We got the new gate in part because Chloe was chewing on the old one, impatient to get her carrot and hay in the morning. Chloe is scary smart, she has opened the old gate more than once. So she uses the new one as a headrest. She hears us moving around inside of the farmhouse in the morning, she gives me and Maria a kiss on the nose each morning. Not a bad way to start a day. I love donkey and horse noses.