We bought this to be a dog and cat enclosure with the use of a dog door. With it being for cats we had to use a lot of chicken wire and zip ties to make sure they couldn’t escape. It has no base so we lined the bottom with pavers. We put a canvas tarp on top to provide more shade. Just make sure to use pool noodles on the top poles to help prevent the tarp from ripping from cut ends of chicken wire.