Dog Crates & Playpens
Crate Training Does Not Have To Look Ugly Wire crates work, but they look like a temporary solution even when they are permanent. Furniture style dog crates do the same job without dominating your living room. A side table that is secretly a crate. An end table with a door. A credenza with a dog...
Crate Training Does Not Have To Look Ugly
Wire crates work, but they look like a temporary solution even when they are permanent. Furniture style dog crates do the same job without dominating your living room. A side table that is secretly a crate. An end table with a door. A credenza with a dog inside. This is how you crate a dog without remodeling your whole aesthetic.
Our collection includes solid wood crate furniture, playpens for smaller dogs who need room to move, and galvanized steel cages for training situations that need maximum durability. Every piece is built to double as a normal piece of furniture.
Why Crates Work
Dogs are den animals. In the wild, canids dig out tight enclosed spaces and use them for sleeping, hiding, and raising pups.
- A crate taps that same instinct.
- A 2022 survey in Applied Animal Behaviour Science reported that dogs with access to a safe crate during adolescence showed fewer destructive behaviors and faster house training than dogs without one.
- Crating is not cruelty when it is done right.
Done correctly, most dogs learn to love their crate within a week and walk into it on their own for naps.
Sizing A Crate Properly
Your dog should be able to stand up without ducking, turn around in a full circle, and lie on their side fully stretched.
- Nothing more.
- Nothing less.
- A puppy who can pee in one corner and sleep in the other will not learn to hold it.
For giant breeds, plan on a steel kennel or a heavy duty oak model, since lighter wood species can suffer damage under a big chewer who gets bored.
For giant breeds who outgrow most crates, our oversized dog beds give them a roomy off-crate spot to sprawl.
Introducing The Crate Right
Feed your dog their normal meals inside the open crate for the first few days. Door open the whole time.
- Toss treats inside during play.
- Once they willingly hop in on their own, start closing the door for short stretches.
- Then five minutes.
Patience plus high value treats beats force every time.
For crating outdoors, our dog houses and kennels are built to withstand weather year-round.