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Originally Posted by gemy  Really Ann pulling an idea from thin air? I did not ever say ALL dogs like to be crated. I stand by my belief that all dogs should at least be trained to accept crates to your best effort to do so. Maybe it won't be do able for a very few dogs. But it is a very valuable call it *skill*. For all the many reasons stated here above.
Ann you work in a shelter are all dogs left loose out to run around or are they kenneled for their own protection?
I don't believe kennels should be used to *imprison* dogs, ever. But that they are a valuable tool to be used judiciously. I have been very thankfull that I have trained my dogs to crates - for many many times, with surgeries and or injuries my dogs for their health and well being needed to be crated. They were used to their crates and did not think this was some sort of punishment-and it helped with their healing.
I also have been thankfull after being in a car accident with all my dogs in their crates that they were kept safe from major injury.
But this is way beyond the point of the original posters question. About whinning n barking. I hope he has found the few posts that offered concrete advice to his question. |
I honestly cannot figure out why this is hitting such a nerve with you / why you're taking this so very personally...?
I feel like replying to your purposely exaggerated comment about shelter dogs is only going to further inflame you, but I'll go ahead and reply since you put it out there.
Our shelter dogs are NOT crated - not even close. They have large kennels where they have an inside area AND an outside area. They can walk around, jump, sit, stand up on hinds, go inside, outside, lay down, play, eat, drink. Humans can go inside the kennel and stand up, sit with them, lay down, do training...whatever.
There is a HUGE difference btwn a kennel and tight confined spaces like a
crate. I don't even really understand why you're trying to compare the two as being comparable to each other. They're not the same thing, not at all. That said, we do have shelter dogs who can't even tolerate our large kennels, they just cannot psychologically handle it...and for those dogs we find an alternative like fostering.
To sum up what I've said many times now: some dogs can tolerate crates, some cannot. In my book,
it's not ethical to force an animal into tight confinement if they cannot handle it. That's really it.