I think what you are doing is great! Not only are you keeping her in a large enough area, she is happy and you are keeping her SAFE!
If you were using a small kennel or a "cage" kennel maybe you should rethink it-even putting her in a spare room-unless you convert it into a dog room which would be ideal for everyone but whom of us have a room we can completely convert into a dog play area completely safe for them to play eat potty and so on in. Hate when people just put the dog in the laundry room or a back porch and call that the "dog room"...really-? is it completely dog safe in there?..or was it just convenient so that the dog is not running around the house which is also unsafe in my opinion.
Personally, I have to keep my Princess kenneled the same way you do-I can't trust her she'd thrash the house (we call her Monster for a reason), and I also have to separate Scoobers with Princess kenneled in one room and Elvis by himself (if Elvis doesn't come with me) because he has seizures and I don't trust Scoobers to not harm Elvis during a seizure if I'm not here-instinct rules and Scoobers growls and avoids Elvis during his seizure episodes they are perfectly fine otherwise but I think it actually terrifies Scoobers to see Elvis that way and we all know what fear can do... |