No offense, but I ask all of you craters to consider this: you say your dog loves it, it's a den... A den is the modern equivilent to the small burrow or cave that the wild dog would have dug or selected for shelter and safety. Generally, such a place would have two exits. Now, I assume you have never been imprisoned, but I assure you, those who have say the experience is not pleasant. Crate sellers recommend that the crate be so small as to "not encourage the dog to go in the crate". In the old days, we used kennels, large enough for the dog to wander in. Nowadays, most people I know train their dogs to behave in the house, and for puppies, you puppy proof a room. There is no doubt about it in my mind. Caging a dog is cruel and wrong, no matter who justifies it. Even a hamster is given a large enough space to move about it. Some of you crate your dogs for a whole work day! How is being locked up in a box not much bigger than you for hours become a "safe den"???
2007-12-07
11:46:21
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