Our Corgi Broke Out of his METAL Crate and Really Hurt Himself! Help!

So, our 6 year old corgi, Cabo, has been with us for a little over a year.  We adopted him from a farm where he was one of ten dogs on the farm.  He has adapted very well to living in the house with the two of us and our 10 year old cat.  He is walked twice in the morning before we go to work, and then at least twice in the evening when we get home.  He is in the crate for about 9 hours a day while we are at work.  For the most part, this has worked fine.  He has not had any accidents or problems with his crate.

 

We had one time last summer when he had "crate problems".  We were taking care of our neighbor's dogs and in an effort to not have their dog in the crate too much, we brought the dog to our house during the day when we were home.  The dogs interacted together fine, but Cabo made it clear to us he did not approve by urinating and defecating in the house and trying to break out of his crate over the next few days.  We reinforced the crate with rip ties and didn't bring the dog to our house again.  Fast forward to this past weekend.  We watched the neighbor's dogs again - and after the lesson we learned last time, did not bring the dog into our house.  But, we did walk the dogs together.  Well, that still seems ot have resulted in some sort of jealousy or anxiety in Cabo.

 

When I came home from work on Thursday, Cabo was out of his metal crate and his head was covered in blood.  He had used his head to push the crate open on one corner and had actually broken off four pieces of the crate resulting in some pretty bad gashes on his head.  There was fur and blood all over the crate, blood all over the kitchen, and lamps and other things knocked over throughout the house.  Cabo was fine, but definitely out of sorts.  Today, we went to the vet as he has not been eating and we were worried he might have more injuries than we first thought.  Luckily, after the vet examined him, it seems like he is ok and probably just tired and sore.

 

So, the question now is, what do we do?  We're not really comfortable leaving him and the cat together without some sort of boundary.  and, Cabo has proven that without some sort of boundary in place, he will pee and poop in the house.  Will a baby gate be strong enough to stop our Cabo?  And, we really don't want to change our entire routine because we think we know this is connected to the "other dog" and we don't plan to watch the other dog anymore.

 

Any thoughts or advice?

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We had a standard poodle that was an escape artist. He broke some teeth breaking out of his crate. We eventually got one of the hard plastic kennels and he did better with that and did not attempt an escape. You could try a baby gate but if he is determined it probably won't stop him unless you get the kind that screws in the wall. Hope he is Ok!
Oh man, that's scary! Poor Cabo, he must have been really upset. Have you considered doggie daycare? I've never had to use it, but I have two friends who use it and their corgis love it.
Poor Cabo, feel better soon! Many of my dogs can jump the gate...I have an extra tall metal baby gate with a door that works well but it does need to be anchored well. Let me know if you want to see a pic. Mine love their kennels so I guess I can be glad.
Hi Heather, I am so sorry to hear that, hope Cabo will have a speedy recovery. Could you take a picture of the crate, you kitchen and where you plan to install the baby gate, just so that we can get a better picture of what you're dealing with.

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