Dog crate question....?

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recently we had to give our dog a bath and clean her crate becuase she smelled so terrible and it seemed to come on all the sudden so we figured that she may have thrown up and layed in it or something like that. So Heid's was all cleaned 5 days ago. She sleeps in her crate at night and this morning I came down to this smell again on her. Now during the day she's completely normal,doesn't get sick or act sick so I don't think that is it. THe only other thing i can think of is she's growing FAST and we just noticed 5 days ago when we cleaned the crate it's probably gotten to small for her. we plan on getting a new one on wednesday to take care of that. Does anybody have any ideas on the odd odors, what could cause them, does it have anything to do with crate size? If it helps shes a 1 y.o. rottie
She is spayed.
It is not inhumane, all dogs are different and she is NOT ready to be out of the crate at night. She was out for a week one month ago and managed to tear up and entire kitchen vinyl floor that was one piece not tiled, FROM THE MIDDLE OF THE ROOM OUT

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could be what your feeding her. i have 1 that reeks when he has beef and another that reeks with beef OR fish. comes right through the pores.

ignore the crate critisisms. my pup is almost 1 yr and still crated. it's for her safety. people who think crating is inhumane would rather see their pup chew wires etc and get sick or worse. not only that but i have 3 100 lb dogs loose in the house at night and my 15 lb pup could be hurt if the play got too rough.

and my 4 yr old mal x has only been out of his crate for about 8 mths. he loves his crate, but we moved into a house where there's no room for it.

Crate training question?

belle

We got a new dog a few weeks ago. We have successfully housebroken her (YEAY!), but she still chews. How do we know when it is appropriate to leave her out of the crate at night, and also when we are gone? We have another dog that isn't crated at night, and I don't want to seem cruel...but I don't want to let her out too early either. Ideas? Suggestions? Thanks!
The shelter estimated her age at 6-8 months.
The first idea would be a good one, except I have an open carport and she jumped the fence yesterday--twice!
georgew--mine chews loose things too. She prefers socks and houseshoes--and my other dogs bed. :)
Our bedroom is TINY (old war home), and I barely have room for a full size bed and dresser. Therefore neither of our crates will fit in the bedroom--we've tried! So she is seperated from us at night.

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My dogs love their crates. They have used them since they were puppies and now that they are 4 and 5 years old they put themselves in their crates at night when they want to go to bed. I don't even lock the crates anymore. I did lock them when they were puppies. I would give them a toy but usually they just curled up and went to sleep in their crates. Be sure the crate isn't too big, it should be just big enough for them to stand in and turn around. Put some comfy blanket in and be sure to wash the blankets often. Your dogs will learn to love their crates.

Oh and by the way, never use the crate as punishment. You want your dog to associate the crate as a positive environment, not a punishment.

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