Why Crate?

michellede

What is all this about crate training?? If I had wanted a puppy in a box I would have bought a stuffed one. I have a 14 mo. old Pom. and just got a 7 week old Chihuahua. The new baby cries if I am not holding him, soooooo I hold him. Whats wrong with that? I have never heard of Crate training till this site. I don't get it
Excuse me moronsca, I don't believe we've met. so what gives you the right to judge me? I am 57 years old, I've raised 3 children, and probably had more fun doing it than parents do now days.
BTW, I did report you!

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I agree.. I have housetrained over 300 dogs, of all ages and many breeds, both rescued and homebred. I have never used a crate, for other than travel. ..They don't train a dog at all. They only condition them ..For me and mine, It would hamper the valuable development of basic communications.
I sure wouldn't keep my kids in a cage..
However, I do use baby gates, and did with my kids, too.

good article> http://warreneckstein.com/pettips_caging.html
I guess I am just too old fashioned to think we need to cage our companions..but the writer/trainer above agrees with me..perhaps he is an old timer as well..(claims to have handled 40,000 dogs!) the above training article answers the "Den" argument, too..

Note to answer below: I, too have 6 Huge dogs. they don't fight, they don't chew furniture or walls.They know who pack leader is, so they don't need to settle it between themselves.

Only Heartless Idiots Crate their PETS?

YahooDeana

Their PETS !! That's a laugh.
I witnessed a dog in a crate in a laundry room in the house of a friend of a friend.
We went to pick her up - I'd never met her before - and she motioned us in as she wasn't yet ready to leave.
While waiting, I heard a dog whining and yelping. The idiot was busy making up her face so I searched to find out where the crying was coming from and it lead me to the basement. It still took me a while to find the dog as by then it had stopped crying.
The crate was covered with a heavy blanket and when I lifted it up, the dog was drooling or panting to the point of slobber on the floor. No water in the crate and I wondered if the blanket was suffocating him or causing a build up of carbon monoxide.
The dog could barely turn around! I wanted to let him out but he was a big dog and I went upstairs to confront the idiot owner and told her to let him out to pee and give him water.
This turned ugly and she ordered me to leave her house.
I know I was right for sticking up for the defensively dog, but wondering why people have a pet if they just put it in jail - that has less room than a typical gold fish in a small bowl !
this woman was upper middle class and had a Master's Degree.
I've seen many educated people with no common sense who crate their dogs while they're at work or go off skiing or shopping. WHY DO THEY EVEN HAVE A DOG ???? AND WHAT TO DO WITH THIS HEARTLESS IDIOT ????

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My dog has horrible separation anxiety and chewed up my furniture last time I left him alone in the house, so I crate him when I'm at work. He is a pug (small dog) and has a cage made for labs (big dogs) so he has space to turn around in it. I always make sure he has a bone, some toys and a full water bowl. That lady you are talking about should never be able to own a dog - that dog could of died of thirst! You should have a long, polite conversation with her about it. If she still gets angry at you, call animal control.

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