I was at a show breeders house this past week looking at puppies and there were other buyers there. When the subject of "crate training" came up the breeder got very loud and almost angry in her demand tht this type of training not be used on her babies. To her it meant taking all food and water away . She said, "if you do that, you will have a dead dog". She has been breeding dogs for 25 and this is what crate training meant to her, so we all have different ideas of the definition of the term and I think LicktheStar was just trying to make people think about how they view it and if everyone is really doing it responsibly. Very interesting thread.
It is absolutely true that tiny puppies need to be "free fed" to avoid low blood suger. These little ones shouldn't go longer than 2 hours without eating. I think most of us are aware of this. |