Customer Reviews:
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 This crate is better than many others.... February 28, 2008
Toni D (Florida, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I foster dachshunds for Dare in Florida so we use lots of different crates. This is my favorite brand because it is very easy to fold and open quickly and the latches work better than some of the others I've tried. We've had some escape artists get out of the other brands, but not this one. Also, the bars seem heavier and stronger than some of the other brands too. My favorite feature is the side door so I have more options for placing the crate in the room. This crate is worth the money!
 VERY poorly designed March 23, 2008
PhreshMeet
1 out of 5 found this review helpful
I can't believe there are so many positive reviews of this crate. There are so many things wrong with it.
First, someone else already mentioned the clips. They either stick into the cage or they lay on the floor sticking up waiting for you to step on them. What were they thinking?
And that brings us to #2. The clips are there because this is portable. What a joke. This thing is heavy. It is difficult to fold and unfold. (Or else mine is bent and/or poorly constructed, either way it's a strike.)There is gonna be flexing metal when you do it too. So it's not a given that you are going to escape uninjured from the process.
The handles provided only snap onto bars with certain diameters. Make sure you use THOSE bars and that the handles snap in or you could easily drop this thing. And you're pretty unlikely to escape from that uninjured. Also, because the handles only snap onto the long bars they are not very convenient for moving the crate around when it is assembled.
If you plan to take the divider panel when you transport this thing please pay attention to where it comes from when you first unfold it because you'll never figure out where it goes again.
Which brings us to #3. Use the divider panel and it will be available from puppyhood through adulthood. Another joke, I think. Any puppy could fit his whole leg through the bars of this cage - all the way up to the hip or shoulder. Try to picture that with a frantic puppy and no injury.
Then there's #4. Want to get the door closed fast? Forget it. The locking bars will slide into the closed position. And you can't just slide them open and closed to lock them either. You have to lift the handle in order to be able to slide the lock open or closed. When you swing the door closed the handles swing out allowing the locks to slide closed by centrifugal force. Both locks then have to be disengaged so the door can close all the way and you can engage the locks. That means before you can engage either lock you have to lift the handle on each one and slide it to the open position. How fast does that sound? With practice you might get pretty fast, but it's still a TERRIBLE design.
This product was NOT made by dog-lovers. Consumer testing was non-existent. I found all these issues in the first week of use. Keep looking. This is not the crate for you, even at Amazon's prices.
great crate July 3, 2008
K A W (New Orleans, LA USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I just purchased this crate locally at a higher price because I needed it right away. My dog was already crate trained and he took to this one right away. It looks and feels sturdy and I didn't have any problems with clips sticking up or out in the wrong way. If for some reason I would ever need another one, I'd buy the same thing.
J B Wholesale pet supplies and their Midwest Life Stages dog crate February 8, 2008
P. A. Hughes (Philadelphia, PA)
I purchased a Midwest Lifestages, single door, 36x24x27, dog crate on December 5 for our new Lab. The cage was here within a few days, but the tray was cracked in shipping; it was still usable for the puppy's weight, but I was happy when the new pan arrived in perfect shape and again, within a few days. Not only did JB Wholesale send a new crate out right away, but they called me on the phone, talked to me about crate training, apologized for any inconvenience, and told me to call if I ran into any problems puppy training! What a great company to do business with! We are very happy with our crate; it's working out just fine with our puppy (especially the life- stages divider) and I would definitely do business with JB Wholesale again.
Wonderful! February 27, 2008
Lissy (Florida)
I bought this for my pug and he loves it! I feel like I should have bought the next size for him, but this is really perfect for training purposes. I love that it has 2 doors and it's super easy to assemble. I highly recommend this to anyone that's looking into crate training.
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