Are cages for dogs a form of cruelty? (how much, poop, barking)
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This is not about you. It is about what is best for the dog. If the dog can stand and turn around, then curl up to sleep, the cage is OK. Dogs make their dens in smaller, confined spaces. Dogs use their cages as a refuge and place to "call" their own, unless their owner routinely uses it as punishment.
A cage or crate is a good way to transport a dog, keeping them from chewing up car interiors or personal property left in the car. It provides them with a familiar place to sleep if you are traveling and have to stay in a hotel or guest room. Properly used, it tells the dog that it is quiet time.
All of this reduces the owners frustration, anger and anxiety at their pet, which is something dogs "feel" from that owner.
The cage/crate/box/kennel is a tool for the responsible owner. Like any useful thing, is open to misuse by the ignorant or uncaring.
A cage should never be used for punishment, only to contain the dog, especially puppies so they don't chew everything up and do it's business on the floor when you're not home. Most dogs are very comfortable in the proper sized crate. Nothing bad about crate training, all dogs I crate trained turned out to be wonderful dogs.
just spank em. less stress for the dog in the long run.
You've got to be kidding me, or simply trolling and agitating and looking for an argument like in P & C. Hitting isn't the answer - not for kids, adults, pets, spouses, or even enemies. Good grief.
Just wanted to chime in. My dog sleeps in his cage, nighttime is the only time he the door is locked, since he will sit at my sons bedroom door and scratch and cry to go in. My son has a loft bed and Eskimo use to sleep with him, but now my son is older and does not want the dog in his bed. So if Eskimo is left out, he does not sleep and neither does anyone else.
He has his "bed" in his crate, and the door is keep open all day and evening, as I type this Eskimo is sleeping peacefully in there right now! At 11 pm we say time for bed and he goes in...not a peep! I hated my son's decision to kick the dog out of his bed, but Eskimo seems to have gotten over it faster than I did.
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