[nagdu] soft sided crates

[Julie J]

Jennifer,

I don't think I'd use a soft crate with a puppy.  There is a lot of variety 
in frames and fabric, but they are all chewable.

Wal-Mart and Target carry the Sport Pet pop up crate, which is the most 
inexpensive.  I don't have one of these.  My dogs are too big for it.  I've 
heard of dogs rolling over in it though.

Most all major pet stores carry soft crates, although they tend to be the 
more rugged variety.  the ones I looked at PetsMart were heavier than my 
plastic crates, didn't break down very small and looked like they'd take a 
while to assemble.  Not sure what the selling features were since I was 
looking at soft crates for portability, ease of carrying and quick set up.

The crate I did end up getting...I can't remember the name of it now...has a 
sort of light canvas siding with a very light frame.  It's truly horrible 
because the frame is in the door.  when you unzip the crate the roof falls 
down because there is no longer a frame to hold it up.  It's almost like 
putting your dog in a sack until you can get the door back in place.  Monty 
was not impressed and he's a huge crate fan.  Also it tested my gymnastics 
skills, which weren't up to par for the task at hand. *smile*

Best of luck!  If you find something great please let us know.  I'd love to 
have a soft crate that I could travel with.

Julie

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jennifer Piening" <pienings at comcast.net>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
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Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] soft sided crates


>      I'm curious about soft sided crates.  Of what material are they made, 
> and from where can you obtain them?  My puppy is rapidly outgrowing her 
> plastic crate, and her big one is too cumbersome to take anywhere 
> comfortably.  So I'm thinking that a soft sided crate may be a good crate 
> to have, unless she decides it would make an even better chew toy, that 
> is!
>      Thanks,
>      Jennifer
>
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