What Size Crate Does Your Dog Need?

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The crate should be big enough for the dog to stretch Use the chart below to help give you an idea of what size crate to buy for on his side, and get up and your dog. turn around without his head *The sizing recommendations and breed examples listed below are hitting the top. A crate that is manufacturer standards, intended to give very general idea. Please size too big is better than one that according to the size of YOUR dog. is too small.

For an adult dog, measure Approximate from the tip of the dog’s nose Crate Size Weight of the Example of Appropriate Breeds to the base of his tail for the Dog proper crate length, and from Under 24 the ground to the top of his 18"x18" or 18"x24" lbsUnder Chihuahua skull for height. For puppies, 30 lbs do the same, and add about Affenpinscher, Cairn Terrier, Havanese, Japanese Chin, Maltese, Norfolk Terrier, 12” for his anticipated adult Under 30 Pekingese, Pomeranian, Scottish Terrier, 24”x18” or 24”x24” lbsUnder height. With puppies, you may Shih Tzu, Skye Terrier, Silky Terrier, Toy 38 lbs want to block out the extra Poodle, Toy Fox Terrier, West Highland area of the crate so that he White Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier does not eliminate in the far Cocker Spaniel, Australian Terrier, Basset corner. You can buy a smaller Hound, Bichon Frise, Boston Terrier, French crate and buy a new, larger Under 40 Bulldog, Bull Terrier, Cardigan Welsh one when he becomes an 24"x30" or 24"x36" lbsUnder Corgi, Dachshund, Italian Greyhound, adult, but many crates can 40 lbs Jack Russell Terrier, Lhasa Apso, Poodle, Schnauzer, Parson Russell Terrier, be bought with “dividers” so Wirehaired Fox Terrier that you do not have to buy a American Eskimo Dog, American brand new one when your dog 0-40 lbs Staffordshire Terrier, Basenji, Beagle, 30"x24" or grows older. 40-50 lbs Brittany Spaniel, Chinese Sharpei, Chow 30"x30" or 30"x36" 50-60 lbs Chow, German Pinscher, Irish Terrier, Keeshond, Kerry Blue Terrier Crates come in wire mesh or 40-60 lbs American Pit Bull Terrier, Australian Cattle in plastic “Varikennels” that 36"x24" or 50-60 lbs Dog, Border Collie, Bull Terrier, Dalmatian, have a wire grating on the 36"x30" or 36"x36" 60-80 lbs Old English Sheepdog door and along the sides. The Airedale Terrier, Alaskan Malamute, wire mesh crates are usually 80-100 lbs 42"x30" or 42"x36" American Bulldog, Boxer, Briard, Malinois, collapsible which makes for 80-100 lbs Tervueren easier storage, and you can 80-90 lbs Airedale Terrier, Alaskan Malamute, Boxer, easily place a blanket or towel 48"x24" or 48"x30" 80-100 lbs Briard, Dalmatian, Malinois, Tervueren on top of them to provide more privacy for the dog. Either crate Afghan, Akita, Bloodhound, Borzoi, works fine, although we prefer Chinook, Doberman Pinscher, German Shepherd, Gordon Setter, Greyhound, Irish 48"x36" Up to 100 lbs the wire mesh crates. Setter, Leonberger, Neopolitan Mastiff, Newfoundland, Pointer, Rottweiler, Siberian Husky, Standard Poodle, Weimaraner Akita, Anatolian Shepherd Dog, Bernese Mountain Dog, Bullmastiff, Great Dane, 100-150 lbs 60"x36" or 72"x36" Great Pyrenees, Irish Wolfhound, 150-180 lbs Leonberger, Mastiff, Newfoundland, Scottish Deerhound, Siberian Husky

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