Ok, geez people give me a freakin break! I don't imprison my dog! When I'm home we go outside and he runs around and plays outside. We go out MULTIPLE times when I'm home. As far as living in his crate..he lives in there when he's in the house until he is potty trained better. I live in an apartment complex that has plenty of green area to run.
But I'm sorry...I'm single now and I work Monday thru Friday 7:30am - 4:40pm. I moved 25 miles closer to work just because I'm the only one home now and my previous commute was taking over an hour to get home which would be an extra hour he would have to be crated if I stayed in that city. So I'm thinking of my dog here and I'm doing everything I can to accomodate him within my means. As far as pad training...that's a forgone issue. He shreds them to pieces just by smelling them. I bought a $25 plastic tray to secure them that didnt stop him from tearing them up. I bought washable pads but he doesnt know the difference between those and my bed pillows or any other soft thing. So....
Chewie has a very long history of being an excellent escape artist even from his wire crate and 2 baby gates( see below) I stacked to keep him penned in the kitchen/hallway at my last apartment which he climbed over in seconds. If he's left unattended in the house, he will chew up everything he can get in his mouth, pee and poop on everything he can, tear up the carpet (i have pictures of that too!) chew on cabinets, anything! He's crated for a damn good reasons, people. I USED to let him run free when I was at work, but I came home to a smelly disaster everyday! He ran free from the day we got him at 3mo up until about a month ago when I got ready to move. He's almost 9mo old now. So he had free reign for almost 6-7months. It was other people here at YT that told me he needed to be crated during the day when I'm gone until he gets older and can learn where it's OK to do his business. I'll even go find the past posts to prove it. So before you start passing judgement on
ME, check yourself! I'm here for advice, but if this is the environment that YT has turned into in a MONTH...I'll go elsewhere for advice...
