I need a new exercise pen. Mine is only 3' tall and Roxy was jumping out
of it at about 5 months of age. I just know she'll teach the puppy to do
the same. Anyone have a recommendations for a sturdy, well-made x-pen that
won't break the bank?

--
Lynne

"Lynne" wrote in message
m...
I need a new exercise pen. Mine is only 3' tall and Roxy was jumping out
of it at about 5 months of age. I just know she'll teach the puppy to do
the same. Anyone have a recommendations for a sturdy, well-made x-pen
that
won't break the bank?

--
Lynne

For Muttley's exercise area, I will probably be using some kind of field
fence, strung between steel posts driven into the ground, and corner posts
which should be something like 4x4 or 4" round wood, with bracing or wire
tie-outs to stakes in the ground. Standard field fence is 4' high, and
costs about $150 for 330 ft, and posts are about $4 each. You can get
fencing 5' and 6' high. There are some with finer mesh at the bottom (for
animals like chickens and rabbits), and more open at the top. Sometimes it
is called goat fence, horse fence, cattle fence or deer fence. You might be
able to get small sections enough to do what you want from a local farmer.
The place I found is Tractor Supply Company, www.myTSCstore.com. Their
catalog has a lot of information, and they have helpful brochures.

Good luck,

Paul

"montana wildhack" wrote in message
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On 2007-03-09 15:16:06 -0500, "Paul E. Schoen" said:

For Muttley's exercise area, I will probably be using some kind of field
fence, strung between steel posts driven into the ground, and corner
posts which should be something like 4x4 or 4" round wood, with bracing
or wire tie-outs to stakes in the ground. Standard field fence is 4'
high, and costs about $150 for 330 ft, and posts are about $4 each. You
can get fencing 5' and 6' high. There are some with finer mesh at the
bottom (for animals like chickens and rabbits), and more open at the
top. Sometimes it is called goat fence, horse fence, cattle fence or
deer fence. You might be able to get small sections enough to do what
you want from a local farmer. The place I found is Tractor Supply
Company, www.myTSCstore.com. Their catalog has a lot of information, and
they have helpful brochures.

Good luck,

Paul

That ought to do just fine in the kitchen.


I had no idea an exercise pen would be indoors. Why would you have a pen
inside the house? How big does it need to be for exercise?

Paul and Muttley

Paul E. Schoen wrote:

I had no idea an exercise pen would be indoors.

http://www.digitpet.com/product_grou...id=1001,2006&p

Why would you have a pen
inside the house? How big does it need to be for exercise?

Why would you have one *outside* the house? I don't know many dogs
that will actually exercise themselves when they're tossed into a pen.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

"Shelly" wrote in message
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Paul E. Schoen wrote:

I had no idea an exercise pen would be indoors.

http://www.digitpet.com/product_grou...id=1001,2006&p

Why would you have a pen inside the house? How big does it need to be
for exercise?

Why would you have one *outside* the house? I don't know many dogs that
will actually exercise themselves when they're tossed into a pen.


The only reason a pen like that would promote exercise, IMHO, is that it
would give the dog reason to try to get out, especially if they are "tossed
in". Why should a dog be confined when inside the house? Muttley can get
exercise if he so chooses by running up and down the stairs, but usually he
just snoozes on the bed until I come home. He gets exercise running around
outside and barking at critters. When the weather and ground conditions are
amenable to doing it safely, I take him for walks up and down the hill, and
he sometimes helps me pull a cartload of firewood back to the house.

Maybe a good indoor exerciser would be a treadmill.

Paul and Muttley

"Paul E. Schoen" wrote in
:

The only reason a pen like that would promote exercise, IMHO, is
that it would give the dog reason to try to get out,

Encouraging your dog to try to escape it's pen/yard strikes me as
kind of messed up. Surely walking the dog or playing with it
outdoors would be a better solution?

Why should a dog be confined when inside the house?

Some dogs are puppies.

Muttley can get exercise if he so chooses by
running up and down the stairs, but usually he just snoozes on
the bed until I come home.

My dog sleeps when I'm not home. She doesn't choose whether or not
to get exercise, though. That's my prerogative. We go for walks,
hikes, play fetch, etc. What I don't do is toss her outside and
hope for the best.

He gets exercise running around
outside and barking at critters.

I am really glad I don't live near you. I can't stand it when
people let their dogs bark.

--
Shelly
http://www.cat-sidh.net (the Mother Ship)
http://esther.cat-sidh.net (Letters to Esther)

Y is for Yorick whose head was knocked in.
-- Edward Gorey, The Gashlycrumb Tinies

on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 20:25:40 GMT, montana wildhack
wrote:

That ought to do just fine in the kitchen.

I wonder if I can get it in a nice 1970's Harvest Gold?

--
Lynne

So instead of sinking posts into my kitchen floor and stringing chainlink,
I was thinking of Midwest exercise pens. This place seems to have good
pricing, even once you add on delivery:

http://petcratesdirect.com/dog-exercise-pens.html

Any feedback on Midwest brand pens and/or this e-tailer would be most
appreciated.

--
Lynne

In article ,
Lynne wrote:
Any feedback on Midwest brand pens and/or this e-tailer would be most
appreciated.

I have two Midwest crates (are they the biggest wire crate
manufacturer?). One is six years old and the other is, I
think, about 4 years old, and they've both held up well in
what is admittedly not particularly stressful use. I'd buy
another one.
--
Melinda Shore - Software longa, hardware brevis -

If you can't say it clearly, you don't understand it yourself -- John Searle

on Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:55:33 GMT, (Melinda Shore) wrote:

I have two Midwest crates (are they the biggest wire crate
manufacturer?). One is six years old and the other is, I
think, about 4 years old, and they've both held up well in
what is admittedly not particularly stressful use. I'd buy
another one.

I've got that new puppy "spoil him rotten" fever thing going... I've got a
perfectly good very heavy duty wire crate here that will be the perfect
size for a full grown GR, but those foldable ones with 2 doors look oh so
appealing. Especially when I think of the room placement options!

(Yeah, I realize I'd be buying it for me and not him...)

Thanks for the thumbs up for Midwest. I have no idea who makes the 2
crates we have. The big one is about 20 years old, though, and in great
shape. I'm going to have to measure it because, come to think of it, it
might just be too big!

--
Lynne