When Lacey was a puppy my husband set up a "playpen" like enclosure out of an ex pen.
Basically he used the ex pen for the sides, putting it into a square and clamping the sides that came together, making it a large square enclosure, of course still open at the top and bottom.
The he took several (I think it was either 4 or 6) PVC pipes, a couple of inches longer than the width of the pen and cut(sawed) a slit in the bottom of each one at each end so it would hook over the bottom rail of the wire of the pen. He then placed those PVC pipes in the "bottom" part of the pen, about 4 inches off the ground, to make railings for the floor of pen to sit on.
He then cut a piece of pegboard to exactly fit the bottom of the pen and placed it on top of the PVC "rails".
This raised the floor of the pen off the ground so she would not be in drafts and would be up off the carpet.
On top of the pegboard we kept several layers of newspaper, changed frequently, of course!
I hope I explained this so people can understand it! I thought it was such a brilliant solution.
Lacey stayed in this pen whenever we couldn't be with her.
We had had several people borrow this or make one themselves and all have been pleased with the idea. |