Biggest crate available

hairyslug

We have a crate that measures about 80cm x 120cm. Our lad is only 18 weeks old and already stretches out on a 3 seater couch and takes up 2/3 of the space, he likes his comfort and will normally sleep on his back.
Can anyone point me in the direction of a larger than standard crate, we have toyed with the idea of a children's play pen but I'd say he could jump it fairly easily.

tk123

Is the crate too small for him? A crate is meant to be a den so it doesn't need to be HUGE. My two will stretch out on the couch/floor/hi-k9 bed but they also love to curl up small in the crate we have. When my girl was a pup my boy used to love squeezing into her pup sized crate - we used to joke that we'd have to cut him out!

hairyslug

I don't think it's to small for him, it's advertised as an XL and when he is curled up he could easily fit in it, it's just that he seems much more comfortable taking up the whole couch while me and my wife are stuck on the 2 seater. By the time I'm down to let him out for a wee or to come down in the morning, he is awake after hearing me on the stairs so I've never seen him asleep in it.

Knine

What breed/type of dog is he?

hairyslug

He's a staffie x

Knine

hairyslug wrote: »

He's a staffie x

Lol I was expecting him to be a mastiff. He does not need an XL crate. Medium should do him fine. I find mine like to curl up in their crates. I use a small crate for each of my Border Terriers & a medium for 2 of them.

My Italian Spinone at almost 50kg does not even use an XL.

hairyslug

Maybe I'm just being to soft on him, he does like his space and seems to be completely out of it when he can fall asleep stretch out on his back.

aonb

Put your laptop camera on him when you put him to bed at night, and see how he behaves in the crate, when all goes quiet. My dogs always stretch out, usually upside down, on the sofas (I think so no one can squish in with them!) but at bed time, they curl up with their noses under their paws when in their baskets...

A photo would be nice :cool: (of the dog I mean!)

tk123

He doesn't HAVE to sleep in the crate OP - especially of you're happy for him to sleep on the couch. We have a crate in the kitchen for when we're in there and the dogs want to be with us and have a snooze but the both sleep on the couch/floor/dog bed in the evenings and at night one sleeps on my bed and the other had a bed in my room which he prefers.

hairyslug

He's still going through the stage of destruction when left alone but he's making steady progress, I'll hook up an old phone to his crate tomorrow to see how he gets on.