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Originally Posted by SnowWa I have a friend who argues with me and says she only puts her dog in a crate when he sleeps. My response is - if he's asleep, why does he have to be in a crate? |
My answer to you is:
If he is sleeping and I am sleeping, who is to say that I will hear him/her get up and do their business. I don't use puppy pads. They have to go outside. And if I am not awake to let them out, they will do what the need to do in my room. Crate training assists the dogs with learning to 'hold it' or expressing that they need to go out. It helps them to identify the feeling of needing to go. Just this morning my pom woke me at 4 to let me know she had to go. Dogs don't want to go in their crates.
And it has been shown that dogs are 'DEN' animals. Just like their Wolf & Fox cousins. They like to go in and have a place of their own.
All 6 of my dogs sleep in their crates at night and they love it. It's their own space in the world. I don't have crates out during the day, but tons of dog beds and they used those.
I too was against crate training but once I did it, it made such a difference. I HIGHLY recommend it to others, especially when potty training young pups. It really does make a difference.
And when I travel, and we are in an unfamiliar place, I bring their crate and it calms them. It's something familiar for them.
I'm not trying to cause an arguement, just showing the other side of crate training.