Best Double Dog Crates of 2026

Most crates in this guide look like furniture with a crate inside. This one just looks like furniture — white panels, a natural-toned top, four doors set into a 72.8-inch console that reads as a sideboard before anyone notices the bars. That's why it's here: it's the one in this set we put in a room where guests actually sit.

Underneath the finish it's a solid piece. The interior runs 70.5 by 23.2 by 25.2 inches, the frame is steel behind engineered wood panels, and 105 pounds of it stands on adjustable feet that keep it from rocking on an old floor. Each of the four doors opens independently, which matters more than it sounds — a dog that guards a doorway can be let out on the far side instead of through the other dog's space.

One thing to know before you commit. The 72-inch body splits into two 35-inch dens, comfortable for a pair of medium dogs and tight for two shepherds, and this is the most expensive crate in the group. You're paying for the way it looks — and it looks better than everything else on this page.

38.4 inches of length, 25.6 of depth and 28.7 of headroom, per dog. Those are the compartment figures with the divider in, and they're the largest in this guide — the interior is 76.8 inches across, the divider takes the middle, and neither dog ends up with the short side.

That's what earns it a place here. If you have two shepherds, two huskies or anything with long legs and a deep chest, this is the crate in this set that won't make them fold, and 28.7 inches of interior height clears a dog that stands tall. The frame is 0.5-inch steel tube covered by a two-year warranty, and key sections arrive pre-assembled, so a crate this size doesn't swallow a whole weekend.

The rest is sensible rather than clever — four doors, front and side, so each dog has its own way in, and a top finished to shrug off scratches and spills. We appreciate that at this size nobody tried to make it cute. The 35.6-inch overall height makes it the tallest piece here: good beside a sofa, bad under a window, and at 102 pounds the spot you choose is the spot it stays.

This one arrives in two boxes that can turn up on different days, and the finished crate weighs 130.1 pounds — more than anything else in this guide. Plan the room before you order, because moving it afterward takes two people and a clear path.

What you get for the effort is the best finish here: a dark cognac semi-gloss over a 78-inch body, with sliding doors that don't swing into a walkway. The divider splits it into two large compartments, and 78 inches is enough for two big dogs — the sort of pair where one is 80 pounds and the other closer to 115 — to lie flat without touching.

Set it against the rehomerance and it's finish versus hardware: that one has four independently opening doors and a shorter body, while this one is longer, heavier and, to our eye, the better-looking of the two. Set it against our top pick and you're paying more for the finish and the sliding fronts, and giving up the two-year warranty.

Our take: this is the crate to buy when the room matters as much as the dogs do, and you're getting real size for the premium. Because the doors slide, the top can sit flush against the end of a sofa with no swing gap to leave — which is the practical reason it works in a room that's already full.

A hinged crate door needs a clear arc of floor in front of it, which is why a crate in a hallway usually ends up being a crate you squeeze past. The two front doors here slide instead, barn-style, so the unit can sit flush against a wall or the end of a kitchen run without blocking the way through.

Behind them, the body is 77.6 inches long, split by a removable divider into two compartments of 37 by 21.1 by 22.6 inches on a frame rated to 220 pounds. The top sits 26.4 inches off the floor — the lowest here — so it slips under a window sill where a taller console would block the light.

In a hallway, we think the sliding fronts are the difference between a crate you squeeze past and one you don't, and 37 inches a side is real room for two medium dogs. What it isn't is a crate for tall dogs: 22.6 inches of interior height is the number to hold against your dog standing up, and a big shepherd will be ducking. Two medium dogs fit comfortably; a pair of large ones won't.

Two small dogs don't need six and a half feet of wall. At 43.3 inches wide this splits into two compartments of about 21 inches each — dachshund and frenchie territory — and the top, rated to 160 pounds, turns the whole thing into an end table you'd buy anyway. That combination is why it's our small-dog pick rather than a compromise.

The build is honest for the money: engineered wood panels, a metal front, a removable divider, and an anti-tip kit in the box — fit it if you plan to stack books or a lamp on top. At 19 kg one person can shift it, and the low 26.4-inch top means it goes beside a sofa rather than replacing one. With the divider out it becomes one long den for a single dog.

Every other crate here is a piece of furniture. This one is a kennel: black steel tube, an open top that lifts off, casters, and a second unit that stacks on the first. If you keep three or four dogs, or you're fostering, the furniture question never comes up — and this is the only crate in this guide built for that.

What it gives you is two cages in one footprint. The divider splits the 41-inch interior into two runs of about 20 inches, each with its own side door, and two stainless bowls clip onto the frame. The floor grids are screwed down rather than dropped in, which keeps a restless dog from setting off a metal rattle all night.

The open top is the feature we underrated. You can reach a nervous dog without opening a door at all, and the 22-inch interior height keeps the whole thing low enough to work over. Lockable casters mean a loaded kennel still moves when you want it to, and the trays slide out from underneath, so cleaning doesn't involve lifting a dog.

Our read: this is the crate for a breeder, a foster home or anyone running more than two dogs — the stacking is the whole point, and two units take the floor space of one. The trade is that it's a kennel in a room. Nobody will mistake it for a side table, which is the honest reason to spend more on a furniture crate instead.

Four doors, two locks on each of them, on a 63-inch crate. That's a lot of hardware for the money, and it's the reason to look at this one before you talk yourself into a bigger unit you don't have the wall for.

The 63-inch body splits into two with the mesh divider in place, or becomes one long den for a single big dog with it out. The top is rated to 220 pounds — enough for a television and the clutter that collects under it — and the four adjustable feet mean an uneven floor doesn't turn the whole thing into a rocking box. At 21.7 inches deep it hugs a wall rather than eating the room.

Our read: this is the crate to buy when the budget is the constraint and you refuse to give up doors. It looks like furniture rather than a cage with a cloth thrown over it, and the hardware feels more considered than the price suggests. The mesh divider is the detail that decides it — dogs that settle when they can see each other do well here, and dogs that fence-fight through bars don't.