Skip to content

What size Crate?!?

Basenji Talk

18/18

25 Jun 2009, 21:05

Suggested Topics

  • 0 Votes
    9 Posts
    5k Views
    Crates for bedtime should be in the same room you sleep in… especially with a puppy... if you are rooms away, how would you have any idea that he/she is having a problem? And if you are home, the pup should be with you... and you should be watching him/her.... every minute... the crate is not for your pleasure, so you can do other things... .... or you are bored with watching them every minute.. Certainly if you have to crate when you are out of the house.. that is one thing... but if you are home, they are totally tuned into you being there. If they fall asleep as puppies will do, you can pick them up and put them in the crate... just leave the door open.. and go about your business... but check on the very often.... I have raised many a litter that they are in our family room crashed out or on the back porch for hours sleeping... I can get stuff done while they sleep.. but I keep the eagle eye on them all the time..
  • Escaping from crate!

    Basenji Talk 12 Mar 2012, 23:35
    0 Votes
    11 Posts
    4k Views
    The only thing I have found that will hold Corin is a Kennel-Aire Commander crate, because it has 1 inch squares on all 6 sides. The new Kennel-Aires have larger sqaures on the bottom, and he has figured out how to slide the tray out and get out the bottom of the crate.
  • Kennel Aire Crate

    Basenji Talk 10 Dec 2009, 06:18
    0 Votes
    3 Posts
    3k Views
    Ebay was my plan I was expecting to pay about $150, but I guess I need to modify that idea? -Nicole
  • Crate Cleaning…

    Basenji Talk 3 Jul 2008, 17:22
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    2k Views
    I would recommend when you have the time, take some steel wool and strip off all the rust and then spray paint it to prevent more rust from forming.
  • Switching crates

    Basenji Talk 29 Jan 2008, 13:09
    0 Votes
    5 Posts
    2k Views
    Thanks, that is a good idea. She has a comfy bed and lots of blankets. Althogh as I have said before when she gets out of the crate everything has to come out with her. I will try setting everything up in the big crate and leave the door open. Thanks!!
  • 0 Votes
    21 Posts
    9k Views
    Owning a basenji requires a good sense of humor and a large dose of patience and a willingness to do some creative thinking to convince the basenjis what you want is really the same thing as what they want. So true, never a dull moment with these dogs