[OwnedByJezebel]

My pup would climb anything she could get a foothold on. It didn't matter if the baby gate had criss-crosses in the shapes of diamonds or squares. Expens with netting around didn't help, because those sharp little toenails could dig in through the netting and give her a place to hang on, too. With the expens, even if there is a top preventing them from climbing over and getting out, they will still try to climb. And, if they fall and get a foot stuck (same with the gates that they can climb), they could be caught hanging upside down for some time, injuring a leg or worse yet, dying. And, with the gates that have vertical bars, the small pups can just walk right through those gaps!

I finally solved the problem by using two gates together. One on the inside, closest to the pup, with vertical slats so that there was no way to get a toehold, then an inch or two in front of that I put a gate with a vertical and horizontal grid. You have to place it far enough away from the inside gate that they can't use it to climb, but close enough that there isn't enough space between the two gates that that pup can't push their way in between and get stuck.