Time To Trust With A Soft Crate?

[sheena]

I would transition to a soft crate when you think his chewing stage might be over & as Ness said, until you are sure he will not tear it to bits, it would be best to have someone supervise. The Clean run one will cost you a fortune to post over. I have just bought my second Australian Made, Australian Owned K9 crate & can't speak highly enough of them...service & quality is great I bought it for my large border collie & I bought the ML size. They also make matching padded crate mats. Here they are in their K9 crates last week away camping :)

LOL when exactly does the chewing stage end ?

He stopped chewing at about 18 months but I have had him in a cloth crate for much longer than that & he has never tried to chew or scratch his way out, probably because he really likes being inside an enclosed crate. I have just got him this new K9 one for his 3rd birthday :) Prior to that he had an El-Cheapo that we won at a trial but it has just decided to completely disintergrate