Petmate Two Door Top Load Dog Kennel

These are amazing crates.. They're all we've bought for our furbabies for years.. They're roomy, easy to clean, good ventilation, and last FOREVER.. There is one safety concern and I've actually brought it to the attention of our local stores but nothing has changed so apparently it was never brought to the attention of the right people.. in my first photo, you see the top door.. there are two pieces that you squeeze together in order to open the door.. well when you buy these, they come with little rubber caps to make it softer on our fingers when we squeeze it (as seen in the second two photos, I've already removed them) .. When our 2 year old Chihuahua was a baby, we purchased one of these.. One morning, instead of my morning excited greeting, I was met with silence.. I immediately opened the crate and found Cooper completely limp.. he was still alive but was in the process of dying.. he'd already lost function to his tongue (it was hanging out!) .. I quickly laid him down on the carpet and started trying to figure out what was wrong (it was a Sunday, our vet was closed and the nearest emergency vet is 45 minutes away).. I began massaging him to stimulate him (I honestly didn't know what else to do because I didn't know what was causing this) .. all of a sudden he stretched his little body out and did a hard gag and then went limp again ..so I started massaging again and once again, he stretched out and gagged then went limp again.. his little tongue had turned blue by this point.. I was panicking, sure that I was currently helplessly witnessing my 10 week old furbabies death .. But then on the third stretch and gag, this little rubber cap popped out of his mouth and he started taking hard fast breaths until his tongue turned back to its normal color.. it took about 10 minutes for him to regain my control of his tongue and pull it back inside and about 3 hours before he could walk without staggering .. he turned out ok and even got a clean bill of health from the emergency vet but he came so close to that rainbow bridge.. all because of caps whose only purpose is to give US a softer feel on our fingers... SO, I DO highly recommend these crates but I recommend even higher that you remove these caps before you ever put your fur baby in it.. they slide right off very easily .. don't risk one sliding off and into the crate because this can happen to you too..

This pet carrier is smaller than expected, but great in all other aspects.My cat is small, last weight at 2.3kg (I suspect he is nearer 3kg now), and he completely fills the carrier. I would not want to use this carrier for a larger pet, but for him it is fine.

I'm so glad I found this pet carrier. I looked for one which had top opening as well as front opening which this one does. And it is really good quality with screw fastening of the two halves, giving excellent security. The way the top opens and closes also feels better made and more secure than many others. I feel this size would be suitable for small cats and other pets such as rabbits - for bigger cats or a pair of rabbits I feel you'd need a larger carrier.

Yes this is measured from the widest possible points. Similar to how you measure any item. When I am traveling I often need to know the size of my bags and that is what this tells you. I've never seen a pet carrier list its internal dimensions instead of external but that is what people are focusing on on this carrier instead of the carrier itself.Yes it has a lip design. This allows for super easy construction and deconstruction/storage if needed. The front gate is easy to operate and the entire thing assembles easily within a couple of minutes unless you are slow on twisting screws. The top gate comes installed. I have 2 small rabbits and this carrier is superb for them. The top gate makes a huge difference for getting the little things out of the carrier. The material is very solid plastic and the screws come with solid plastic wingnuts to screw into place. The end result has not sharp edges or snagging corners while the gates are closed. Both the gates can be opened with one hand. Though you will want to make sure that the top gate is securely closed and both pegs have snapped back into place before picking it up as the handle is in the middle of the top gate. This has not been an issue for me, but the only concern that I could see occurring with this carrier, other than people not understanding how to measure things properly.This is decidedly not for medium sized or large animals. However as a pet owner you should be expecting to pay for proper care of your pet and not trying to find the smallest box to cram them into. So if you are looking for the cheapest and smallest versions of things possible for your pet, it may be time to think about whether you are punishing your pet by keeping it and should find it a better home.

I need to learn to Read the information that tells how big it is it was disappointed when I got it cause it’s very small, but that is my fault because I didn’t read the information