the like and may be of any shape effective to receive and or engage the pendant 20 the retainer 16 may guide the slide bolt 14 as the slide bolt 14 slides relative to the animal enclosure gate 10 the retainer 16 may be coupled to the animal enclosure gate 10 via retainer fastener s through one or more retainer hole 30 retainer fasteners may include bolts screws nails and other similar fasteners in some examples retainer 16 may include one or more retainer lock hole 32 such retainer lock hole 32 may receive a lock e g a padlock a combination lock in some examples the retainer 16 may be angled bent and or constructed such that the retainer includes a flange 34 in which the retainer lock hole 32 may be located for example such flange 34 may be angled approximately 90 degrees the catch 18 may be coupled to the animal enclosure 12 via catch fastener s through one or more catch hole 36 catch fasteners may include bolts screws nails and other similar fasteners the catch may include a catch slot 38 adapted to receive the slide bolt 14 the catch slot 38 may be aligned with the slide bolt 14 such that the catch slot 38 may receive the slide bolt 14 fig2 depicts an example of the catch slot 38 receiving the slide bolt 14 fig3 depicts an example of the slide bolt 14 not within the catch slot 38 the catch slot 38 may be of any shape that allows the slide bolt 14 to be received within it the pendant 20 may be slidably coupled to the animal enclosure gate 10 in some.