you can get the nice hard plastic xpen at kmart in the toddler aisle for 55.00
you and get the nice looking iris kennel online anywhere from 29.00+
my suggestion is get both if you can...put a crate with bedding left open in the expen and then you can take the xpen down when they get older or keep it up if you want to..i have 4 crates 1 xpen and 1 iris kennel and i switch up the kennels and sometimes i just put them away. i like them for litters and new puppies
if i leave or go to to bed the dogs go in to their own crate that has a sheep skin bed in it (actually is a big piece of sheep skin i got at walmart got 10.00 folden over two times. when they are tired they go to bed in their own crate with out me saying anything i just lock it...the only one that doesnt always go to her crate is little girl but the first 4 yrs of her life she slept in the bed so she gets a little frustrated sometimes
i train my litters to be used to crate training and kenneling too |