Abstract: The pet shelter of the present invention is adapted to be mounted over the basement window opening of a house. The shelter has a double swinging door which can swing inwardly and outwardly. A locking bar pivots from a vertical position to a horizontal position in retentive engagement with the swinging door. A flexible cord is attached to the lock bar and extends through a hold in the house wall to the interior of the house where it can be manipulated to raise and lower the locking bar for locking and unlocking the swinging door.

Abstract: A pet shelter utilizes a hollow housing having a pair of openings on one wall and a large opening in another opposed wall thereof. One of the pair of openings is provided with a transparent plastic-like hinged door, with the other opening adjacent thereto provided with a slip hinge arrangement for mounting a transparent window or screened panel thereover. The opposed opening is covered with a pair of slidable screen-like doors. An awning is disposed over the pair of adjacent openings, one of which is provided with a cleated ramp. The pair of openings may be maintained in a closed position if desired. The shelter is installed having the awning and ramp and pair of openings on the outside of the building permitting ingress and egress of the pet to the shelter-like structure of the housing. The pet may be precluded from entering the interior of the house by closing the sliding screen panels.