Need a dog crate made

[Cracker]

A friend of mine has two staffies and is looking to have a crate made for one of them. She has nicknamed the dog Houdini as it has escaped from 7 different makes of crates so far. It has broken its way out of them all. I thought someone on here might have the experience and know how to make one and obviously she's willing to pay. If you know how or know someone who does could you pm me please.
Ta,
Niall

 

[Damien]

We have a steel one for our mutt, we bought it in a pet shop up in Tallaght.

However we have a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, so not exactly energetic.

 

[Cracker]

This thing has broken, bent and chewed through steel ones. She has tried all the best ones on the market in Ireland. Dog suffers from anxiety and can scale her 9ft wall and smash through crates, doors or anything else it seems during thunder storms or fireworks. She wants to get something ASAP as the Halloween fireworks have started already.

 

[Damien]

Sorry to hear that. I hate Hallowe'en for that reason, its a bank holiday for scumbags.
A call to a vet or the kennel club is the only thing I could add.

Hope She gets sorted quickly.

 

[Geno]

I can only hope she can get sorted . A Staffy on a wrecking spree is not anything good . I am on 2nd and love them to bits . Only way I can work it is to make sure that she not left alone . If they want the will get out . Someone must have idea .

 

[Fanum]

Sounds like a mild, vet prescribed sedative would be a better (and cheaper) idea? (and thinking about it, a strong cage could just end up hurting the doggit as it throws itself at the walls)

Perhaps the cage part is exacerbating the situation by making the staffy feel trapped?

Or earplugs

(I know I know, but Ted, our Golden stupid, would wear them and be quite happy to let us pop them in...he loves having things squirted in his ears and taking worm tablets etc, 'cos he knows he's in for a biscuit )

Hope you get it sorted

 

[Daisy Duke]

Sounds like a mild, vet prescribed sedative would be a better (and cheaper) idea? (and thinking about it, a strong cage could just end up hurting the doggit as it throws itself at the walls)

Perhaps the cage part is exacerbating the situation by making the staffy feel trapped?

Havd to agree, if the poor thing is that scared of fireworks then locking it in a cage would be verging on cruel. My dog is terrified of them too and runs to hide under my legs when they go off. Locking it in a cage would make the problem ten times worse and seriously effect the dogs mental health as it would a person. Sedative is definitely the safest and kindest thing for the dog.

 

[Mandylicious]

Being that this appears to be an ongoing problem for the dog perhaps the owner would do better to consult an animal behaviourist instead of caging the poor dog. As others have said this could be adding to the anxiety it's feeling.

 

[doyle]

I take it this is a cage for inside the house?

If so a trans transport box is about as robust as you can buy.The secret when using a box to house a dog in ,is to make the experience pleasurable-feed it in the box,give it biscuits/treats in the box.Have a favourite bed/cushion in the box.And most important put the dog in the box regularly ,what i mean is not just if they are leaving it or if there is going to be fireworks or whatever.But when going about normally,let it out for a while then put back into the box/cage and given a treat and praise.
The dog has to associate the box/cage as its place of comfort and refuge.

On the issue of thunderstorms/fireworks it may be worth playing the dog soothing music realitively loudly that its accostomed to hearing.This may sound daft but it could take the dogs mind off of its fear.

 

[johnnyboy]

I take it this is a cage for inside the house?

If so a trans transport box is about as robust as you can buy.The secret when using a box to house a dog in ,is to make the experience pleasurable-feed it in the box,give it biscuits/treats in the box.Have a favourite bed/cushion in the box.And most important put the dog in the box regularly ,what i mean is not just if they are leaving it or if there is going to be fireworks or whatever.But when going about normally,let it out for a while then put back into the box/cage and given a treat and praise.
The dog has to associate the box/cage as its place of comfort and refuge.

On the issue of thunderstorms/fireworks it may be worth playing the dog soothing music realitively loudly that its accostomed to hearing.This may sound daft but it could take the dogs mind off of its fear.

Some sound advice there. By the sounds of it; it may be a little late for the Staffy. A lot of patience will be required.

 

[Cracker]

I take it this is a cage for inside the house?

If so a trans transport box is about as robust as you can buy.The secret when using a box to house a dog in ,is to make the experience pleasurable-feed it in the box,give it biscuits/treats in the box.Have a favourite bed/cushion in the box.And most important put the dog in the box regularly ,what i mean is not just if they are leaving it or if there is going to be fireworks or whatever.But when going about normally,let it out for a while then put back into the box/cage and given a treat and praise.
The dog has to associate the box/cage as its place of comfort and refuge.

On the issue of thunderstorms/fireworks it may be worth playing the dog soothing music realitively loudly that its accostomed to hearing.This may sound daft but it could take the dogs mind off of its fear.

Cheers for that. The dog loves her crate apart from when there are fireworks/thunder. In those cases she goes bananas and tears up the house ( the other day my friend came home to a broken kitchen door and two bottles of red wine smashed and walked all over the house. She found the staffy in her bed under the covers) otherwise the crate is not an issue and is only used for a few hours during the day if she goes out and at night. I'll let her know about the trans transport box anyhow. I know she does leave the radio on when there's a chance of it. She can't leave the dog out because even when the dog doesn't escape during fireworks she has injured herself trying.