MidWest Homes for Pets iCrate, Single Door & Double Door Dog Crates
[{'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 18, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-4 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Lots of bad reviews on this being dangerous. Let’s be honest, blame is 50/50 here.\n\n1. Pet owners, you cannot leave your dog unattended in a crate like this if he is not already crate trained. If your pet dies trying to escape the crate it is your fault.\n\n2. The latches could possibly work loose with an upset dog trying to get out. There is a solution and it is cheap. After you add this to your cart, click the search bar and type “ranger bands”. Then buy them. You will use these to keep the crate latched. (See the photos in my review)\n\n3. This crate isn’t made to house the 3 year old staffie mix you just found on the side road. It is made to keep a crate trained large strong dog or to crate train a puppy.\n\nBut if your dog is big, strong, and hasn’t been crate trained properly you will destroy the crate and injure himself in the process. It’s not the crates fault. It is your fault if this happens.\n\nNow for the part about the one I received (this is my 3rd). Two have been perfect. The last one was damaged in shipping. That made assembly a terrible pain. But after straightening the bends it was fine. I am sure I could have contacted the seller or Amazon and had a new one shipped but it just wasn’t that important to me.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'Our 11 week old German Shepard puppy was able to open the top latch and tried to get out of the top of this kennel. He was wedged in the cage so tightly that when he was found he was dead. We were gone less than 30 minutes. Our children are devastated. We are devestated. This kennel was suppose to be a safe place for our puppy. I hope no other family has to experience a tragedy like this.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This crate is durable, and easy to collapse/set-up. Installation was a breeze, and we can easily travel around with it. My puppy likes to gnaw on the metal bars(obviously I discourage it, but it\'s bound to happen), and not a mark so far. Not to mention that the removable plastic tray is extremely useful for cleaning up any little puppy puddles!\n\nThe divider is what really makes these crates a great buy. We wanted to get a crate that our dog could move around in, so we actually got one that was two sizes too large - the "Intermediate" or 36-inch one. Our dog is a cockapoo that will be classified as "small" when he is fully grown, but obviously he is very tiny at only 8 weeks! This is where the divider comes in... We were able to make the usable portion MUCH smaller which is perfect for our puppy to snuggle up in. As he grows and gets house-trained, we will be able to move the divider further and further and eventually remove it completely... No need to keep purchasing larger crates because this one grows with our little guy!\n\nWe actually got two of them! One of them (the larger one I previously mentioned) we actually have attached to an exercise pen to create a decent-sized area for our puppy to play and live in. He can go into the crate for naps, and then freely move around the exercise area -- ideal for any time he has to be alone! The second crate we got so that he can sleep in our bedrooms at night. It is only a 22" one so it\'s easy to move around and put in the backseat of the car.\n\nHighly, highly recommended for fur babies!'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on May 2, 2018', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'This is just like every other wire crate except for one thing and it\'s the most important thing! On EVERY kennel I have purchased the sliding lock was shaped like a sideways "L". You slide it over, then roll the bar down and the end of the "L" locks the "lock into place" holding the door closed. On this crate, it is a simple straight bar that you slide over. If your dog is the sort that will try to get out or starts barking and jumping at the door, (due to hearing someone outside), the latch can side open. Why modify a part that works to something that doesn\'t work. How much money do you save by leaving a 1" piece of round bar off? And here we have it again folks, the price goes up, quality goes down.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought this crate for my rescue when I learned his foster parents crated him and that\'s where he liked to sleep. He\'s a big dog - over 80 pounds when I adopted him - and this is the perfect size for him to both lay down and sit up in. It was easy to put a bed in the bottom and he slept in the crate for weeks until he became comfortable sleeping in his dog bed in the bedroom. He loves his crate though so he\'s easy to please in that regard.\n\nThe crate is very sturdy. Recently I put him in the crate when maintenance people had to come in the house. He was startled by a worker walking by and lunged in fright. The crate moved a few inches with the force of it but the door held fine, no damage .\n\nI did run into difficulty assembling the crate. One of the latches you have to undo to put the "wall" up was truly nearly impossible to unlatch. It was grueling but after about 15 minutes worth of painful attempts I managed it. Hopefully this was just a flaw in mine and no one else will have that problem.. or they\'ll figure out how to undo the latch with a tool.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on June 21, 2017', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': "I purchased the 42 inch crate as a recovery area for my elderly cat. She loves it and continues to use it as her private apartment even though she is currently well. She won't use the shared food or litter boxes anymore and she will ask to go back in her crate (by rattling the door) when she wants either. She spends the night there and I've never had to coax her in, only out! If I had known she would love it this much I would have gotten the 48 inch size.\nI used the divider to create a shelf for her. Initially I used zip ties to secure it, but I wanted to be able to access both doors so I switched to strong twine.\n\nWe also have the 30 inch for our small dog. She Is very comfy in it and it's in her rotation of favorite napping spots, thanks to a very cushy bed.\n\nThey were both very easy to set up. Very pleased with this product."}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2021', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': ' Don’t believe the negative comments. The bars on the cage are NOT sharp. They are rounded and dull. I bought the 48in single door and this thing is HUGE. I have 2 pits and a lab and they all fit in there. Only 2 comfortably though. My lab and my striped pit are my biggest dogs and they lay comfortably together inside the cage. It’s worth the money. The cage arrives in a big box and the cage slide out folded. All you have to do is unfold cage and fold latches. Cage looks small in photos but my dogs are all over 80 pounds and can stand together in it. It’s bigger in person'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2015', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'It can be difficult to accurately judge how much room your dog will have in a crate. It\'s roomier than you might think. We bought the 42" size for our 100 lb adult German Shepherd. She can stand fully upright inside it with comfort and she can turn around. She can lie down and stretch her front legs straight out. She does not have room to exercise, but exercise is not the point of a crate. She is safe, secure and comfortable inside it. It is well made, easy to set up and fold, with a roomy door for clean-up and care. It\'s about half the cost of a similar crate at a major bricks and mortar retailer. Look for the photo to get a reference. I don\'t think you\'ll find a better deal.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-1 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I bought the 42-inch version of this crate mainly for the price and the included divider, but also because the product description assured me that it had "rounded corners". In other words, because I thought it would be safe for my lab puppy while allowing her to grow. Apparently "corners" only means corners. The ends of the crate\'s wires are not rounded. Recently my puppy cut her nose while in the crate. After a thorough inspection of the crate, I figured out why. The hinges on the two doors are made by folding the door\'s horizontal wires over the vertical wire at the crate\'s door opening. The ends of these horizontal wires have not been rounded or filed down, and these sharp end-points are inside the crate and can easily cut a dog\'s nose or paw -- especially on the crate\'s end door where the wires have only been folded over 180 degrees. In addition, a dog could catch her collar on one of these wires and choke (yes, I know, I know -- the instructions say not to put a dog in the crate with her collar on. But how many people read or heed that?) I guess you get what you pay for, but Amazon really should stop selling this crate until the problem is fixed (or state CLEARLY in the product description that there are sharp edges inside the crate. In the meantime I\'m off to the pet store to find a SAFE crate. I don\'t know whether it\'s worth the hassle to try to return the one I have.'}, {'review_meta': 'Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2016', 'review_star': 'a-icon a-icon-star a-star-5 review-rating', 'review_body': 'I was hesitant about these crates because of the reviews, but I\'m so glad I bought them. I got two of the 48" and they\'re perfect for my Great Danes. They have plenty of room to stand and stretch. Sometimes they both lay in the same kennel and still seem comfortable. I\'ve had no problems with the wire scratching them, and the kennels are very sturdy. I\'ve included a picture of my 20 year old daughter and my 170 pound Great Dane sharing the kennel and there\'s still a little room left!!'}]