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Originally Posted by TLC  I totally agree with you.
I myself never used a crate, they have one, but they only have 'cage match wrestling' in it. I contained mine in a spare room while I was at work (for about the first year). Yes, I am gone on average 10 hours a day. Yes, part of thinks they didn't deserve that kind of life, it makes me sad at times, b/c I want them to be around people more...But, now that they have free run down stairs while I am gone, they just sleep the day or look out the window at everything going on outside.
Do mine have some 'mental' problems b/c of this??? Probably so. 
I am still battling poop eating (here and there), but it used to be everyday!
TJ barks pretty much at ALL movement outside. Roxy has mild anxiety.
Mental health is just as important as Food/Water/Shelter. |
No, no, no, she wasn't talking about people in your situation at all! You do the best you can for your babies, and we all know that when you're home, you're all theirs, and you love them dearly. Love and affection is what yorkiedaze is talking about. She's talking about being available for them the minute you get home, and loving them. In his first posts, it was clear that Nodak was neglecting these basic needs of Tanner. He is improving by leaps and bounds by just trying to make a better home for Tanner, but its still not healthy for any creature, animal or human to be considered nothing more than an "it."
Thank goodness Chris and Heidi care enough to try to improve.
