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Originally Posted by sherile  I absolutely cannot imagine keeping my dogs confined to a crate for any length of time. They are confined to 2 rooms when I am not home, but otherwise have the run of the house. Yes, I've had to clean up messes and one of mine sees all throw rugs as pee pads. But gosh, keeping them confined that long seems punishment; how can and why would they want to learn? Seems like they'd be so excited to be released, they'd pee for joy! Sorry, crates are just not for me. With my first yorkie, I was going to go it right, bought her a crate and instructed husband and son that whoever left the house last, to put her in there. Well, that worked until I was the one that had to put her in there and then let her out again 8 1/2 hours later. She was never put in there again. |
8 1/2 hours straight is an excessive amount of time to spend in the crate. however if done properly crate training is an excellent way to housebreak and train them. Mine was never in the crate for longer then 4 hours while i was at work. I came home to feed her and let her out for an hour on my lunch break. She slept while i was at work most of the time according to family who would check on her and the videos i took every now and then while i was gone. Morgan loves her crate and still goes in there on her own to sleep. I also keep her food and water in there so it doesn't get all over my floor.