This was fairly "simple" to put together, mind you it took me a few hours to put togerher. To be fair, I was pushing away several children and a dog so distraction played some part.  The instructions were easy to follow but I do wish it had clarifications on several diagrams. It's a sturdy peice of furniture and for the price I paid, zero regrets. The kids have played in it and it's held up to them openong/closing and messing with the locks. The weight of the peice isn't "heavy" but I don't feel like it would easily tip or move if for some reason your pup went craycray lol