This is a specific conversation about Pet gates — containing dogs safely — ask about yours and get one honest answer for your exact situation.
inparticular.ai
A Saluki squeezing past pressure-mounted gates is a classic sighthound problem — they're built like a wedge, and if there's any gap between the gate and the frame, they will find it. Gate choice really comes down to three things: the dog's size and jumping ability, the width of the opening, and whether pressure-mounted or wall-mounted is viable. One important safety point upfront: pressure-mounted gates are never safe at the top of stairs. To point you in the right direction — where are you trying to contain your Saluki, and is drilling into the wall an option for you?
It's a doorway between the kitchen and hallway, about 90cm wide. He's tall and lean, maybe 27kg. He keeps turning sideways and just sliding through the gap on the pressure-mounted gate we have. Drilling is fine.
inparticular.ai
That's exactly the Saluki problem — the pressure bar on most gates creates a slight bow in the frame, and a 27kg dog with a 10cm-wide ribcage just glides straight through. How high is he at the shoulder, roughly? And has he ever tried jumping a gate, or is he purely a gap-exploiter?
About 70cm at the shoulder. He's never jumped one — he's actually quite lazy about it, he just wriggles. But I want something he definitely can't clear if he ever decides to try.
inparticular.ai
Good — a lazy Saluki who doesn't jump is much easier to contain than one who does. At 70cm shoulder height, a standard 75–80cm gate is technically fine, but I'd go taller for peace of mind given the breed. The real priority here is eliminating the gap, which means wall-mounted with a solid, flush fit. For your 90cm doorway, I'd go with the Safetots Extra Wide Walk Through Baby Gate in the wall-mounted configuration. It uses dual wall-cup fixings on both sides rather than a pressure bar, so the gate sits completely flush against the frame with no bow and no gap for him to exploit. It opens to around 96cm wide, has a 76cm height, and the frame seals tight against the wall cups. The walk-through door has a one-hand release that's dog-proof. It's around £45–55 on Amazon UK and is genuinely one of the tidiest fits for awkward sighthound escapers.
That sounds perfect. Is the bottom bar something he could step over easily? He does have very long legs.
inparticular.ai
The Safetots gate has a low threshold bar — roughly 5cm — which most dogs clear without thinking. For a Saluki with those legs it'll be nothing. It's there purely for structural rigidity, not as a meaningful barrier. You'll step over it without noticing after a day. The gate itself is what does the work, and with wall cups properly fixed into the door frame, there's no flex and nowhere for him to find purchase to squeeze through.
Great, I'll go for that. Thanks — really helpful.
inparticular.ai
You're welcome. Install both wall cups properly into solid timber in the frame rather than just the plaster, and it'll hold. A lazy Saluki who's lost his escape route usually accepts defeat pretty quickly.
