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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  |
I wonder, too, but also wonder if the time away from the cages gives some respite to an animal that habituates to a new situation, even for a few days. I worry it's a terrible disruption in the animal's cage life that they might have accommodated to and returning them back to it will be worse for them. But I'm also told by animal experts that dogs live in the moment and enjoy any good times they have right then so hopefully going back into a cell or cage is what's happening at that moment and they can't discern that it's a big setback, even a death sentence in some cases; and just recall for a while that the former life they came to know as a routine, the scents and whatever lifestyle they had in the immediate past fades over time and establish a current routine, sometimes based on their past lifestyle, if they are allowed to establish a new routine in their own, without any human intervention. It's said that dogs can adapt to any new lifestyle within a few days unless their former life damaged them physically or psychologically re-programmed their brains due to its horrors or neglect, abuse, or regular routines, be they beneficial or harmful.
I tend to think that whatever respite they might have had out of any cage is better than staying there to that dog but how can I know for sure, even after years of rescuing, fostering, rehabbing and having my own personal dogs. I have my opinion from my own experiences with dogs I've had here but that's all.