Soft crates - safety?

My dog is very safe in the soft crate if a dog passing attacked. I've never seen any issues with this at trials (though I'm sure there could always be some weird freak thing. The mesh is fairly strong, and the material is definitely strong enough for any initial attack.

Now, long term, if a dog was allowed to continue to attack the crate with no intervention, that would be different.

And if your dog is a focused chewer or scratcher, given a while at trial the smart boogers can eat their way out thru the zipper or anywhere else they concentrated.

I like the Canine Camper cause is it a bit sturdier than some (it's also a bit heavier cause of that)
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I like that the dark mesh does give privacy to the dogs and kind of hides them. There are sides to cover ALL the mesh, for privacy or if it's cold. And yet you can roll it all up to allow for ventilation.

Look around for sales cause you can find deals.

I had Branca and Valcko at a show a couple years back and had them both in the Canine Campers in the crating area which was in a separate building from the obedience rings. I was by the show ring sitting in my chair just watching the dog in the ring not really thinking much about the dogs at all when I felt something nudging me under my arm. It was Valcko!!! He had busted out of his soft crate and come to find me.... LOL I can't believe someone hadn't tried to grab him while he made his way over to find me Anyway, went back and the zipper was ripped out so he had to spend the rest of the show in the car.

I never had a problem with Branca using the soft crate and use one for my young male Urro but never did trust Valcko again after that! Make sure that your dog is ok with not busting out of the soft crate before show day!