This Gate and Crate is working out perfectly for us. We have a 25 lb. dog.  We needed her to stay on one floor of the house so we used this to barricade the staircase.  She can not get over under or through.  The Gate and Crate is well built and looks great.  It is exactly what I wanted and needed.  As for the crate, i have not tried using it for that yet, so no comment.  However you can configure this many different ways, so i would imagine I could make it work.