I crate my dog while I am at work. I am curious if you work? If/when I am home all day, my dog is not in her crate at all.
I crate her for both the sake of my house as well as her own sake.
My dogs are smaller, could easily get into a lot of trouble. As a matter of fact I did leave her in the kitchen one day, came home and she was gone.
She had gotten herself into a cabinet (it had knives in it) and was very fortunate not to have gotten hurt. She scared herself however. I dont want her getting under the fridge (well, she cant do that now, the male i have could), she could get behind the fridge, she could eat electrical cords or who knows what could happen.
I am just explaining, have no need to defend myself as I don't care what others think. My dogs are well loved, played with and excersized and I think have a better home than a lot of other animals have, crated or not. |