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Originally Posted by SnowWa I may just be really weird. But, if I had to leave a little dog (any dog) in a crate for 10 hours a day - I wouldn't have a dog.
I work - and my dog is confined to a large kitchen/laundry room area when I'm gone. He has everything he needs - toys, water, food, a bed (forget the potty pad - he tears these up in 10 minutes).... and at 9 months, he almost never goes to the bathroom when I'm gone anymore. (And, if he did - it would be on vinyl and not the end of the world.) I take him out ever two hours when I home - evenings, weekends, days off, etc. And he also wears a belly band at times when he has free run of the house. He sleeps with me and rarely has ever had an accident during the night.
I think crate training is fine. A lot of people have use this very successfully when their dogs were pups. And, I think a dog being confined to a crate occasionally is okay (an hour or two for a special reason). And, with the door open, many dogs like to spend time in their crate and sleep in it.
But - 10 hours a day - I couldn't do this. It seems so "unhealthy" to me. Imagine a person or a child having to live this way!! I would even think this would affect bone structure and development.
I even feel sorry for my birds that are in a cage so much of the time - but at least they have a large cage and can fly around and play all day.
Is this just me?????
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Carol Jean ~ I do believe this is "just you". I have read a many posts on here about crate training and the fact that many people have to leave their animals in a crate for many hours a day. I see nothing wrong with needing to be able to do this when you are working with your Yorkie to eventually allow them to be in your home, free roaming while you are at work.
My Bailey is in a larger size crate that has plenty of room for his food, water, toys, blanketsand he can move around quite well.
Morgan is in an x-pen away from Bailey so they cannot see eachother while I am working on the potty training thing with her. Eventually they will be crated together once Morgan is able to hold her bladder longer.
Also, I do not believe in reading Des post that she was looking for advice as to or not to crate her dog, she was looking for training advice for her new puppy that is not yet home yet.
I look at it this way, we all have ways of parenting and raising our Yorkies, just like our children. No one person does it the same as the next. Just because you don't agree with the way someone does something, that works well for them doesn't mean that it is wrong.
JMO.