I would never get a plastic crate again. But that is my fault . I put Pheobe in one when I got her, and then I realised that her previous owner had lied and that she WASN'T crate-trained.

When I first got Jenny my dad went to Canadien Tire and chose the crate ( he probably chose metal because it is the cheapest. ) Jenny, luckily, was/is very well crate trained and she loves both her crates.

http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthread.php?t=110679 Until about a week ago, she only had one crate. Than we got a new, soft crate for agility trials. Jenny likes that crate, too, so no-problem there.

I didn't know what to vote, so I voted wire ( assuming that it is the same as metal ) because that's the crate I had for the longest. I would buy another crate like that, it's a very nice crate. ( it's heavy-duty and water-proof )