I must be really old school or something because I just don't understand why so many feel they have to crate or confine their dogs for months on end. If you confine a dog for six months or a year how are they supposed to ever learn what is acceptable behaviour. Not to mention at some point they have to become frustrated animals being locked up all the time. I understand the need to ensure your pet's safety but from I have been able to learn from reading the posts most appear to be using confinement as a means of dogsitting or convenience. If you want a well behaved, well socialized pet you have to spend time training it, lots and lots of time. Confine them and at the end of that confinement you will still have an untrained dog.
Maybe I'm missing something, but I've had dogs all my life and I've never confined one except to put them in a crate while travelling if they weren't yet comfortable with being in a car.
It really trouble me to hear of so many little angels being locked up in bathrooms, crates, kitchens etc. |