Safe Window Coverings for Pets and Children
In June 2024, the window covering industry’s updated safety standard ANSI/WCMA A100.1, took effect, pushing the market strongly toward cordless products or designs with inaccessible/short cords.
For kids and pets, your safest starting point is a window treatment that avoids free-hanging cords altogether. Finding the right child-safe and pet-safe window treatments doesn’t have to be difficult, though, as there are plenty of beautiful options that are supremely safe for everyone in the family.
Pet- & Child-Safe Window Treatments
Hunter Douglas designs with safety in mind, including products that eliminate potentially hazardous exposed cords.
When we’re building a “pet- and kid-safe” plan, we typically recommend one of these control approaches:
- LiteRise® lets you raise/lower the shade with a gentle push or pull—no cords.
- SimpleLift™ uses a contoured bottom rail designed for easy cordless operation.
- UltraGlide® keeps the cord a constant length and avoids long dangling cords—offering enhanced child and pet safety.
- PowerView® Automation is a smart-shade option designed without lift cords, and Hunter Douglas specifically calls out its child-safety advantage.
- Traditional rod closure systems
- Tiltable shutters
If you want the safest and most convenient choice (especially in nurseries, playrooms, or homes with multiple pets), motorization is often the cleanest solution: no cords to grab, chew, or tangle.
Cat-Safe Window Treatments
Cats can be natural climbers and destruction experts, scaling fabric window treatments or tearing them apart with sharp claws. This makes options like shades or drapery not ideal for homes with curious cats. Opting for window treatments made from hard, sturdy materials like metal blinds or vinyl shutters will prevent kitties from clawing up your window treatments. During your consultation, we’ll ask the honest questions—does your cat climb screens, attack cords, perch on the sill?—and recommend the right product category and control system accordingly.
Dog-Safe Window Treatments
Dogs come in all shapes and sizes, and choosing dog-safe window treatments is highly dependent on the type of dog in your home. Larger dogs can cause more wear and tear on window treatments and smaller digs may get tangled in longer cords when playing or exploring.
Dog-safe window treatments for larger dogs include options like wood shutters, roller shades, cellular shades, or any kind of window treatment that stays within the window frame.
Come and See The Blindman for Pet-Safe Window Treatments
If you’re looking for window treatments that are cat-safe, dog-safe, child-safe, or all of the above, The Blindman can help you find exactly what you are looking for.
Offering the full catalog of industry-leading Hunter Douglas window treatments, we have options that can fit any style or aesthetic, each with a range of operating systems that are not only safe but easy to use.
For the best pet and child-safe window treatments near Roseburg, OR, come and see us at The Blindman. Give us a call, request a consultation online, or visit us in person to get started with your next window treatment project.