Comments on: Unitasker Wednesday: Doggie playpen

By: Clark

Clark — Sun, 18 May 2008 23:49:21 +0000

I use the downstairs bathroom.

By: Molly

Molly — Sun, 18 May 2008 15:41:52 +0000

Andrew, those are gorgeous! Definitely not a Unitasker. Man, like I didn’t already wish I could have a dog at this point in my life, now I can crave dual-purpose furniture to go with it?

By: Anne

Anne — Fri, 16 May 2008 05:36:26 +0000

@el
you made me giggle, I had visions of this lady somewhere pondering, gosh that seems a bit wasteful, but perhaps it has a meaning I don’t appreciate…
I am laughing with you, not at you.
UNitasker Weds are my favorites!!!

By: Katie

Katie — Fri, 16 May 2008 02:39:57 +0000

Sue, re: the Christmas tree. I tried that last year. It didn’t go quite as expected.

Okay, three comments on one post! I’m feeling clutterful.

By: Dana

Dana — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:04:52 +0000

I needed something like this when my girls were small…..

Dana

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 15 May 2008 14:01:12 +0000

Bill –

Orvis has a number of wood furniture crates.

http://tinyurl.com/43mjuq

Our six month old corgi will be getting one soon.

/Andrew

By: Sue

Sue — Thu, 15 May 2008 13:20:18 +0000

You could put your Christmas tree in there, to keep out the pets and kids!

LOL!

By: rob

rob — Thu, 15 May 2008 12:52:55 +0000

Unitasker? you could put CHILDREN in that too ya know!

By: Beverly

Beverly — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:49:18 +0000

I’m not sure how a dog kennel could be anything other than a dog kennel. But here is a suggestion. We used something called the Superyard XT for my grandson when he was learning to walk and we needed to block him from going all over the house and out of his mother’s sight. The doorways were too wide for a regular gate. We set aside space in the great room (I know if you live in 900 sq ft this won’t work) and put together only 4 of the 6 sides, put in some toys, and it worked better than a playpen. When we took him out visiting, we put it together with all 6 sides, and some cousins got in too, it was big enough. It’s 26″ high and made of durable plastic. Now my daughter uses parts of it to close off sections that she doesn’t want him to access. If this were a dog, I’d use the 4 sides, and figure out other ways to use it later as fencing. Toys R Us carries it, probably other places like that also.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 14 May 2008 21:46:55 +0000

Bill, this is for cats, but maybe it’ll inspire you:

Cat Washroom Nightstand and Pet House

By: el

el — Wed, 14 May 2008 20:24:28 +0000

Now I feel a little stupid. I always saw the Unitasker Wednesdays and I thought these were things you were suggesting us to buy. I get it now. haha

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:31:38 +0000

We’ve been looking for a multitasking dog kennel since we took in a five year old corgi a few months ago. Right now, we have this big, metal, ugly kennel in the corner of the living room. I just want *something* that could function as more than just a dog kennel. Anyone have any ideas?

By: Xerxes3rd

Xerxes3rd — Wed, 14 May 2008 16:29:27 +0000

I doubt they make one that would hold our English Mastiff. Furthermore, a suitable playpen is a soft bed where he can sleep. =)

By: Jarick

Jarick — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:51:07 +0000

Every dog owner should have a crate, be it cage or kennel. Round pens have their uses, but not for your average owner, and usually not indoors.

By: ADM

ADM — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:47:06 +0000

I bought one of these seven years ago when I got my puppy, and we still the two-panel sections to block the pooch from certain parts of the yard and the house. He’s a smaller guy though.

http://www.petco.com/shop/prod.....ite=672726

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:44:15 +0000

I’m not sure this pen is the right answer (it seems very small and bulky), but there are times when I need to confine my pets - for example, when I have a repairman coming in and out who leaves the door open. Living in a small apartment, I don’t have a room that I can shut off from the rest of the house.

I’ve managed with a baby gate so far, but a pen would have been handy - if it was foldable, easy to store, large enough and cheap, which this one doesn’t seem to be.

By: John Ek

John Ek — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:31:50 +0000

I highly recommend this type of gate http://www.petstreetmall.com/D.....3829/1374/

especially for a lab. I have 9 year old lab that I trained based on the seeing eye dogs program and he is a wonderfully behaved dog. I could not have done it with out this type of pen. Great for traveling to.

By: Moriah

Moriah — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:28:06 +0000

I don’t think this would hold anything more than a small puppy! I know my family has a 12 lb. Yorkie-Poo and he can scale child gates and almost any other blockade you throw at him.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Wed, 14 May 2008 15:03:40 +0000

The best part is that its not really much bigger than the dog’s crate. The dog shown in the picture is probably too large for this play pen. It would have approximately 18″ of room to move around in that wasn’t currently occupied by the dog. So if your dog is bigger than 10 lbs. you may just need to interact with it on occasion.

The people who order this should look into hamsters next time round.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 14 May 2008 14:39:06 +0000

If anyone is really considering buying something like this, may I recommend the metal ex-pens that fold up in two-foot sections? They’re much sleeker and more compact, you can easily slide them into the trunk of your car, and they come in different heights. You can get them at most online pet stores and some brick and mortar stores.

Here’s a link.