[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Chocaholic

There’s probably a lot you haven’t heard of. They are den animals, it is not cruel. It’s a thing…at least per the humane society and the AKC:

https://www.humanesociety.org/resources/crate-training-101

https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/how-to-crate-train-your-dog-in-9-easy-steps/

Originally Posted by Rusty Heap

I'd never crate a dog of mine, I think that's cruel and solitary prison confinement for them........


I figure give the rescue dog a chance, he was in the shelter for a month before I adopted him, so I've been bonding and personal imprinting with him the last week.

I'm going with this, sorry. I used to visit 100 homes a year and work 1 to 4 days in at least half of them. I've seen as much of humanity as a social worker. Yet I don't know jack siht, right?

I can count the number of crates I've seen on my hands. I wish I could say that about dog runs. That alone makes me want to rip out fences.