About two years after we launched the PC02, I started getting the same email: “We need exactly what the PC02 does, but with six compartments instead of four.” The practice had grown. Another vet had joined. Caseload doubled. The four-compartment unit that was perfect for a solo practitioner was now the bottleneck on surgery days — dogs in floor crates in the hallway because the kennel bank was full.
The PC03 is a two-floor, six-door dry dog kennel. Six compartments, three over three. Footprint is about one hundred ten centimeters wide by sixty-five deep — roughly an office desk. For that footprint, you get housing for six medium dogs. That’s three-floor density compressed into two floors, achieved by narrower individual compartments. A Beagle has a bit less lateral room to turn around. For day-use hospitalization — surgery prep, post-op recovery, outpatient observation — it doesn’t matter. The dog is sedated or resting, not doing laps.
“Dry” means solid stainless floors, no drain plumbing, no collection tray. Wipe down between patients. Cleaning is designed for turnover, not extended stays with in-cage elimination. If your hospitalized dogs stay overnight without bathroom walks, this isn’t the right cage. I’d rather you buy the right cage than buy mine and discover it doesn’t fit your workflow.
Two-point latch system from the PC02 carries over — slide bolt top and bottom, oversized handles. Solid stainless divider between upper and lower compartments, but the PC03 adds a detail: the divider is welded with a slight rear-to-front slope. Any liquid that accumulates runs forward to a visible drip lip rather than pooling invisibly at the back. In a busy ward where you don’t inspect every surface from every angle, that change matters.
The PC03 is for practices in transition — the two-vet clinic that was one vet last year, the practice that added a third exam room, the specialty surgery center running six procedures on surgery day needing six recovery bays. Also a fit for emergency clinics with high turnover: patients stabilized and discharged within four to six hours, next patient waiting.
Comparing PC03 to PC02 comes down to your peak daily hospitalization count. Never exceed four dogs at once? PC02 is fine and the extra compartment width is nicer. Regularly hitting five or six? PC03 is the answer — and two PC02s cost more and eat more floor space than one PC03. The math is straightforward once you look at it on a floor plan. Send me your peak caseload and available wall length.
