Wanted: In Desperate Need of some sort of Playpen...Please help me!!
 

Hello everyone....ok i am in DESPERATE need of finding Bailey a playpen and I know this my sound kinda of crazy but maybe if I can find one with a vented top just incase he get use to it and wants to jump out. The reason being is we have sold our home which DID NOT have ANY CARPET and we have a home under contract that is MOSTLY CARPET and its a very light color at that :rolleyes: well Bailey is not all that trained for me to trust him while I'm at work on very light colored carpet or just carpet PERIOD!! :eek: So while me and my husband are at work I need to put him in something he can be comfortable in with toys food and water......as far as the circular playpens I don't think there is much room in the house at all to put the circular pen at that is not underneath carpet.....does anyone know of any large size playpen thats the only thing I can think of is a playpen like a baby one that is off the ground but I would need a bigger one than that just to give Bailey more room. PLEASE HELP ME!! There is no way I can leave Bailey in his crate for 8 hours :( if I can't find a big playpen what about maybe a big big crate??? The Price is really not an option I just want Bailey to be comfortable. Thanks in Advance and sorry so long.

While I am at work, I put Conner in a large cage. It has an opening in the front and one on the side. He has his bed, food, water, and some toys in it. It is really roomy and he loves it. The cage is his security whenever we are not home. We ordered casters for the cage (they lock) so that I can move it to wash the floor.

Good luck in your new home.

well congrats on the new house!
im not sure how big the biggest crate is, but wouldnt one of those new playpens ( pack n play) be bigger than a crate? not sure how you would cover it though..good luck.

Little Bit posted a link to a store that has everything under $20. They have one.

http://www.collectionsetc.com/Item76172.aspx

Hope this helps.

Petedge has crates and expens at a very afforadable rate.

www.petedge.com/pens

What about a bathroom? Are they all carpeted too? If not it might have enough room for a bed, food, water, and in another corner a pee pad.

Also I know someone that gets linoleum remnents (spelling) and puts them under the ex-pen to protect carpeting.

You could try looking at second hand stores for the older style playpens that are a bit larger.

I bought a 4x4 piece of plywood, and got a piece of vinyl to cover it and it fit perfectly inside an X pen. I got the xpen off of Ebay

Congratulations on the new house! I wanted the same thing for my Eros because at night he sleeps in our extra bedroom, which has carpet. So I got him the Home N Go play pen and he loves it so much, especially compared to his crate. Here's the link for the pen http://www.petsmart.com/global/produ...=home+n+go&N=2

Here are some pictures of Eros in his pen. We have the medium size. It's very easy to set up and easy to clean.

No of course the bathroom is not carpet, but the only thing about the bathroom is that Bailey chews on things still and this is a fairly brand new home or shucks even if it wasn't who wants to come home to a bathroom with chewed up corners LOL

i have a play pen if ur interested... im in texas though?

Thanks for the pics I am thinking about going with this one in the med/large size but the only thing is I'm scared about the 26'' height I hope one day he wouldn't test himself and try to jump out because all it takes is one time and once he figures out that he can jump out its over LOL maybe I may try some airy net just so he won't even be tempted.

Ok I'm interested in seeing pics will send you a PM :)

Also thanks to everyone that have posted keep 'em coming :)

i keep morgan in a three foot high expen while i'm not home. my room is carpet too so to prevent a mess i have lined the bottom of the pen with thick plastic carpet runner. :)

I may try that as well but I showed my husband the playpen that I referenced above and I saw he really liked that one but it is like 150.00 and when I said price wansn't an option I didn't think I would be paying that much for it but I guess we do definetly need it :rolleyes:

We use a kennel - one just big enough for him - for the "den effect". Coby loves it and runs in on his own when we're leaving. If you are concerned about the top (and I would be when home alone - if he would happen to somehoe work and/or jump his way to the top, it is a long way down) I like the large dog kennel idea..... he'd have the extra room that you're looking for but would be completely enclosed and safe (and so would your cabinets).

Good luck - let us know what you finally decide on.

How old is your baby? I know there's no way Eros could jump out lol there's nothing for him to grab onto unless he could somehow make it all the way to the top in one jump, but he's not that great of a jumper to pull that off :)

If you really think your guy would be able to jump out somehow you could certainly create some type of top for it.

Buy an x-pen at Dog.com only $38. Then buy an inexpensive plastic tablecloth for the floor, put a wee wee pad on one side, his sleeping area with a bed or blankets on the other side and his water and food in the middle, he'll be happy and he won't ruin your carpet. If you decide to do this PM me and I will give you a code for at least $5 off.;)

He will be one year Sept 9th and he is is around 4 1/2 lbs

I got it at target, but Walmart has it online ...
 

I bought this one at Target for $39.99... so far Friday has not been able to jump out of it, but she is only 3.8 lbs and small so that may have something to do with it. Although it does seem she has springs on her back legs.

I will say, however, that when I left a bowl of water there for her, she used it as a swimming pool ... so I kind of attached a drop bottle ...

I have her bed on one end and a piddle pad on the other... she rips the piddle pad up each time :sad:.. I never really leave her there for longer than 3-4 hours .... I am hoping she calms down and sleeps while I am gone.

Oh I also might recommend you get one of those plastic floor pads people use for computer chairs to put under the X-pen if you decide to go that route.

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/produ...uct_id=5031425

try eBay ... but it is the shipping that makes it more expensive ....

We bought a piece of rubber flooring from Home Depot and got two of the baby super yard xt's..

It worked great!

Good idea on the plastic rug thingy :thumbup:

Hi, I didn't read through all the posts so sorry if someone had already suggested this....

I used a playpen too, but when my puppies got bigger and needed more room I went and bought a PlayYard from Toys R Us and you can make it as big as you want, and in any shape that you want....and I went to Lowes and bought a piece of Vinal flooring (real cheap, like $25) and layed the peice over my carpet and set the play yard over it. Worked GREAT!!!!

No harm done to the carpet and more room for puppies! :thumbup:

I had got a white gated play yard for Bailey but I ended up returning it to Wal-Mart because it was too bulky and it wasn't easy to fold up and put back up every day.......but I'm thinking would it be that much trouble if I would get a metal pen and put the vinyl bottom (or whatever type bottom) as some are suggesting, but will it be a lot of trouble for me to pick up everyday and I think the hassle would be more than I would want but I don't know................ I think I am going to go with the pet gear playpen though, thats is what I am leaning towards and it wouldn't be bad if I would keep it set up in a bedroom because it looks like a child's playpen so I think I am going to go with that that..

I measured our sofa from the seat of the sofa down and its 18-19'' and Bailey tries to hop onto the sofa but he can't and being that the height of the playpen is 26'' I think it will be ok for him and I am getting the large size one 36lengthx36width so I think that would give him enough room.....I guess I will see when it comes it. :) WISH ME LUCK YOU GUYS!!!

Thank you so much for all of ya'll opinion....I just hope I made the right decision :)

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