This is a miracle product.  I have two 12 week old pups and this gate system has allowed us to keep the puppies out of the living room and has protected our rug and artwork.  I put a 2 gates (one on each side of the ling room so that it's not inconvenient for guest to enter and exit the living room.  I also bought pet gates for all of the bedrooms and together the 2 products have made it so much easier to raise two young puppies.  I believe that they are happier because they are more able to roam and explore and I don't feel like I have to constantly watch them because I've "puppy proofed" the part of the house that they are able to play in.  I feel very fortunate that even though I adopted them when they were 8 weeks old, they were box trained so, we've only had one "potty accident" in the house since we got them and that was right in front of the backdoor where I let them out to gp "potty on the grass."