One roof, two rooms

The wall between them

Most of our double crates come with a middle partition that installs or comes out, and the manual covers both states. With it in, each dog has its own floor and its own view. With it out, one dog gets a hallway to stretch in.

Two dogs that eat at different speeds settle most of their arguments through that wall. Dinner happens on both sides at once, nobody supervises a neighbor, and the bowls come back empty.

When one open floor works

Littermates and long-settled pairs often do better with the divider out, one wide floor and two beds. The 63 to 78.7 inch pieces are drawn for exactly that, wide enough that two mid-size dogs pass each other without a shoulder check.

Keep the divider in the closet, not the trash. The day one of them needs a separate floor, the wall goes back in before dinner.

Count the doors

A room without its own door is a hallway. With the partition in, each half needs its own door, or feeding and cleaning mean herding one dog through the room of the other. Count the doors in the listing photos the same way you count inches in the name.

Doors swing out, so the walkway in front of the piece belongs in the measurement too. The widest doubles here want a door-width of clearance on the room side, which is usually the reason a long crate ends up along the longest wall.

The tabletop over it all

At 63 to 78.7 inches, the top of a double crate is the longest shelf in most living rooms. TV console is the obvious job. Plants, chargers and the leash bowl follow on their own.

Measure what goes on top the same way you measured the dogs. A TV has feet with a stance of their own, and moving day is the wrong time to learn it.