High Anxiety Crate

We adopted a dog who was “ crate trained”. After leaving her alone in the crate on a short outing, coming home to her greeting us at the door we realized she was far from crate trained. After the second time we put her in the crate and came home to the entire thing completely destroyed - metal bent, the entire plastic bottom torn to shreds, and 3 canine teeth all broken we knew we couldn’t leave her in the crate. We started leaving her out and would have anxiety every time as she is a good dog, but very mischievous and anxious when left alone - what item would be destroyed when we got home. The anxiety the crate issue was causing was insane. We finally researched high anxiety crates and came across impact. The price point is inane, in my opinion but we literally had our backs against the wall - she couldn’t be left home alone due to her anxiety and regular crates just weren’t an option because it was obvious she would risk hurting herself to escape. When the impact crate arrived, we put her in it and ran out quick. She was crying when we left but we came home to her snuggled in there. Progressively after about a week she no longer cries in the crate - she goes in and lays down. The thing that also swayed us was the 10 year warranty on parts. We knew if somehow she broke this crate ( I don’t even see how that is possible it’s like a bank vault) and e wouldn’t be out $1200. Other crates we looked into ended up being the same price once you added on the feature for chewers…

Bought this crate for my pit/am staff who is 80 lbs. He's a covid pup so we've spent a lot of time together, however, we always made sure to get time away from him out of the house to work on crate training. Didn't go great....he damaged 3 wire crates throughout his first year of life and it was dangerous for him because he would get cuts and scrapes due to breaking out. We bought the high anxiety crate and it took him 1-2 weeks to warm up to the crate (we made sure he got crate time every single day) and about a month or so later he would walk in on his own when we said "crate". No sign of attempted escape at any point since day 1 (e.g. no scratches or indents..if that's even possible haha). This crate has done wonders for us and if you're on the fence...GET IT!!!! It is so worth peace of mind.

... it's in the things our German Shepard decided to break out of instead! Thought she would be good and left her in the camper that has soft sides in the bed area. She scratched through the zippered up window covering then broke through the screen for the window. Needless to say, that was $1000 to replace the entire vinyl end of the camper. Ok, lets leave her by herself in a condo, no soft-sided vinyl to scratch through this time....she tore out a screen and bent the frame, locked herself in a barn-style sliding door bedroom then tried to scratch through the door and drywall to get out. Thank goodness Ace Hardware was open! That was a $200 adventure, DOH! Now we are thinking we have to have her boarded instead of taking her with us...nope, in steps Impact Crates! Our next outing and she gets her brand new High-Anxiety Crate and viola! No escapes, nothing torn up, no walls damaged, no scratches to repair and best of all, PIECE OF MIND knowing she is safe and not running around loose in the 300+ space camping area! Thanks Impact!

Our German shepherd was re-homed to us and got a negative taste in her mouth about crates from previous owner. She would do everything she could to escape. This meant hurting herself to get out and destroying the crate. I researched this crate and found nothing but good reviews. It’s pricey. But man it’s worth it! I can leave the house without worrying about her hurting herself or destroying my house. With the warranty they have on this crate also gives you peace of mind. I would highly suggest this crate to anyone! I would say my only negative piece would be that it can’t be broken down but I understand why it can’t. She loves to hang out in it now. Thank you for making a GREAT product!

So I love this crate for my high anxiety client dog. I saw the reviews about the scratching, so I was prepared for that, what I didn't see was someone review about the mess that happens when a dog pees or drools to much. Like wow! And moving the crate to clean under it several times a day is crazy. My suggestion is to weld the bottom so that it seals off so that liquids can't escape.

I have had to put towels under it to catch drool as my dog drools ALOT while in the crate and we are gone (we are working on it).