MYPET Paws Portable Pet Gate Works for a 60 lb Dog, With Caveats

If you have baseboard molding you will most likely have install the gate above the top of the molding as the bumpers that hold it in place are not thick enough to make up for the thickness of the molding (mine is raised up in the picture - the gap at the bottom will be as big as your molding is tall). So cats or tiny dogs could fit under. You could instead go to the local hardware and find some thicker bumpers to install, trial and error until you find something that works (I'd try the bumpers that go on the bottom of chair legs). If you have read the dimensions, like you should have before buying, then you already know that big dogs could jump over it, so don't complain when that happens. The gate and locking mechanism are plastic if you just put the gate up and push as hard as you can on the locking lever it will break. Instead don't be a moron and take five minutes to see how the mechanism works and how much pressure is required to latch the locking lever. The lever must line up with a grove (you can see the groves on the right side of the mid rail in my picture) and then as you push down the gate expands a little before the lever locks. If you start out with the gate too wide, the lever won't make it all the way down without breaking. Move it back one notch narrower and push the lever down. once the lever get pushed down to the first locking position there are two more that you can push the lever further down to make the gate slightly wider for fine adjustment. Do a test run before you have a pet trying to break out of it, to find the correct adjustment and then mark it with a sharpie for quick easy installation from then on. If you are going to use it in two different locations like I do, then mark it with two different colored sharpies - it's not rocket science folks just a little common sense and pre-planning. Since my dog is big enough that he won't fit under the gate when it is raised above the molding I just rest the gate on the toe of my shoe and snap it in place. I only use it when I am home and don't know that I would trust it to hold up a full day with a smart dog all by himself, but if that is your plan then I would instead spend the additional money for something that could be permanently installed (think metal, bolted in place) the extra cost would be worth the peace of mind.