If you are on the fence about buying an impact crate, PLEASE READ! I wish I could give this crate and company 100 stars.

When we rescued our 6 month old German Shepherd, we tried every crate imaginable. Wire, hard shell, you name it. We used clamps and ties to keep him in, and he would go crazy, bloody his paws, and tear his way out of every single thing we attempted. We even tried letting him free-roam the house, but, as all puppies are, he was destructive when left alone. After destroying hundreds of dollars of things, and giving us scares that he would hurt himself when out or trying to break out of other crates, we bit the bullet and bought a high anxiety impact crate. Hands down best. decision. EVER.

After a slow introduction to the crate, we put him in it, and he cried for about 10 minutes and scratched at the door… and that was it. It’s been about a month since we got it , and he now goes in and out of the crate with ease and settles right down. When we come home, he won’t make a peep and will wait until we are ready to let him out. He’s done a full 180, and I truly believes he feels the crate is his safe space.

If you’re having doubts, I recommend trying an impact kennel. It has saved our sanity and helped keep our anxious, escape artist calm and safe when we can’t be home with him! 10/10 worth the investment!

At first I didn't want to cough up over $1000 dollars for a crate. But my dog had left me no choice. He has never been good with crates, always manages to get out of them...to the extent of self harming. I have even zip tied the crate before to prevent him

from breaking out with no luck. So I eventually just let him roam the house freely.

For years he had done great as an indoor dog, never peed or pooped in the house, could leave him alone for hours and have no issues. Sometime in July of 2022, either cuz of the fourth of July fireworks or weather the following days (thunderstorms), he changed. He broke my window trying to escape the house. For context he's a medium size American Pitbull terrier, about 55 lbs and the window are old glass panels held by glazing. Me and my wife figured this was a one time incident due to him being afraid of both fireworks and thunderstorm.

This persisted even when there were no fireworks or thunderstorm. Eventually, he managed to break out of 6 different windows in the house, and destroy other pieces of furniture in the process. Not to mention he would injury himself. I bought a camera to monitor him while we weren't home and actually caught him in the act. I guess he developed separation anxiety sometime after July from his fear of thunderstorms/fireworks. We tired everything we could think of: thundershirts, CBD treats, taking him on longer walks to tire him out. No luck, manage to break the 6th window when i was only gone for 30…

Crating a Malinois can be a challenge. I borrowed a typical cage crate from a friend, which I knew wouldn't be sufficient and I wasn't wrong. Then I bought an Amazon knock off of the Impact collapsible model. It worked for a while until my "Houdini" was able to drop the back wall the first time, bend it down the second, and actually rip the metal the third time after I added the included reenforcment bars.

After this experience, I realized there was really only one solution....Impact's High Anxiety Crate. Game, set, match. Not getting out of this thing.

Buy once, Cry once. Lesson learned.