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Although im sure Sid is completely trustworthy. I dont know if building a bed into a kitchen cupboard is a great thing. What if Sid has an accident? Getting your head and arm in there to clean it would be a nightmare

I am with you Hollie although if someone is leaving their dog in a crate that long that the dog would have an accident is the wrong use of crating in general.

I like to think this is a little hideout for Sid and the door stays open so he can come and go as he pleases, love the JRTs

Awesome! This is the exact same floor grate as all of the ones in my apartment :-)

I LOVE this. Perhaps I can do one for each of my dogs: a German Shepard and Pembroke Welsh Corgi.....

It looks, cool, but not too practical, he can't open and close it himself

we have something very similar, it is a little crawl space under our stairs that we have converted into a little dog house (complete with a grate door!). Our dog absolutely loves it, and I love not having to decorate around a regular dog crate.

Another way to recycle your vinyl shower curtain liner (from yesterday's posts):

Cut the liner into a flap the size necessary for the doggie door. Draw the grate design on the flap with a Sharpie or with acrylic paint. Cut out the breathe holes (the negative space in the grate design) with an exacto blade. Affix to the top part of the cubby hole with two strategically placed nails. Done! A doggie door he can enter and exit and which hangs flush with the wall.

I have this in an informal, unplanned way -- my cabinets are open, top and bottom, and I've noticed that, in times of stress (thunderstorm, stranger arrives), my two smaller dogs slink into a base cabinet right next to the fridge. We're getting ready to remodel, so I'll have to do something to accommodate their nesting.