Pros and Cons of Using a Dog Playpen

A dog playpen or exercise pen are a six to eightconfined while getting over surgery or an illness.
hinged panels that form a closed ring that you canDisadvantages of using an exercise dog pen is
put your dog or other types of pets in to get somecaused by the portability. The pens are light weight
semi-supervised time either indoors or outside. Dogand portable therefore not readily suited for a large
playpens come in different sizes and are constructedbreed pup. Most are too small for larger dogs in
out of steel wire, similar to the wire dog crates,which case a dog kennel may be better suited. There
plastic or newer popup variety that are similar to softare no anchors for these types of exercise pens. I
dog crates.imagine you could get some u-shaped garden steaks
Advantages of owning and using an exercise pen isto anchor this down well enough to keep it from
they will, as does a dog crate, help speed up andmoving.
simplify house training. You can always have your pupIf you have a reserved puppy or a small breed pup
in training close to you due to the portability of theor dog a dog playpen may be a very good
exercise pen. You can put your pup or dog in thealternative for you to be able to let your dog get a
pen while others are visiting giving a good area forlittle exercise while you get some things done around
confinement other than the crate. The pen providesthe house. These exercise pens work very well for
a safe enclosed area for a puppy or dog outside,other types of small pets as well such as cats,
instead of running all around the back yard. Pens arerabbits, guinea pigs, etc. Some of the newer soft
light weight and easy to put up so they are ideal forsided pens come with tops to give a completely
confined areas while traveling. The area in a pen couldenclosed area.
be a good place for a recovering dog that has to be