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Sizing
Measure the dog, not the doorway
Every crate we build carries its width in the name, and that number only means something next to two numbers taken off your dog. Here is how to take them.
Two numbers, one tape
Length first. Stand the dog and run the tape from the tip of the nose to the base of the tail, where it meets the body, and leave the tail itself out of it. A tail folds. A spine does not.
Height second. Measure from the floor to the top of the head with the dog sitting, since most dogs sit taller than they stand. Then add 2 to 4 inches to both numbers, enough for the dog to turn around and lie flat without folding an ear against the ceiling.
What the number in the name means
The width in a name like the 43 inch fold-flat crate is the long outside wall of the piece, measured in inches. It is the wall the dog stretches along, and it is also the wall that has to fit between the couch and the corner, so it earns its place in the name twice.
Outside width and inside room are not the same wall. Two panels of wood stand between them, so a dog whose numbers land exactly on a crate width wants the next size up, not that one.
Weights the listings answer for
Some of our listings state which dog weights they were drawn for. The table repeats those statements next to the widths that carry them, as the listings themselves put it.
| Dog weight | Single crates | Built for two |
|---|---|---|
| 20 to 35 lb | 31 and 31.5 in | 63 in |
| 35 to 60 lb | not in the catalog yet | 40 and 78.7 in |
| 60 to 80 lb | 43 in | not in the catalog yet |
Where a cell comes up empty, that is the honest answer today. The measuring method above still works for every piece, and each crate page prints its width in the first line.
Puppies grow, crates do not
Buy for the adult weight, not for the puppy in the room. Breed pages and a look at the parents give a fair idea of where the dog will land, and a crate bought to fit a puppy is a crate bought twice.
If the gap between puppy and grown dog feels too wide to bridge, the double crates with a removable middle wall are the workaround. Rent out one room now, take the wall down later.
