Crate & Kennel

4 articles

• Can Two Dogs Share a Crate? Usually They Should Not

  The sizing question has an answer. The prior question — whether to share at all — has a better one, and it is usually no.

• Wire, Plastic or Soft Crate? Ventilation, Den Instinct and Whether It Folds

  Three constructions, and the right one depends less on the dog's size than on where the crate lives and what the dog does when left in it.

• What Size Crate for a Puppy? Buy for the Adult and Use the Divider

  This is the one sizing question on this site where too big is a real problem rather than a minor waste. The reason is behavioural, not physical.

• Dog Crate Sizing: Measure the Dog, Not the Breed — and Bigger Is Not Kinder

  Crate sizing is one of the few places where too big is a real problem. The whole method is two measurements and a rule about what the extra space is used for.