The difference between dog travel crates and night time crates?
Is there a difference? Our puppy is sleeping in a travel crate overnight. I’m wondering if I need to get a bigger one or one with more ventilation. She can barely stand up…just enough room to turn around. When she trys to get comfortable it’s quite a process. Middle of the night comfy process is getting more and more noisy. I have a pillow, blanket and her cuddly toy. Also, what about her getting too hot in the crate. I’m still learning about using a crate. I’m hoping we can get to a point where she will sleep in a bed in our room and I won’t have to worry about her wondering about the house. Puppies…got love em..like being a Mom again!
Your crate needs to be big enough for your pup to stand up, lay down and beable to stretch. But not to big where she feels the need to go to the bathroom inside of it. Keep in mind that if your puppy is 2 months old she should only be in a crate for 3 hours at a time, then you need to take her to the bathroom, if she is 3 months old, then its every 4 hours, etc….
Nothing is wrong with crating a pup, but you can’t leave her in there too long. Just like a baby, needs your attention every few hours.
It sounds like your pup is out growing it, either way. For either a night time crate or a travel crate, you want it to be large enough for the dog to stand up in comfortably and they should be able to turn around in it without having to bang into the sides. It should not be too big, though, or they’ll poo in a corner of it, which you definatley don’t want. If a dog percieves the crate as their bed, they will not go potty or poo in it. If the crate is very large, they wont see the whole thing as their "den". But it must be comfy for them. Also, a night time crate is different than a travel crate because it is more like a giant rabbit cage and is much better ventelated. The travel cage has more plastic because the less an animal sees as it travels, the less stressed it is. I would get a night time crate and a book on crate training if I were you. Then the whole process will go much more smoothly, for you and your precious pup! Good luck!
well if you got a travel crate big enough for her shed be just as finein it as any other crate, it also save you from having to buy one if you ever have to fly anywhere. wire crates do offer more ventilation tho and lets the pup see more around them. be sure to keep whichever crate in a well ventilated area and if you get a bigger one make sure she doesnt have too much room where she can go to one corner, potty, then sleep in the other. getting one where she can at least stand up without being cramped is a must though.
You have her in a travel crate and one that is too small from the sounds of it, she should be able to stand without bending her head down and if her ears are upright they should not touch the roof, she should be able to turn around comfortably.An open wire crate would be far superior for the house.And it’s time to invest in a larger travel crate! When you have a dog an extra crate is always a blessing for something! Keep one in the car if you have room. And even after the pup is sleeping in your room without it, you will have a crate for when a friend comes over with a dog or pup, or if you find a stray, plenty of uses!
Ummmmm… Yeah. You should get a tiny bit bigger crate. They should be able to stand up. They don’t need much room above their heads. The width is fine, maybe a bit bigger as well.