Want your dog to get enough exercise, but also be safe? Not have enough time to take your dog on a walk every day? Enter exercise pens. They give your dog place to play without the chance of getting into trouble.

Exercise Pens – What Exactly Are They?

Exercise pens or dog pens, are fences that allow your dog a safe place for your dog to exercise and play. Portable exercise pens are available. These consist of portable fencing made of heavy gauge wire formed into eight hinged panels. The hinges make the exercise pen easy to put away or transport.

Dog pens are usually about sixteen feet long and anywhere from twenty four to forty eight inches tall. They are also available with soft sides. These exercise pens can be made of canvas or mesh, but if your dogs tends to chew or have destructive urges, like most dogs, a wire dog pen is defiantly recommended .

Dogs are territorial, and so will be comfortable with the idea that the exercise pens are their ‘den.’ The hinges let you arrange exercise pens into any size and shape you choose.

An Excellent Training Tool

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Gold Exercise Pen only $36.99

Exercise pens are excellent tools for controlling your dog’s environment. You can create a comfortable area for your dog when you are not present to watch and train him or her, or when you’re not able to devote your full attention to your dog.

Traveling with Your Dog

Dogs can be great fun to travel with, if you are well prepared. Taking a dog pen along with you on your trip will give your dog a secure place to relax no matter where you are, without having to tie your dog up all the time. Dogs prefer exercise pens to being tied up.

Dogs are easily unsettled by unfamiliar surroundings. This can cause the dog to behave inappropriately. For example, the dog may be tempted to urinate on furniture or decorative items, or chew on furniture and fixtures-particularly awkward if you’re staying at someone else’s house. Spacious Exercise pens with a familiar soft blanket and chewable toys can be a welcome place to rest for your dog. Knowing your dog is relaxing will ease your mind as well.

Exercise Pens and Housebreaking

Black E-Coat Dog Exercise Pen

Black E-Coat Dog Exercise Pen

Exercise pens can be tremendously useful in housebreaking your dog. It will allow you to use a box or piddle pad, or keep your dog in a limited space until

you can take him or her outside. If the dog perceives the space as his own, he may be less inclined to soil it. You will, however, need to remember to take your dog outside frequently to do his business.

Other Uses for Exercise Pens

Dog shows use exercise pens to keep the participants away from each other until it is their turn to walk. They are also used to keep your dog confined after your dog has returned home from surgery. A dog that has been recently operated on should not be allowed to roam free, but rather must remain where you can closely observe him.

Things to Bear In Mind

In spite of the name you’ll want to take your dog out of the pen and let him get some real exercise. Your dog’s pen is useful as a place to keep your dog for limited times. They are not intended to be a place where the dog can stay indefinitely.

You can acclimate your dog to the pen the same way you would to a crate: feed him in the pen, do not leave him alone in the pen until he’s used to it. Don’t leave his collar on when he’s in the pen, for his own safety.

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