At 12:01 AM 29/12/2002 -0600, you wrote:
Hi Kelly,Hi Everyone!I've been basically a lurker on this list on and off for about 6 years. I finally have my very own Berner boy, Berkley! We've had him for two months now and he is wonderful. He's now 8 months old and 46 pounds. Needless to say he's going to be on the small side. I'm looking at getting a Cabana Crate (for those who are interested and don't know what I'm talking about www.doggonegood.com) and was wondering if anyone on the list uses one and what size you have. Especially those of you with smaller Berners. The X-Large "may" fit in my trunk but it will be really close and was thinking that for my small berner I may be able to use a Large.
Hmm, 46 pounds is pretty small. My Belgian, Tanja, weighs about that and she's a dainty little thing. Having said that, when I was looking at buying a cabana crate though a large would have been adequate for her, I decided to go with the extra large. I reckoned that if I ever wanted to bring Boris along, then it would be okay for him to fit into. (Boris is 110 lbs but not hugely tall). By getting the extra large, it also means that there is plenty of room for Tanja to stretch out. If I was pushed, I could probably fit the two of them in it. You may want to consider that for your two!
Do you know anyone at your club with a cabana crate? I was lucky in that an agility friend of mine has the extra large crate, so I could see exactly how large the thing is. She has a German Shepherd.
Remember, Berkeley might not get big, but he still has some growing to do too.
One more thing that might sway you - the old stye X-Large crates are on sale!
Wendy
Boris Beard
Ottawa, Canada
http://members.rogers.com/bernerboris/bernerbooks.html
