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we had a bit of a scare yesterday morning - my partner had put Tovah in her crate while she took the greyhounds out to do their morning business
when she came back into the house - Tovah was screaming - Tovah had managed to hook her teeth around one of the horizontal bars on the crate and couldn't get unhooked. Tovah was ok, but there was nothing my partner could do at that time of the morning to "puppy-proof" the crate. So she found a large travel crate, gathered up some food, toys, a blankey and took Tovah to work with her.
She works at a small law firm, and it's not all that unusual for someone to bring in a cat, kitten or their dog because of a middle of the day vet visit or grooming appointment. Tovah was fine, and got lots of attention.
so last night we ran over to the lumber yard, bought some plywood and spent about 2 hours cutting, fitting and attaching the plywood to the inside of the crate to block off the bars. the inside of the crate is 4ft tall, we only put the plywood about 1/2 that height - high enough to block off the bars within teeth-range.
we put Tovah in there and left her for about 15-20 minutes... ohhh the pitiful cries, but she didn't get hooked on anything....
my partner will come home at noon today to check on her, and will do so for the remainder of the week. Worse case scenario is Tovah will go to work with her. It's my partner's last week, the law partnership is dissolving so she's out of a job.
anyone know of a crate with smaller openings between the wire mesh so she can't stick her head/mouth through and get hung up? will probably be a moot concern in a couple of weeks as Tovah grows bigger... but still, puppies can get themselves into the most unlikely trouble
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