Coal's New Room

When we brought Coal home, we knew we wanted to crate-train her.  In order to do that, we needed a crate.  We picked one up at Petsmart that said it was the size for a full grown Australian Shepherd.  It was plastic and ugly, but it was a crate. 
We put it in our bay window - and I hated it.  It was so big and bulky and in the way.  It became an extra shelf for the kitchen and constantly had things stacked on top of it.  I couldn't imagine it being there for the next 15 years. Sooo - Greg built her a new one (isn't he wonderful!).

We were able to return her old crate to Petsmart because of their amazing return policy.  I love the way her new crate looks.   It is out-of-the-way and blends in with the kitchen.  Perfect.  I think Greg did a great job on it.  It is quite handy, with a pillow bed for Coal and some shelves for her food, toys, towels, misc things.
And even though Gavin calls it her cage, Greg designed it so hopefully, one day, when she doesn't need to be locked in at night or for time-outs, we can take the front off and make it more of a hide-away instead of a room (cage).