[Dailydrool] anxiety poop and pee

[Esther Strom]

I don't crate either. Maybe if I were dealing with a puppy, who could learn
from a young age that the crate was a cozy den, rather than a jail, I would
consider it. But for a rescue who's spent time in a shelter? Never. I just
can't. Both Basil and Waldo before him went absolutely hysterical when I
tried to crate-train them. It just wasn't worth it.

Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB


On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Dale Rutz <dalerutz at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

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> Oh lord.  I'm gonna get flamed but here goes.
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> Let me try to start off by saying that I mean no offense to those folks
> that crate.  My mother (may her memory be for blessing) ALWAYS crated her
> dogs and thought I was a lunatic for not doing so.
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> I do NOT crate.  I simply don't.  Snoopy actually loves a good crate,
> he'll curl up in there happy as a clam, but I don't want one in my living
> room.  Gracie and LuLu will cry hysterically if you put them in one,
> rescued puppy mill breeders who have spent FAR TOO MUCH TIME in a cage.  I
> just don't do it.
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> So, mine don't pee or poop in the house (other than Gracie's occasional,
> an ever rarer, accident).  I watch them.  If I have to leave them then
> someone else watches them.  If someone (SNOOPY!!!!!, it's always SNOOPY)
> gets out of hand they get a timeout in the office.  Heck, half the time I
> even give him a peanut butter kong to keep him busy in there.
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> So, what if you ban the crate and try confining her in your home office or
> even your bathroom or kitchen or mudroom with a baby gate when you can't
> watch the puppy?  Does she do better?
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> Just a thought from the ever clueless momPerson
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