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I have two Jack Russells and have been looking at buying one big soft crate to bring them inside at night. There are so many on the market and none that I've looked at have everything Im after. I think I've narrowed it down to two brands but now I'm thinking should I get one big one or one smaller one each?

What do other DOLers suggest and why?

Thanks in advance for your comments

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I would be getting two apropriate size metal crates with canvas covers. Not sure how old the dogs are, but I know if I put both of my dogs in the same crate, they would have me awake at night with them playing together in the crate. You would need to train them to love their crates.

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there are very few dogs that I would put in a soft crate and a jack russell isn't one on the list. My coolie foster boy chewed through his soft crate, I would imagine a jack russell would be capable of doing so too.

If you have one crate you would need to carefully supervise at all times ie have the crate in your room and if anything does go on get up immediately to sort out and even then be able to put one dog in another crate so they are separated. My griffon and my coolie girl sleep in one crate at nighttime but my coolie was crate trained before the griffon came along, the coolie goes straight to sleep when she is put in her crate and always has, the crate is in my bedroom and the very few times they have started playing I have been able to yell at them to get to sleep.

But I also do have another crate in the loungeroom and the griffon at times goes into that crate so he is being taught how to be in a crate on his own as well.

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I would get 2 crates. It is too much of a confined space both in one crate & if something went wrong & one couldn't get out :o

I have 2 BC's & crate both mine in the laundry every night. The older boy I leave the crate door open for him & he gets up

& wonders about if he wants. The little girls crate is pushed up against his but I close her in when they go to bed otherwise

she would drive my boy nuts as all she wants to do is play. :laugh:

This works well for us ATM.

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*imagines how long it will take a JRT to dig out of a soft crate *

2 solid crates ;)

My jack doesnt, she could, but she chooses not too :p

But then she is crate trained

If they sleep together and it is only at night, i would get one, but that may just be me

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Another vote for 2 wire crates... you could put them side-by-side if your dogs like to feel that they have company.

I have a dog here that actually managed to destroy a wire crate and get out... so they aren't completely indestructible if the dog is truly committed to getting out... errr! (she sleeps on the bed now... grrr!)

T.

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Looking around my house.....at least 4 :laugh:

And I bet your kittehs are using them too? :laugh:

What makes you say that?

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For the OP - I only crate my dogs together at trials (soft crate) as the Dally likes his space at night. Youngster locked in a solid crate at night (to prevent shoe chewing and being a general pain in the @r$e :laugh: ) and Dally has free access to a soft crate, which he loves. Young dog in a wire crate by day if I go out but not for particularly long periods.

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playing together in the crate.

or the other alternative - fighting, and not being able to escape :(

Learned this one the hard way. Nothing serious, but puppy did end up with a hole in her nose. All 3 are now crated seperately.

I would be going for seperate wire crates. Easier to clean and more secure. I love my soft crates for trials, but they are all in metal crates at home.

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I have 2 BC's & crate both mine in the laundry every night. The older boy I leave the crate door open for him & he gets up

& wonders about if he wants. The little girls crate is pushed up against his but I close her in when they go to bed otherwise

she would drive my boy nuts as all she wants to do is play.

i have 4 crates and 2 dogs :laugh:

one in the bedroom for my pup, older boy has a bed (he isnt crate trained) then 2 in the living room where they eat dinner, and one crate that just hangs around, i would like to crate train my boy though :shrug:

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my small dogs havent been in a crate ever but this past week i have crate trained them...took a night

yep the old bitch took up wailing til about 1am but she had others in with her and they were warm and she is used to sleeping with her favourite partner our daughters dog so by the second night she was fine

it depends a lot on the dog....but most id say like to have their buddy in at night with them if they get on well

now into their second week...the dogs seem to like their crating experiences and we can leave them to go to the shops for a couple of hours and then they sleep all night from about 10 til 6 or so.. a couple like to go in and snooze during the day...i have put a blanket on top to create a den and they seem to like that security

i put in their usual blankets and their thick sleeping mats so they only had to get used to the confines...theyre all small so getting out of the big metal crate was no issue

really happy with the way things went..our new place has very few doors so we need to contain the dogs whilst we figure out a permanent sleeping area...in summer they can sleep in the enclosed patio but at the mo it is too cold so theyre inside in the crate

try the dogs in one crate and see what happens..be sure to supervise

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I would trust my crate trained JRT x in a soft crate (he has a solid crate though). I would not use a soft crate for crate training though, for any breed, as there is bound to be scratching and digging etc.

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