Oh, man, Tad!!!! He does NOT like crates! Is that blood??
That is blood, yes.
I mentioned it on here before, but Oji is actually good about chewing things – he's not a destroyer. Thus, we were able to give him free reign of the house back a few years ago. I worked him into it carefully and he showed himself capable. He would go ballistic at the door with aggressive barking and jumping around when I'd leave, but things were left intact, save the front rug that was always folded up.
He has since lost the privilege though (and with it, we lost a protector of our house when we're away). It rained and maybe thundered one time when we were out and we came home to pee and some destruction. Gave him another chance or two after that, but the peeing kept on.
So that crate is the one we bought on the way to pick up, not Oji, but our previous Dobe! It survived that Dobe very well intact, but Oji has been slowly destroying it his whole life. He's not an extreme crate chewer or escape artist, but it adds up, and I've had to add sheet metal and creatively repair the door latch.
Yesterday I found what is pictured above. This may take the crate out of commission, but I will give it another repair attempt.
It looks pretty nasty and dirty what with the shed hair mixed in with the blood; but I'm not claiming that I clean his crate either.