"We love this cage!!! Our puppy is "long" but still kinda small, she's 8 months so she is full grown at 24lbs but she never would lay in her cage the long way, she'd go in, turn a 1/4 way around, and flop her long body down the short side of the cage. Her ear would come out the side, her bottom would be curled under, but she always laid in that orientation to the way she entered it. Now, we have this new cage so that the width is the long part & are using the 2nd door on the long side. It's perfect for her!!!! She looks soooo much more comfortable in it & lays in her cage when she doesn't even have to be in it :)"