Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

SUMMARY FOR WHAT FOLLOWS: DO NOT PURCHASE IF YOU HAVE A STRONG DOG! This crate is intended for MATURE, docile dogs, NOT PUPPIES with high energy. Amazon failed to mention in the description some KEY INFORMATION that this crate is THE LIGHTWEIGHT VERSION of their LifeStages model. This is an inferior crate compared to the large Midwest crate I owned ten years ago, and to other smaller ones I have recently purchased. My dog damaged this weak crate and I need to buy something else. Details below: My non-alpha 60lb Weim PUPPY bent the metal bars and even broke a bar one loose in one spot! The bars seem way too light for a crate this size. I can easily bend them with my hands and my dog can easily bend the bars with her teeth. When new the door seemed to be a loose fit when closed and bolted. Now it's really loose. Naturally, a big crate means you will have a large breed animal in it, and likely a very strong animal as most large breeds tend to be! In this case, my dog is a high-energy hunting dog, but still a puppy. Ands even a pretty timid non-alpha at that! My dog even managed to squeeze out on one occasion, and on another occasion banged against the door long enough to move the latches to the open position. I can't imagine what imaginary dog they strength-tested this crate on! I have owned several Midwest crates, and they all been made with good quality heavy-gauge bars until now. If this is the same wire gauge used on smaller crates, then it's just bad engineering. It should be proportionally larger especially given the fact that as dog breeds get larger their energy potential proportionally grows. After some additional research today to figure out why this happened, I see that Amazon omitted some KEY INFORMATION. Nowhere on this listing did it mention this is a LIGHTER VERSION of the Midwest LIFE STAGES model, and even if it did, I probably wouldn't have picked it up in the dense amount of copy for this item. I honed in on this one and bought this because it had a side door. I see that the LIFE STAGES crate is more heavy-duty. Also just noticed that it does mention this on the Midwest site, which I did not go to to purchase this crate. I only shopped on Amazon for my information where they failed to include key information. I also feel like Midwest should have reviewed the listing and caught the lack of key differentiators between two similar products. It's not abundantly clear on their own website. So many with similar product offerings fail at this these days.It's simple: call out the major differences between the two very similar products. Even the comparison shopping feature on amazon.com fails at this! Little did I know the crate would be such a HAZARD! Unfortunately this happened as the dog grew and became stronger, and the return time period has lapsed. I would still like to exchange this for the heavier model, but now I'm wondering if Midwest is even a quality product any more. The loose fitting door makes me wonder. I need to get this crate out of my house before my dog is seriously injured! I think Midwest is a great company, but someone dropped the ball in a major way and I'm stuck with a POS crate.