For me, crating never had to do with convenience. It had to do with training, and for their own safety. there will be times, at the vet clinic for example.. if your dog is ill it will have to stay in a kennel. For a well adjusted kennel trained dog this makes a stay at the vet far far less stressful. Same for if your dog ever has to have surgery, when you bring them home they often have to be kept confined, a kennel trained dog is easy to do this with. Because at some point in our lives there will be a time when we cant be right there with our dog. And none of their kennels are anywhere near a "tight" space. ITs just a safe space to put them in when Needed! They are so well adjusted I have never had any troubles with separation anxiety. I start kennel training from the day I get a dog. My black lab does not even use a kennel now. But I still kennel trained him when he first came home. But for the times he has had to be at the vet clinic, I was sure thankful that he is comfortable with a kennel.
My cousins little dog was never kennel trained and when he got sick last year and had to have a lot of treatment at the vet he was under sooo much distress it was awful!!! Being in a kennel was the worst part for him. If he had been kennel trained it would have been far less stress on him.
I believe if started early any dog can be trained to like a kennel. |