Howdy do to you and Lexi Snookie Bear Snooky! Haha! That is a cute story!
Crates depend a lot on a person, but I personally like the ones that completely collapse down so that if we travel it doesn't take up a lot of room.
The key is to get the "right" size crate, seems to be that we get way bigger than they need. I think it's because as people, we always want extra room.