Kustom Krates is owned by Mark Natinsky and is located
just outside of Austin, Texas. We provide Canine crates and equipment
boxes to the Police K9 world and many Dog Sport enthusiasts.
Our company was started in 1999 because of our need to outfit our
Dog Van with a custom four dog crate set up. It was then we discovered
that not all aluminum crates are alike! We looked long and hard and
could not find the quality of product in a custom build that we were
looking for. Mostly what we saw were crates made out of thin metal
with cheap components. I am a perfectionist, and what I saw was
nothing compared to what I wanted.
Being a fabricator and welder, I chose to design and build my own
set up. Almost immediately other dog people saw my crates and began
asking if I could build them a set. Before long I was building crates
"part time" in addition to my full time sales job. Soon enough, part
time could not keep up with business and I now have the dream job
that people always talk about, doing what I love.
The rest is history.