 crating
I think we each have to do what works for us and our pets...but one thing for sure...a pup can be totally unpredictable in behavior and adults can hurt themselves...I perfer to err on the side of safety...a peed rug, chewed chair leg or ripped up pillow can be replaced..my dead puppy or adult can not.
If I have heard it once I have heard it an 100 times.."my Yorkie never did that in the past"...I had a grooming client who took her Yorkie with her to get gas each week...the dog never got out of the car in 5 yearsnof her life... she sat in the back window and watched..then one day she bolted out the car door and was killed..why did she do it, it was so unpredictable. Her next pet never rode in the car uncrated..may sound cruel to you, but my friend will not lose this Yorkie in the same way. The pain of losing a companion is worth a bit of extra precaution...I have had Yorkies for 33 yrs and I do not trust them to always react the same way day after day...and I relieved to say I have never lost one to an accident...and we are talking about dozens of Yorkies, plus even more boarders in those many years. |