What size of crate does your GSD use?

based on his age & size, i think eventually you'll have to move up a size.

my male is 1.5yrs 73lbs 25" and he's in a 42" L x 28" W x 30" H

We started off with a 36Lx23wx25h and he looked so tiny in there! A few months later, we had to upgrade and Chevy is now 6 months old and is in a 42Lx28wx31h.

Thanks. I think we will order the 42x27x30 wire crate from Costco. It is a really good deal at $80 and even if we don't use it for a couple of months at least we will have it. It seems like he has been growing overnight.

Janka, 8 month old pup, was introduced to a 42" long crate. I do not know the rest of the dimensions, but I am sure it's the same as the others using the same length. I figure the height and width would play out nicely and proportionately, so I haven't bothered after finding one I feel is long enough for her.

She still uses it and definitely sees it as her own private, personal space.

~ Rei

Morgan's crate is around the 42Lx28wx31h range. It originally belonged to one of my males who was about 27" tall. Morgan graduated to that when she was 6 months old becuase she kept taking her original crate apart.

My weird idea for when our puppy comes home is to put a little travel crate inside of the big crate. I thought about partitioning it off but then I'd have to buy a new crate liner too - Morgan tried to eat it and now it's all stuck back together with carpet tile!

We have an XL Bentatec crate for the pups. Size is 109x71x79.5cm or 42.9x28x31.3inches I had to find a conversion calculator.
This is the exact one we have for all three. http://cgi.ebay.de/Transportkaefig-3-tue...oQQcmdZViewItem

Kenya uses a 36" but she is 21" and 58lbs. Her soft crate is larger, like 40" (not as big as Coke's 42").

I think you will probably need to the next size up. My male is 15 months old, 80lbs and 26" at the shoulder. In the house he has a 48" wire crate (35" high) so he can stretch out at home, he transports in the car in a plastic 500 series crate, which I think is 40".

Our female, who is 5 1/2 months old, 48 lbs, is also in a 48" crate (33" tall) at home, but with a divider right now. Her car crate has just been upgraded to a 400 series crate, which I believe is 36". I expect her to be about 70lbs when she's done, but she looks like she'll be tall.

Most of my adult dogs use a 500 size Vari Kennel. Alexis is in a wire crate that is 28wX42LX30H.

I have the 48" wire crate. It included a movable wire wall so we could "right size" it as he grew. He has been without the divider wall for some time now. I can't imagine a full sized GSD in anything smaller.