Recieved this contraption about a month ago. Bought it for my dad who acquired my pitbull/doberman mix when i moved and our baby come along.
It looks great in its pictures and you would think that it should be easy enough to put together. Thats not the case. When we got it out of the box and tried to unroll it, the bottom/top of the fencing was not twisted, just loose ends like it was uncomplete. It was so bad that after hours of unrolling it inch by inch and twisting ends back together, we gave up. Weeks later, its still not up due to the aggravtion factor. Not to mention the fencing itself has got to be ther thinnest, cheapest metal i have ever come across.
For such a pain in the a.., you would be better off going to home depot and buying material and doing it yourself. You have to assemble this as you would your own material, so the only difference would be quality of material and starting from scratch, not someone elses headache.
DO NOT BUY. unless you have way too much time on your hands.
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This unit goes together pretty well, although the process for wiring the top and bottom of the chain link to the frame is quit tedious I'm sure there must be a better way! The unit looks good and functions well, and I found the price quite reasonable. I did find that the chain link is a lighter gauge than standard, and even our very little dogs were able to bend it up by chewing on it. This is easy enough to prevent, however, by adding additional ties to the top and bottom. As long as the dogs can't get hold of any loose ends, the chain link seems to hold up just fine. Gate hardware and overall construction of the kennel are quite good.
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I actually purchased my kennel from a different seller. I got a great deal as local costs for kennels were $280+.
After receiving it, I pulled the directions out and followed them step by step. The directions were easy to follow. I was able to get the frame together in about 10-15 minutes.
The chain link come folded so you have to open it up length wise, straighten the links, and then roll it back up to place on the frame. There were kinks in it and some of the fence was narled pretty badly. I just did my best to straighten them out. After about 45 minutes to an hour later, I finally had it installed on the frame.
I put my dog in it. She appeared to be annoyed that she was in it. Later that evening I came outside to put some items in the shed. My dog walked by me. I thought it was a bit odd so I escorted her back to the kennel. The kennel was moved at an angle. I thought she had dug under it. After closer inspection, I found the bottom half of the fence gnarled up. The fence has very little dried blood on it. I checked my dog for injuries but did not see anything.
I went back to the directions and made sure I had set the wire ties at the appropriate spacing for the fence to be attached to the frame, which was correct. I had to pickup some wire ties at the local hardware store. $4.00 per 30 ties. I bent the fence back into place and re-tied the fence adding a few more ties to each side then put my dog back in the kennel. After another hour or so I came back to check on her. She got out again on the opposite side. After about three days of going back and fouth addind more and more ties and straighten the fence out. I finally managed to get her to stay in the kennel. I had to add a tie at every ending link and I ended up having to add a hanger in the middle of the links on the area she continued to come out at.
It's a good deal, but you have to do a little extra to make it last. I did end up getting the cover, and it fits rather funny and doesn't sit all that well.
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I received this product very quickly from Amazon, it was well packed and easy to move.
The instructions were clear and the parts are all marked clearly and the frame took all of 10 minutes to put together, not too bad right .....
... wrong !!. The chain link was all kinked up and took an hour to unkink. Once that was done, I was able to stretch it around the frame but the links are so low grade that unkinking and stretching damaged half of it !! The quality of the product is very low grade, if it wasn't so badly damaged I would return it but I guess you get what you pay for.
My advise, if possible have a nice one professionally built or build your own if you so inclined, you will get alot more time out of it and have something that will secure your precious pet.
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Very speedy delivery. Needed a 3ft x 10 ft kennel instead of 4ft x 10 ft. Called the company and they said "no problem" just adjust the chain link when assembling the kennel. Was easy to do and went up easily. We have coyotes out here and I put a chicken wire-type top on it and it keeps our Westie & Scottie safe when we are out having fun!
