Now, the makers of the eiCrate are definately Thinking Outside the Box or in this case, the Crate. Crates are an eyesore, I'm always trying to find clever ways to hide ours. If there is a next time around I might have to give this a closer looksy!
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I saw Peter Pracilio’s “eiCrate” in the June/July ’08 issue of “Traditional Home” magazine in the Marketplace section. I cringed and did a double take when I saw the photo of the “crate” with the French bulldog inside. This crate is a particularly very poor design for dogs. In general, crates are for people who don’t understand the importance of a dog’s well-being and need for socialization. No dog wants to be isolated in a “box” – in a crate a dog is only forced to deal with isolation. Pracilio’s crate is particularly awful -- It fully exposes a confined dog from all sides, a very unnatural and unsettling condition, creating more intense insecurity through literal exposure. My immediate association with seeing Pracilio’s cage was that it was an animal trap; not a decorator’s “dome.” No crate or cage should be a permanent fixture in a dog’s life anyway. As far as housebreaking: housebreaking can occur naturally (no crate), quickly and simply with only a few day’s time and dedication.