We have two dogs and love to have them in our house. The problem is we also have a young two year old son and we would like to keep the dog out of our baby’s room so we had to buy retractable dog gates. It was a great buy since it goes right in front of the door and keeps out dogs out of his room. We also bought a few for the kitchen and our bedroom since they work so well. Dogs will go anywhere where people are, so these gates are essential if you want to keep the dogs out of areas that you do not want them to be in.