EliteField3-Door Folding Soft Dog Crate with Carrying Bag and Fleece Bed (2 Year Warranty), Indoor & Outdoor Pet Home (24" L x 18" W x 21" H, Blue Gray)

As a pet sitter, I've seen just about every type of crate there is, hard and soft. One of my clients has a soft crate I especially loved, but it doesn't appear to be available anymore, so I went on the hunt for a similar one for my younger 12 month, 65 lb dog who can't be trusted in hotels.The major pro of this crate is that it is extremely easy to put together. With some soft crates, you have to crawl inside to push up the interior supports, but due to the top opening, I can put this together by leaning over it, even with the XL size. The construction seems fairly sturdy, with thick canvas sides. The mesh even seems somewhat durable. My 65 lb dog scratch at the doors the first few days and while there is some noticeable fraying to the door itself, he didn't manage to make a hole. The upgraded version has a spot to put a gerbil-style water bottle, which i thought was neat. This crate is a huge upgrade over having to load, unload, and move around a standard metal crate when traveling. My dog also loves the bed. My older dog will hang out in this when we're home/at the hotel with the dogs.However, there is room for improvement. The doors and curtains are held up when not in use by elastic bands loosely sewn into the door, and a bit of the canvas. My dog immediately saw these as chew toys and pulled them out over the course of a month, creating a small hole in the tops of the doors where the stitching is ripped. Now I can no longer tie up the curtains for normal use, or the doors. Other soft crates I've seen use velcro to accomplish this, and I think that seems like a better idea. I will likely add velcro myself.Second, the back storage pouch on the upgraded version is an envelope design held closed by a small piece of velcro. If you put anything that isn't flat in the pouch, it will not be able to close. I speak from experience as i had to pick up my dog's bone and chew toy from the hotel steps. Even when I put less in the pouch, things still fell out because the top does not close all the way across. It seems like this pouch is really only useful when the crate is set up, and not to be used for holding things on the move.Overall, I would recommend this crate, but for the price, I would have liked to see a slightly better design as discussed above. Of course, this crate is meant for dogs who are well kennel trained, not puppies or dogs still working on potty training (since Amazon asked), hard wire crates are better suited for training.

This soft sided crate has easy to use sliders that connect the top rails, rather than the pinch button thing you have to push, and pinch your fingers on, or break a nail trying to push. Super easy to set up! I also liked the pocket at the back - I used it to hold the cover. And the pocket at the top I used to hold my things like my show catalog (I use the crate at dog shows). Just a note that the pockets are NOT accessible when the crate is folded and put inside its carry bag so whatever you store in the pockets is only accessible when the crate is outside the bag. Probably really obvious, but I originally thought one of the pockets was on the outside of the carry case.The pad that comes with the crate is only a 1/4 inch think fake sheepskin thing, but it's nicer than just the nylon material. There is plenty of room in the folded crate to keep a 'normal' crate pad inside while transporting. So you can have it inside when you set up the crate.Would definitely buy this one again.

I purchased this dog crate a couple of months ago and use it daily. The shipping was very quick and it arrived in good shape from being packed well in the cardboard shipping box. I will give a detailed description of the crate because there are not many times that one truly feels like they got a great bang for your buck on a purchase. My 6 year old 70# lab was crate trained since she was a puppy using a large wire crate. When she was puppy @ times we did shut her door when we had company over but basically the wire crate was her bed/den with the door left open after she was fully potty trained. Happily she did not make messes after being potty trained and never chewed on things to have to contain her all the time when we left the house. Shoes were kept high off floor then. With crate use she never seemed attracted to sleeping on the furniture either. Her crate was her safe and comfortable place to sleep in. I also put a sheet over the crate to make it more private for her. I purchased this soft-sided crate to possibly remove the wire crate and put @ a different house so she would have a 'home' away from home when I was gone. The soft-sided crate would be her main crate @ home affording more options of easily taking it down and transporting to another location. This was/is my goal. This crate will do all of that. It's too big to set up open in the back seat of my sedan (perhaps the size down would). If I had an SUV I know I would be able to comfortably travel with her long distance having it set up for use during travel. I did get the slightly bigger one to make sure it was roomy enough. The next size down was smaller than the wire crate and she would not have had as much room for a large size dog and as she ages and sprawls out. It fits well between the front and back seats to transport for destination use when it is folded flat and in the zippered tote. It does fit in the trunk of my full size car but does not leave room for too much else other than assorted smaller duffle bags and totes. Not a problem for traveling if it's just the 2 of us.My dog no longer chews on anything other than rawhides so I can't speak about how it would stand up to that type of abuse. Or if your dog took their nails and clawed on the screen doors and windows trying to get out. I don't have that problem. I can assure you that the construction of this crate is exceptional in quality and detailing and craftsmanship. Very easy to set-up. Didn't even need the cheat sheet. The crate features an attached and removable pouch with hand-strap for supplies on one end. If you used this for a day trip or camping a handy feature. Another non-removable zippered pouch is attached to the top of the crate for supplies also. The top of the crate is also the zippered ventilating mesh door with crossed X webbed strapping with a Velcro closure like a duffel bag. A nice handle to easily pick the crate up to move. One narrow end of the crate has a zippered mesh door and one of the long sides has a zippered mesh door that you can unzip, roll up and Velcro to keep the door open. 5 sides of this crate have the mesh for ventilation with 3 zippered openings. The top of the crate is also a zippered door for access. I can't see using this feature unless your dog is a light weight. I could see how this crate would be handy if you wanted a secure place for a new litter of puppies although over time the crate would probably be abused with their messes and friskiness. Probably would hold up to a power wash or back yard hose down to clean up rather easily and air dry. But a good quite spot for a birthing I imagine. I've never bred dogs but as a kid we had to give our dog a nice quite place to have her puppies. The floor of the crate is made of the same rubberized canvas material that the rest of the crate is constructed with. Very durable and probably water resistant. Obviously with the mesh top not waterproof unless a tarp was also used. I'm not a camper but I believe if I was, this crate would be exactly what I would want. If it was not mentioned in the other reviews the crate came with a very large zippered tote to store/transport the crate when it is folded flat with hand/shoulder straps. I was pleasantly surprised with this handy addition of the carrier tote. Also included was a small leash and a bottom cushion that is sheep skin like fabric with the underside rubberized. This pad is thin. I have put her very large and thick floor pillow in the crate for her daily use. It fits perfect and what dream bedroom she has. She loves this crate and adapted to it right away when I set it up for home use within hours. The dog has a tendency to nap in her wire crate during the day in a different room and this crate @ night and during the day when I am on the computer. I lightly draped a sheet on this one too to create her 'den'. I can leave the house and know she is in either crate napping and not on the furniture. The construction is superb for the way we use the crate but if you had a high energy, chewing and clawing dog with the doors zippered shut this crate probably would not hold up over time. I did a lot of research before I purchased this crate. I changed from purchasing another wire one to ultimately a more practical 2nd crate that is very high quality and affords more options for portability if we turn into campers or visit friends and family on a road trip. One of the best purchases that I have made. A long review but I wanted to point out the exception quality and extra features that this crate has and that I almost made a mistake buying another clumsy wire crate that would not have been as suitable for our needs. I will mention also that the color is great now that it seems to be permanent in the house and not just for travel. I'm happy it is nice basic beige with black trim instead of a bold color. If you plan to travel/camp with your dog and have enough room I would suggest this crate also for a smaller sized dog giving your pet plenty of room to move around in.If your pet chews or claws I don't think this crate would work out for long. If these are not your issues, the crate will be perfect and you will be very pleased like me with the purchase.

I’ve ordered this crate twice, the first one in January which never arrived and I received a full refund. I was searching for an alternative crate in the UK for my miniature poodle but because she’s quite tall but although not massive I struggled to find one so eventually I ordered this one again. This time it arrived very quickly (dispatched on Friday evening from the US, arrived on Monday morning to me in the UK!), the crate is an excellent quality, seems very sturdy and stylish as well. 24inch first nicely on the back seat of my car. Very pleased with my purchase!

Well designed and made soft dog crate compared to cheaper options but very expensive

Great item, very robust. Best on market

We broke the zipper on the 1st one so we decided to buy another and keep the 1st one for spare parts. The best part was adding the old mattress to the new o e for a very comfy sleep for our dog.

I am very happy with this crate. My dog felt comfortable and secure enough that he didn’t try to escape. I used it for a weekend dog show and plan on using it often. I may need to purchase another for my other pup!