Comments on: Carlson Portable Pet Pen Review: First Look At Our New Puppy Playpen https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/ Dog Lovers | Puppy Experts Fri, 10 Nov 2023 00:59:53 +0000 hourly 1 By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-334286 Mon, 20 Feb 2017 23:04:45 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-334286 In reply to Audrey.

It worked great for my puppies. Bear is now 14 weeks old and around 30 pounds. He’s getting a little too big to carry over the side rail, but it worked great for the smaller pups.

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By: Audrey https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-333567 Wed, 15 Feb 2017 13:16:18 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-333567 This portable pen seems like the best fit for my dogs!

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By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-325432 Thu, 15 Dec 2016 01:35:45 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-325432 In reply to Lindsay.

So the first 4 weeks were awesome. Raven took care of all the messes and the puppies were relatively quiet as they mostly made squeaky noises and hadn’t learned to bark yet. We’re just entering week 6 and the pups are eating solid food, do lots of poop, and they found their voice. I’ll let you know at the end of week 8 how it all goes. By the way, we’ve fostered litters in the past so I already know it gets more difficult as the puppies become more mobile, poop more, and bark more. I saw one of the pups trying to jump today. Cute, but it’s a lot easier raising 1 compared to raising 6. Tell Remy and Ace I said hello and Happy Holidays!

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By: Lindsay https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-325394 Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:49:52 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-325394 I would like to foster a mother dog and pups at some point but not until we move to a house. I can only imagine all the messes! Seems like it’s going well for you guys, and I hope you’re able to get some sleep. Haha!

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By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-324986 Mon, 12 Dec 2016 23:19:36 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-324986 In reply to Lindsay Pevny.

We did the same thing with a cardboard barricade when we brought home Linus nearly 12 years ago! This is our first litter of puppies in many years. Before we started raising guide dog puppies we fostered litters of puppies for a local rescue. Yep, the poops. I remember we had 7 German Shepherd puppies and when one went they all went at the same time and it was just one poop per puppy it was usually 2-3 poops!

You can remove the entire mesh insert (I assume for cleaning or replacing), but then you just have the frame without any walls. So unfortunately, no you cannot remove just the bottom so the pups can hang out on the grass.

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By: Lindsay Pevny https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-324481 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 10:19:23 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-324481 I wish I had this when raising Cow’s puppies, I had to keep them in a restroom with a cardboard barricade – as they got bigger they were always escaping. I miss them, but I don’t think I’ll be raising another litter for a looong time. The poops… oh, the poops.

I think it’s really interesting how it has a “floor” – I suppose without it, they’d be able to squirm under and out, can the floor be removed so if you use it outdoors, they could just hang out in the grass?

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By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-324393 Sat, 10 Dec 2016 02:37:46 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-324393 In reply to Donna Millwood.

Taking care of puppies is a tough job, but someone’s got to do it. Yes, cuddling and playing with puppies all day is as fun as it seems and our new puppy playpen makes it easy to keep track of all these little guys.

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By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-324385 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:27:37 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-324385 In reply to Irene.

I didn’t think about being able to see them through the mesh from a distance. That is an added bonus as you can’t see the puppies that well in the whelping box even when only a couple feet away. The next rendition of the whelping box is going to have plexi-glass walls so we can see the puppies at all times!

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By: Colby https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-324384 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 23:24:44 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-324384 In reply to Allison.

The timing was perfect! I needed a smaller dog to test out the pet pen. I guess 6 Golden Retriever puppies qualifies as “smaller” dogs. 🙂

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By: Donna Millwood https://puppyintraining.com/carlson-portable-pet-pen-review-first-look-at-our-new-puppy-playpen/#comment-324347 Fri, 09 Dec 2016 14:13:31 +0000 https://puppyintraining.com/?p=22698#comment-324347 We can only imagine how busy you are with handling this many puppies! But we also bet you love it. They are so precious and the pen looks perfect for keeping them in one area!

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