That's good to know, Kimberly. At 30% off, the Top Paw one is about 10-15$ less than Amazon's usual price for the 42" Midwest crate. Coolness.

Just try to keep an eye out at PetSmart for deals on crates. They just had one for 50% off but it ended. ;_;

Beth, Amazon also puts their Midwest crates on sale every so often. If you're not in a rush to buy one you could wait for a decent sale to pop up whether on Amazon, Petsmart, or any other store/online store.

Not sure about the Boston area but keep an eye on Craigslist. The Buffalo/Rochester NY C/L has them listed quite often.

Thanks, everybody! I don't think I need one immediately - he seems to be doing okay in his plastic crate as long as he's covered up, and then he typically goes to sleep. Funny, I know. I'll keep an eye on prices and on Craigslist, and go from there.

Has anyone tried a folding crate? I want to get one that I can fit in my car to take when we stay the night places. It would be so embarrassing to have Sky dig up someone's nice lawn while we slept over. And the one time I tried tying her to a stake she flipped out and bent it from pulling so hard!

I saw this one, and it looks pretty good, but I can't find any reviews on it anywhere, so that makes me wary. Plus, I can't see the latches to see if they're sturdy enough to hold in her in if she has a "husky moment" (as her old vet called it ).

http://www.remmeer.com/portable-folding-plastic-wheeled-dog-crates-p-1388.html

I don't know anything about that crate but if you get it, I would love to hear your review. I would like to get something like this before Husky Camp in September.

We have a similar soft one as part of the Element Dog kit and used it for New Year's at a friend's house. Of course, Chili is crate trained and super obedient. I imagine Frosti would make short work of it!

I have one, but have not had the courage to try and leave one of my dogs in it! I just have mine set up in our bedroom because Luka loves to sleep in it! She would rather sleep in there than on our bed. I like that its easy to bring when we stay at a hotel. Gives Lu a place to sleep, and it gives me options in case I have to leave them alone for some reason. Just haven't had a reason to leave them alone yet.

I wish I could trust her with a soft sided one! I think I'd come back to half of it in her belly. XD Yours in the same brand, Melissa? (I can't figure out what brand it is, really. I don't think Remmeer is the brand, and PGI turns up nothing.)

Mine is made by Guardian Gear. Got it from Pet Edge for a good price.

Thanks, guys! I didn't know the wire ones were easily collapsible like that. We've currently got one of those big, brown plastic ones with the wire door. I'll check the ones out on Pet Edge today. They look a bit more reputable than the first site I looked at.

I have a soft sided collapsible crate for my sibe when we travel. It works great and is much easier to travel with and collapse than our wire crate. It is much much lighter and easier to pack in the car than a wire crate which is totally worth it to me. Only thing though is you'll want to be sure you've got a sibe that is already reliably crate trained BEFORE trying a soft sided crate. Even then I'd introduce it slowly so it doesn't end up in pieces.

We're in the market again for a new dog crate... the previous one (which was the first one we started off with) ended up getting destroyed... Roxy is damn stubborn!!! It was an iCrate, and is made by the same company that does Midwest. *sigh*

Has anyone had any experience with "Best Pet" :

http://www.amazon.com/Black-Triple-Door-Suitcase-Style-Folding/dp/B001QXKI16/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325040150&sr=8-2

And this one I am kinda sketchy about, but didn't know if anyone else had heard about "Evila" :

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Large-42-Two-Door-Dog-Crate-Cage-Kennel-Metal-Pan-Labrador-Retriever-Boxer-/320819331133?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4ab252803d

The price on the Evila seems far too good to be true, but I thought I would throw it out there just in case anyone had any positive experience with them.

Both of these are an option because they have a metal pan*, which Roxy will be unable to chew through. We have a metal pan now, but it is sooooo heavy and dirty... it's not been sealed, and if needed we can just seal it and get another iCrate locally. But just thinking of some other options if anyone has any feedback.

We just ordered one of those airline crates from Amazon - since Frosti has separation anxiety and seems to like them better (we borrowed one from day care to see how it went - after she started rattling her wire crate).
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000R3J5L0/sr=1-2/qid=1325089172/ref=pop?ie=UTF8&s=pet-supplies&qid=1325089172&sr=1-2

It was more than those other wire crate options, but hopefully it lasts. The one we borrowed had numerous visible escape attempts - with no successful ones! We get it today - probably more excited than I should be about getting a crate!

I had a kennel like this one
http://www.amazon.com/Black-Triple-Door-Suitcase-Style-Folding/dp/B001QXKI16/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1325040150&sr=8-2

but rouge is very hard and not doing well with crate training. There are treats in there and I've tried to feed her in there but she really wants nothing to do with it... I know we have other dogs but my fear of her eating my roommates $1000 couches makes me feel its best she knows how to kennel to keep her safe while I am at work. So far I just hire dog sitters lol thank god for sisters right? But there may come a time where that is not an option. Worst part is the other dogs in the house are so food motivated if I just leave treats in there They will get them and not her....so I can only leave it open when we are both in my room together with the door closed to keep the other two dogs out... :/

she is now in one of the brown kennels with the wire door as she escaped from the other within a few minutes. we put her in there and ran to the post office and she escaped it in less than 15 mins... nothing was chewed though or destroyed, i may not always be that lucky though

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005N0OHBU/ref=ox_sc_act_title_8?ie=UTF8&m=A2RFSIF56F6W5J

Have you seen these kennels.??

yes they are lovely I can only see her chewing the wood now lol *nom* nom nom!