually within a day or two. Your bigger concern might be making sure the cats don't find it beneath their dignity to use it, but that's a cat problem, not a gate problem.

Two things. First, check your doorway width carefully before ordering — the gate fits openings from roughly 63cm to 109cm in its standard configuration, so your 90cm is comfortably in range, but measure at both the top and bottom of the frame because older doorways can be slightly uneven. Second, when you fit the wall cups, go into the door frame timber itself rather than just the plaster — a Lab leaning his full 35kg against it repeatedly will find any weakness in a plaster fixing eventually. Get those two things right and you'll have a gate that lasts years.