Regalo Super Wide Adjustable Baby Gate and Play Yard

This fence was easy to install. We had to remove a section to make it fit right, which was covered in the instructions. (You can also add another section to make the fence even bigger, which is nice if needed.) Since our goal was to keep our dogs out of the kitchen at times, it was a better solution than purchasing gates that didn’t connect to the wall and could be pushed out of place. The fence is sturdy, looks nice enough, is easy to open and clean, and is the perfect height, even keeping a large dog like my Irish Setter on the other side when we choose. We can also leave the door open, which is helpful when allowing the dogs to access our kitchen.

The product is very sturdy, easy to install. We used it for our beagle dog and it fits in very elegantly into the house. Best looking dog pen!!

I absolutely love this product so far; it is so versatile! It is modular and easy to dissassemble/reassemble. I originally bought the Regalo pressure baby gates to fence my Basset hound pup in the kitchen while he was housetraining, and those worked well also, but the setup just wasn’t working for him, as he had too much room to have accidents in. I decided to buy this and place it in an arc shape around the balcony pet door (Ideal Pet Products). The pictures I am posting are of this setup, where he has not only lots of room to move around in and luxury sleep quarters and access to food and water, but also free access to the balcony (which has the DoggieLawn/FreshPatch grass)… so I never have to worry about accidents when he is fenced in, or him having to hold it in too long. The housetraining is going great this week, and I can credit this gate for a lot of it! Before I bought this, he was in a temporary enclosure made by furniture penning him in, and he had no room to move and escaped, wreaking havoc in my apartment all day while I was away (and leaving me several gifts on the carpet!). This was an absolute lifesaver when it came. I took off 2 of the 2 foot long panels and use them outside as part of the enclosure around his grass, and the enclosure is still large enough for him to be comfortable. As others have mentioned, the gate panels themselves are sturdy metal, but the joints are plastic and can break if forced the wrong way. Does not bother me, given the price and the fact that I have a puppy, not a strong toddler or large dog. If you want a higher end comparable gate, there are others available on Amazon (try the North Gates superyard) for almost twice as much, which I’ve heard are more durable with metal joints, but for my purposes, this is a temporary setup. Your puppy or baby will not need this forever, hopefully, can you justify paying $100 more for it? It’s up to you, if you have a strong animal/child you want to keep fenced in, but I don’t need all that, and this is perfect for me. This has no pressure gate option, and I do not want to drill into the walls, so I just keep one end pinned down by furniture, and the other end connected by zip tie to the counterpart on the balcony, and I’ve had no escapes thus far. Puppy has not tried to knock down the gate, but even if he did, I don’t have a German Shepherd, and I think it can handle his weight for now, even “partially free standing”, as it is now. I use the Cloud Baby Monitor app (iPhone download) to monitor him while I am at work, and he is great, very quiet, seems content in his new home (the last is a screenshot picture from my phone on this monitor). This setup has basically saved me so many headaches from keeping a housetraining puppy while working full time…. highly recommend it to anyone. When he gets bigger, the modular nature of the panels will allow me to enlarge his area, maybe enclose off the entire dining room area, when I use it as a straight gate, instead of an arc.

BTW, I was NOT offered a free or reduced price on this product, so you know my review is ACTUALLY unbiased.

My 88 yr old father just moved in with me … and with Dad came his 50lb dog. Now, I live in an apartment and I have 2 cats and I a granddaughter. This dog has, shall we say, minimal training and she’s been known to nip when she feels threatened. So I kinda have my hands full with this dog.

Sadly my father and step mom adopted this dog and she would have been a project for a seasoned dog trainer…. they were definitely in over their heads with her as they are NOT dog trainers. She has always been wary of strangers and nips at their legs/etc if they turn their back on her…. bad enough with a grown adult, but if she does this with my Granddaughter or her friends, we’re going to have trouble. She has almost no exposure to kids so that alone is a pretty big challenge. On top of that she’s got a chase urge and hasn’t been around cats in about 8 years. One of my cats is a real “scaredy cat” who hides if you look at him sideways just to complicate matters. I have a lot of work ahead of me.

When I knew I was going to have to take her on along with my father, I started researching gate options. I need something that will hold her in (thankfully she doesn’t test these things though!), while allowing my father to get through with minimal struggle. His mobility is pretty compromised (he uses a Rollator) and he’s a fall risk so he has to be able to get through easily. I realized I likely needed more than one gate. And I realized that until the dog was here, I really wasn’t sure exactly how it would work out.

When I saw this gate/yard, I knew it was my answer to my problems. I have tons of options with this so as things (hopefully) change I can alter how we set this up. After trying multiple configurations I ended up with 4 panels at one end of the long living room to lock the dog in both when we go out (she will crap if left in a large enough space) as well as a place to put her if we have company to keep them safe while she’s learning her manners. We have 3 more panels at the other end of the room to keep her in with us most of the time while allowing the cats a safe space where they can get to their litter and food. (It’s ended up also being great for keeping one of my cats from escaping through my sliding door when I’m Bar-B-Quing!) The only thing I haven’t used is the actual gate because my father’s Rollator won’t go through it, but that’s ok – it may come in handy in the future. We will be moving to a house soon, so I love that I can take this with us and adapt it to the new space.

Dealing with the issue of this dog has probably caused me more stress than any other part of the move… or at least it’s right up there with the more stressful parts, because I’m realistic that if she so much as nips at one of my Granddaughter’s friends or even an adult that she could well be impounded and even put down. The burden of this feels bigger than the “burden” of dealing with my ailing father. So I’m really relieved that we have this in place now. It’s working great! She’s already learning to not chase the braver cat who comes and goes through the gap we left so he could get to the Living Room. She also seems to be ok with staying in the smaller space when we go out. I honestly couldn’t have chosen a better option for my needs.

This thing is quite sturdy yet light for such a big set. There are seriously sooo many ways you can configure this thing depending on your needs. And the price, for a gate with 8 panels, is amazing. I was getting quite discouraged when I started researching for a gate because I really didn’t know exactly how I would set things up and I didn’t want to have to buy 4 different gates (or more) to figure out what would work.

So if you have any kind of situation where you need to separate groups of animals easily and quickly, this is your gate. If you have an awkward shaped space to cordon off, this is your gate. If you are traveling and need to have a movable pen, this is your gate. If you have someone who can’t get through the standard gate that most of these things have, this is your gate. I’m going to upload photos in the next day or so to show how we have this set up for our current situation.

Although I’m a reviewer here I purchased this item at full retail price as a PERSONAL purchase and am reviewing this because I want to. I have not been asked to write a review and I have no personal connection with the seller. As usual my opinions and experiences are a real and true reflection of my experience with the product. I hope my review helps you in your purchase decisions!