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Originally Posted by Sunnie  I don't agree that all of the crate training techniques say to crate them most of the time. What they say is to crate them when you cannot give them attention. That being said, if they are crated all the time because you cannot give them attention, then they need to be placed with someone who can give them attention. It is so unfair to keep them crated all the time. |
Sorry, I should've said
"most" of the training methods, rather than
"all". You can disagree with me, but that's just MY observation from the readings I've found about crate training. They do say to crate them when you can't give them attention, but that's also
in addition to crating them regularly so that they learn to hold their pee/poo. I do remember a lot of them saying to only take them out to feed them and for potty breaks (in addition to short breaks and play time). Otherwise, they stay in the crate (even if you aren't occupied and can give them attention).
I also read a post on YT about potty training/crate training and I remember someone saying that they crate their dog for 4 hours, twice a day. So that means they are crated for 8 hours throughout the day. I guess this is normal since nobody fired back at her and accused her of excessively crating her dog. There were also other people who posted their entire daily crating schedule (don't have time to find the exact post/thread right now, but I might later) and they seemed to have their dogs crated for the majority of the day (with the neccessary and suggested breaks).