Looks like you've gotten some good advice on repairing the pan. I would attempt to return it to the manufacturer, or call local pet stores and see if they have a spare. Long shot, but worth 5 minutes on the phone. Between my pans and the crate I put in one big u-haul folded shipping blanket, making sure extra blanket curls up on the sides of the pan. My largest is 95-pounds and this setup has worked well.
She does potty on command. We even have seperate commands for pee and poop. We make sure she poops before breakfast, most of the rest of the day we only enforce pee and give her a little time to decide for herself if she wants to poop.
She has no problem with peeing in her bed. She gets upset after she pees in her bed, but doesn't think about the consequences first. This is the #1 problem. (She is otherwise very clever, not sure what's going on there.)
She takes naps and meals in her crate, and as long as she's had enough exercise/activity that is not a problem.
She has had a urinalysis done, results negative. Vet has no input on the matter.
See my other thread if you wish to discuss housebreaking further.
Go buy a sheet of thick plastic or even tin (make sure you cut it so no sharp edges stick out) and then coat the underside of the pan with silicone caulk and stick the big sheet on it. That will stiffen it up a lot.
Silicone caulk is cheap. Make sure you cover every inch of the bottom. If you just squirt a couple of blobs on it, it's not going to work so well.
would it be possible to glue into the pan a thin sheet of rubber? Kind of like the thickness of a carpet runner. If you can get a piece of vinyl that might work as well.
Good luck
Terry
Lowes sells great rubber floor mats for about $20. The rubber is about 1" thick and comes in 3'x3' sections that are easy to cut to fit for whatever size dog crate you have. The rubber has 1" holes spaced throughout so if the dog pees, he at least doesn't have to lay in it. The mats also have little nubs that allow drainage underneath. I think they're made to pad the floor for people who do commercial dish washing or something.
I know that doesn't help much with the crate pan, but if you put a towel between the rubber and the pan, the towel would soak up the pee and you would only have to replace the towel and not have to worry about pee leaking everywhere.
We put in a replacement pan while repairing the crate pan. The replacement pan is a bit small, so the rubber mat wouldn't fit in it, and I gave her a blanket instead. For several days she barks all the time. We gave her back her own (repaired) crate pan and rubber mat, and she took a snooze like she had not been able to sleep in days.
I put 1/4" luan under the pan.
I sealed the cracks with PVC glue.
I put one layer of fiberglass over the broken areas.
I was tempted to put a top coat with a sand/traction dusting on top, but didn't do it.
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