To buy crate, or not to buy crate? PICS are up !

**GreyhoundGirl** · 08-13-2006, 09:28 PM

Thanks, My mom and I are going all the way to..... Ottawa tommaro! We're going to go to Petsmart and get one. ( They are on SALE !!!!

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Yes, Jen is VERY well crate trained.

Thanks for the advice !

P.S. I'll post pics of her in it in a couple of days.

**GreyhoundGirl** · 08-15-2006, 09:03 PM

They didn't have them. False advertising on their website.

SO..... Tommaro we have to go ALL THE WAY BACK TO OTTAWA to go to a Petcetera to get one. I can't wait !

This time I called ahead to make sure they had them.

**GreyhoundGirl** · 10-27-2006, 12:23 PM

P.S. Thought I'd update you guys, in case you haven't heard, we got the crate, Soon after the last post. Now, the pics are updated and ready to be posted.

SO cute....

Sorry if any are too big.

**borzoimom** · 10-27-2006, 02:30 PM

well.. with mine its hard to buy a crate because of their height at the head. I have to buy 52 inches tall. Needless to say by 8 months we are out of crates.. Too bad you dont live near me, because I have several in the 34 range that I dont use..
They will chew fabric- I would recommend wire. I even had a doberman chew out of a airline crate and got her fool head stuck... .. I like this type of crate.. http://www.petsmart.com/global/produ...N=2035804&Ne=2 Grayhounds dont turn around well with a side loader, and a end loader works better..

**GreyhoundGirl** · 10-27-2006, 04:19 PM

Sorry, I've already got the crate, Jen has lived in her crate her whole life. She hasn't chewed anything ever. She hasn't chewed her crate, either.

If we were closer, I would certainly take you up on the 34"crates. We find Jen is such a hard size to buy crates for. She is so tall, yet so small. Typical Grey.

If you get a crate the right height for her, when she curls up in it, she takes up about 1/4 of the crate.

Hey, I don't think I ever told you PTers that on her first vet visit the vet said she had a sore back from being in a crate that was too small.

But she LOVES her crate. I can't belive her previous owners would abuse her in such a mean way.

P.S. Might want to check the dates on the posts

Jenny has had that wire crate since the day I got her, and we got the blue crate in... June/July I think...

**NicoleLJ** · 10-27-2006, 04:55 PM

She looks like she loves it. Personally I would never use one. I have witnessed to many problems. I have seen dogs open the zipper(I am not kidding), rolling away in them as someone else mentioned, ripping and tearing throough them, I have seen people acidentially fall on them and hurt the dog inside, and the worst was a dog on the outside attacking the dog on teh inside. The one inside got some sever bites and had no place to go. So I personally would neve use one. I have a gold one for Sheena of the first crate you posted and a black one for Luca. We got the second largest size we could so they would have a ton of head room.
Nicole