Today is a sad, sad day. Monty has outgrown his puppy crate Now that he is fully house trained, does it matter if we get a significantly bigger crate for him, or do we continue to go up in increments, sized in a similar way to how to selected the puppy crate; he can stand and turn comfortably etc. Thanks
Re: Crate training I bought the biggest crate I could find, partitioned it for Willow when she was tiny but immediately she outgrew that bit, I simply removed the partition so she had full run. She never had accidents in it at night (other than those caused by an upset tummy), although she did pop in for a wee a couple of times in the day, but I just put that down to random puppy antics. So my advice would be, get whatever size crate you think you want as your maximum size, try him out, but if it's too big, put a partition in.
Re: Crate training if it's any help as all dogs are different, Juno went from the 24" crate to the 30" but only for a week while I was waiting delivery of the 42" crate with the 30" being used in the back of the car until she outgrew it. I had no problems with the transfer into the 42" crate and she was around 18 weeks at the time. Although she looked really small in the crate she loved being able to lay out fall length or curl up small. As it was intended to be permanent until she was a year old I also invested in the purpose designed mattress for the crate.
Re: Crate training Our next step up was the 36 inch crate. I bought her a soft oval bed and pushed it through the door. It made easy for her to accept as her bed and was great for transitioning her out of the crate. We still use the crate on occasions when there are lots of people milling and she gets over excited
Re: Crate training I think once they are house trained, it's fine. If not yet house trained, keep the crate small. I didn't buy a crate for the house, although had one in the car, until Charlie was 10 months old, and went straight to a Great Dane sized one... ;D ;D ;D
