anyone ever have there boxer get out of there crate unsupervised??

[gtntuf]

Brutus is a master escape artist. First, he learned that he could pull back on the door of his crate hard enough to open the door inward. Boy did he make a mess in the house that day!! He has to be pretty strong cause it's really hard to pull the door to the inside. So, we started placing the door of his crate towards a wall so that he couldn't grab the metal bars to pull on. Then, he discovered that he could push really hard on the back and it would pop down. So we wire tied the top of the back. Still, we came home one day and Brutus was out and his crate appeared to be completely intact. After a couple days of this, we found that he'd been pulling the bottom part of the crate open just enough to squeeze through.---More wire ties. So far, he's been unable to escape, but for some reason he did poop in his crate yesterday for the first time in months. Guess he had something on his stomach that didn't agree with him.

 

[Full House]

Scout escaped her crate a while back. We put her in her crate at night. I could hear her whining in the morning and figured she needed to go out but I was still trying to wake up. Next thing I know I could hear her tags clinking and feel her presence next to me. Surely I was dreaming. Nope, she was really there. The bottom holder/bar was had come off the crate previously so the only thing I can figure is that she pawed at the top one just right to release it and escape. We had the bottom holder put back on pretty quick, otherwise I may not have a house left when I got home from work.

 

[Kerry Jane]

My dogs have never escaped from their crates (thank goodness), but a friend of mine has a boxer who is a real escape artist. He can escape from his crate - so they have to put special locks on it....he can open doors...and he has even managed to turn the oven on and nearly burn done the house....

 

[sherri0121]

Hailey is definately my escape artist. Keep in mind we did rescue her. DH went to Petsmart to get on of those big plastic crates. First day - she was out. Next day bent the door so bad it barely closes... the only good it does now is to haul them to and from daycare. So then we got the Mid-west crate (top of the line crate) I think she was out on day two. We also resorted to the clips around the door. That lasted about a week. We also had to wire wrap all places where the edges come together. At one point we started putting Jasmine in the crate with Hailey. For a long time that solved two problems, Hailey escaping and Jasmine peeing in her crate. Hailey escapes from the crate still, but it is few a far between and she doesn't seem to tear anything up.

On another note...I did video tape Hailey because she too would move the crate from the edge of the room to the middle of the room or into another room. Let me tell you when I saw it my heart just sank. It was a really hard video to watch because she is just in an absolute frightened state of mind. She would dig constantly at the bottom of the crate, she would bite and grab hold of the bars while spread eagle just thrusting her body to and fro just to get the heck out of being confined. I even hired a trainer to come to my home to help her...what good that did - huge waste of money. That's when I decided to put Jasmine in with her.

 

[owen's mum]

Owen has escaped about 3 times in a year. He doesn't even try most of the time when his crate is in its normal place (living room.) However, we went to visit ex-BF's mom and took Owen with us. He escaped his crate once and did no damage. Then he pushed out the bottom tray, moved the crate, and ate a blanket. He did the same thing when I moved his crate into my room. (I currently have a foster dog w/kennel cough, and I wanted to keep them well seperated.)

I guess Owen doesn't like change! Once the foster is adopted, I'm going to try slowly moving Owen's crate all around the house. Hopefully that will help him realize that his crate is his house no matter where it is :D !

 

[buffym]

Diesel was an escape artist also. He would pull the bars of the cage right off and squeeze through. My husband had to take sides of the crate to work with him and reweld them several times, every time he would say "There is no way he'll get through here this time" but Diesel always managed to get out and sit by the bay window waiting for us to return. We would also find the crate tipped completely over or on the other side of the room, at least we didnt make it easy for him!! We finally decided it just wasnt safe for him to be in the crate, we came home on Christmas Eve and there he was waiting for us, once we looked him over we discovered his underside was completely bruised. From that day on he has had free roam of the living room and kitchen. We put a baby gate up in the hallway so he can't get to the bedrooms and make sure everything is up and out of his reach. So far this has worked very well (knock on wood).

 

[davis1kr]

Laci and Lili's Mom

I have not crated my dogs since they were about 3 months old. I just couldn't continue to crate them when they would see me get ready for work and begin to hide under the bed.

When I would try to put them in the crates, with treats, they would dance and cry and stay about 5 feet away from me and refuse to enter the crates.

I have had some big messes to clean up but my fault for not doggie proofing my home. I love having them meet me at the door when I get home. They really haven't done any damage that couldn't be repaired.

 

[gefitlepez]

Haley has escaped a few times

when she a little pup, she got out and tore up an entire roll of paper towels, arragned them in a circle on the floor and pooped in the middle where the floor wasn't covered.