best crate size?

time to get a new crate and I'm wondering about experiences with various types: solid sides, wire sides, size, etc. Any advice or recommendations? brands or types that you really like? Current model I'm using for a 25 lb male, sleeping at night only) is 18 inches wide, 24 long and 20 inches tall.

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Permalink Reply by John Wolff on June 14, 2011 at 12:59am

I like our VariKennels, solid plastic, more den-like than the open cage types, and safer transport in a car.
Medium: 27" long for Gwynnie, 20#. Portable in a small car.
Intermediate: 32" long for Al, 24# plenty big for a corgi. This would require a large vehicle.
You can make a movable partition by cutting out a plywood cross-section with a sabre saw and screwing this to a board that passes through the barred side windows. Move this back as puppy grows.

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Permalink Reply by Sam Tsang on June 14, 2011 at 6:36am

Hi Vee, what will you be using it for mainly? Home? Travel? Plane?

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Permalink Reply by Kristine & Einstein on June 14, 2011 at 8:19am

Well I am sorry to say I completly forgot the brand.

I had gotten a collapsable crate at petsmart that ran about $80. I think my mom got hers for $60. It is pricy, but it has a side door and one at the end. You could use either, and a plastic tray for the bottom. It also has a movable wall, which I used for Ein when he was younger. It is an open crate, not covered on the sides, and the bars are evenly spaced on the sides. My favorite part is that it folds up, almost like a book, and can store easily when traveling, etc. I used mine for his "den", to sleep at night. I think the size I winded up getting was a medium..not sure. When I find the brand and sizes, I will be sure to email you.

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Permalink Reply by Jane on June 14, 2011 at 10:10am

I've somehow acquired a ton of crates, but for home use I prefer the plastic type. The wire ones are nice because they fold and fit in a vehicle easier, but neither of my dogs really seemed to like them. Henry actually has a cloth crate in the house but he doesn't use it for anything besides sleeping, I wouldn't trust it to actually keep a dog confined if they wanted to get out. Both my dogs have 36"L crates.

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Permalink Reply by Vee Luther on June 16, 2011 at 9:58pm

It will be used only at home for sleeping, or occasionally some daytime isolation. The youngest corgi will still tear up stuff in the house if he gets bored so if we're to be gone for more than an hour or so, he still gets crated. He's about 25 lbs, by the way. The two older corgis are 28 and 30 lbs.