<div dir="ltr">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.<div>
<br></div><div>Esther, Basil, and Waldo ATB</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 4:05 PM, Dale Rutz <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dalerutz@sbcglobal.net" target="_blank">dalerutz@sbcglobal.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br><div><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Oh lord. I'm gonna get flamed but here goes.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>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?</div>
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<div>Just a thought from the ever clueless momPerson</div></div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>
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