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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Thank you for the post. Without being trained to love their crates, a dog isn't best-served by his owner as there are always times in life they must spend some time in a crate. My dogs would always "crate up" happily on command any time. |
I think all of my pets are best-served by me and they are not all crate trained. Some like it, some do not and while it sounds great on paper it is not realistic for all dogs, especially those who come to us as adults with their own "baggage". You can teach an old dog new tricks, but some of life's horrible lessons cannot be undone.
Crate training can absolutely be great ... but, I must say that I see many people who crate all day...and crate at night. Makes me crazy. I am certainly not saying anything against this thread.....just commenting that I don't think the fact some of mine are not crated makes me less of a pet owner.