Puppy pen

[franeking]

I am planning to get a pen for my 10 week working cocker puppy. There are so many on the Internet, I find it confusing . Any suggestions for a pen he can’t just climb out of?

[bmthmark]

Good question and something I had lots of problems with.

I bought a cheap puppy pen, which worked for a few days then he figured out that he could move the thing across the floor. So I had to tie the thing down which worked fine. Then he figured out that he could use his water bowl as a step if he tipped it over. I had it all on camera, he literally knocked it over and pushed it to the edge and scrambled over the bars  he then ran around the house causing chaos 
So I then had to create a roof for the pen, it was a nightmare 

I think mine was a rare occurrence as my friends puppies didn't do this.

If I were buying one now, I would look at as big pen as possible and all tall sides.

Good luck

[Patp]

We used a whelping pen with a canvas crate inside.  She then progressed into the lounge (we are open plan) in just the crate but open, then progressed onto our bed

[Anita]

Many years ago we bought panels from a company that do lots of crates, beds, etc etc, so you can build a play pen to suit your circumstances - 15 years on, we still have it stored away (ready for our next doglet. The company is called Croft and are based in the UK.

[elaine.e]

I've used panels from Croft as well. I think there's an element of luck in that some puppies will learn to climb them and some won't. My now 9 year old had been used to a whelping pen with his breeder and when he came to me he absolutely loathed being crated, even with the door open, perhaps because it had a roof, unlike the whelping pen. So I gave up with the crate, bought some puppy panels and set the pen up in a corner of a room, so the pen had walls immediately behind two sides of it. He took to it immediately and was much more settled at night.

I still have the panels and they come in handy if I need to use one as a temporary barrier across a doorway, or if I want the back door open to cool the house but don't want the dogs to go out.

[franeking]

Thank you all very much. I’ll have l look at Croft 

[its.sme]

I got a puppy pen from Argos, it can also be used to partition off a room etc and we still have it .

I've had a look and it looks like they have stopped doing it but this is the closest thing too it.

http://www.argos.co.uk/product/6253088?cmpid=GS001&_$ja=tsid:59156%7Cacid:444-797-0832%7Ccid:189942085%7Cagid:18091972765%7Ctid:aud-144400486596:pla-272980389742%7Ccrid:77627772805%7Cnw:g%7Crnd:17889780452783878957%7Cdvc:t%7Cadp:1o4%7Cmt:%7Cloc:9045563&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoci0gtqD3QIVS77tCh2pjwpZEAQYBCABEgKLrvD_BwE