When a vet is opening their first practice — standing in an empty treatment room with a floor plan and a budget spreadsheet — the cages are usually the last thing on the list. By then, the dental unit, X-ray, and anesthesia machine have eaten most of the budget. That’s exactly the situation the PC-01 is for.
Single compartment. No stacking, no multi-level configuration, no bells. One box that holds one dog, built from 304-grade stainless because even on the cheapest cage we make, I won’t use materials that rust. A vet’s first year is hard enough without replacing cages because the welds corroded.
The door uses a simple slide-bolt latch — one point of contact, seated into a welded catch plate. Secure for a sedated Labrador, fine for a Cocker Spaniel waiting for a dental. Not fine for a fifty-kilogram intact male Rottweiler who wants out, but if that’s your patient population, you already know you need heavier hardware.
Compartment dimensions: about ninety by sixty-five by seventy centimeters. Sized for medium breeds — Border Collie, Aussie, Beagle. A Golden fits lying down but can’t pace. This is a medical holding unit, not a boarding suite.
Solid stainless floor with a raised lip at the front edge — about one centimeter — so a water bowl spill or incontinent patient doesn’t run straight onto your clinic floor. No drain, no tray. Clean with spray disinfectant and paper towel, same as an exam table. For overnight patients, disposable pads changed as needed.
The PC-01 ships assembled — a welded box, not flat-packed. Joints are load-bearing and a bolted knock-down frame at this price point develops play over time. A welded frame doesn’t rattle when a dog leans against it. It doesn’t creak and spook a nervous patient. When someone slams the clinic’s back door and every dog startles, the PC-01 stays quiet.
Most practices use the PC-01 in multiples — two, three, four units lined against a wall with cleaning gaps between them. They’re not gangable, because the use case is flexible: two in the treatment room today, one in isolation tomorrow, one in surgery prep next week. One person can slide a PC-01 across a smooth floor on its rubber feet.
This is the cage you buy when every dollar is spoken for. It’s not fancy, doesn’t stack, isn’t oxygen-ready. What it is: stainless that won’t rust, a door that latches, a frame that stays solid for a decade. When your practice grows and you upgrade, the PC-01 becomes your isolation room or overflow bay. Every practice needs at least one cage that can go anywhere. Tell me about your caseload and I’ll tell you if this is the right starting point.
