[tammys]

Originally Posted by Mardelin

You're Cassie was raised to be your special girl, and no way did you think of her becoming a mother, an unfortunate accident, that turned out ok.

But, my girls are crate raised and trained and use to traveling with me and staying in hotels in their crates while we go out to dinner. Once championed, and their time for breeding them has come, there is no transitioning needed. They're use to sleeping in a crate in another room. All I have to tell my crew is nite, nite and they know where to go. So, when they go in my room into the puppy play pen, it's a treat for them.

I don't see it as an unfortunate accident. It could have been, but thankfully, it all turned out fine. We are thrilled with our babies, and are very grateful to have them.

I am not judging the way you raise your dogs; it sounds like they are happy and well-adjusted, and it works for all of you and your situations.
I can't imagine you traveling, and letting them run around the hotel room, and them not wanting to go in the crate b/c see it as a punishment. They see it as their safe place.


We used to say something like that to our Springer. We would say, Where do you go?, and he would just walk into his crate.



Each way works for each family.

Man, how did this get into a talk about how to raise our dogs? LOL