Crate unhealthy for a dogs for their behavior - Page 7

Hi jenni, very funny your dog opening all the valves. Some times when I go to the bathroom my pup takes advantage to cool him off, I open the valve, but having read your message I will pay attention for not to him learn to open it by himself hahaha

  Menta:

We are talking about the valve under the TOILET...to the toilet that has a continual flow and will flood the house...no tub or bowl to catch it

THE main line to your Toilet can be chewed in a matter of minutes by the teeth of any dog...especiall a gsd who love to chew when you least expect it.

LOL

YR

I also imagine many a human kid has experimented with the valve in the bathroom too.

that is why you have to watch kids like a hawk and always have EYES IN THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD>>>

I still tell my grand kids that I have eyes  there....

They still are a little leary that Gannie will know, everytime I am around them ,what they are up to...kinda funny how    WORD . ..IMPLICATION feeds the minds of humans and of dogs also..

that is why we tell you to   repeat the command always using the SAME WORDS... do not change a command....use same words always...

YR

Thanks, Nia!

I have a large crate for car travel, safer for the dog that way.

Up until she was a year, 18 months, my breezeway was her den. 
Swept daily, cement floor mopped with bleach water.

Toys, 8ft clear glass door & window, Sunshine & a view.  Also AC summer, heat winter.

The way we Roll.

Now she is house dog, whether I'm home or not; how else to protect the home?  Her  Job!

Baby gates to hold back a German Shepherd? What are you smoking? LMAO!

We block our small dog - a Yorkie/Shih tzu in with a baby gate. He is 12 yrs old, and is trust worthy in that room... he just passes out on the bed anyway. The GSD, however... she goes and hangs out with him as she pleases. Like the cat does. We raised that thing to twice its own height, to see if it would keep her in. She clears it with ease. He used to be crated when we first got him, about 5 years ago... but is trustworthy enough now. The GSD... you don't know when that naughty streak will pop up.

Crates can be bad if they are used wrong. That is just common knowledge. We have a friend with a chocolate lab and a beagle - both are crated. All day. Whether they are home or not. They get let outside for about 20 minute intervals and then back in they go. The dogs have NO training, and have a ton of pent-up energy that they never get to use. Dogs are both spayed ('cause that calms them down you know). The kicker is the fact that they have a 6 ft privacy fence surrounding a huge yard that would just be paradise to these dogs. But dogs don't get to be out because they are too hyper and destructive. Huh. Wonder why.

Then they see our dogs, and are all petting them and saying "Gee, ___insert dog here___, I wish Hershey and Cocoa were as nice and calm as you, maybe you should come over and teach them how."

THAT is abusive, unhealthy crating.

But crating a dog for a couple hours while you are gone is nothing. They just sleep the whole time anyway. And like I said, our crate is big enough for her to have pleeennnty of room to stretch out in. There would be easy room for two of her, IMO. And she'll even hang out in there on her own accord. Not always. But if I'm home, she's out... and the fact that she comes to work with me every night... she really isn't in there much.

And cats like crates? What? When my cat was fixed, she tore her nose leather off, as well as rubbed some of her hair off on her face, trying to bust out. There is a reason she is leash-trained. Yep, she even goes to the vet, on-leash.

Can be a handy tool for some things...Over used, and over rated IMO... but I am not the ruler of the universe yet so I do what I choose, and hope other do what they choose with the animals well being and common sense in mind.

Hope your pup/dog has a speedy recovery!

Debi
Sherman-Ranch.us

Can't help but wonder how much exercise the crate brigade, or "un-trust worthy" in the house,
dogs get?  (I can understand under 1 yo loose in home)
But I couldn't ever crate, I refer to it as "Get in Jail"
I wouldn't have bought a GSD if it had to be crated while I work
I bought a house with a "room with a view" for the dog (deterrent)
& I just left a part time job, that crates their x-mas puppy ALL day, so it doesn't poo on the floor
why not get a stuffed one to look at?

But ... then again, I take my dogs out everyday, not just the backyard a.m.,
but I Go for 1-2 hr walk/(they)run daily.
But I assumed, Before I bought a GSD, that that would be the responsibility of owning a large/active breed.
I formed my life around their needs, not them around me!
Then again, I like to walk, I live next to a park/creek, & they seem to like also.

I don't have Issues with my dog Free in the home, whether I am here or not
Her Hiding/Security is a 4" orthopedic dog bed, Yea, never been on my furniture either.

Isn't Part of the Point of owning a GSD to Protect the Home?
Thieves probably like Crated GSD's

Betta Wolf, with all due respect, what lines are your dogs?

'Can't help but wonder how much exercise the crate brigade, or "un-trust worthy" in the house,
dogs get?  (I can understand under 1 yo loose in home)'


I'm sure every household is different, but I'm wagering the majority on this board since they are here in the first place, take very good care of their dogs.  There may be a few exceptions.
I've  had dogs before that didn't need to be crated when I was gone, so of course they weren't.

I take mine to work with me and like I've mentioned before they jog beside me with my horse.  That is at least 3 often 4 miles/day  They still are rearing to go an hour later. On the days I train, I do not take them.  (Twice a week).  They are then crated till I get home at noon.  
In the summer, now thanks to my peddleboat, they swim beside me on weekends, that too is great exercise. 

I also have adjusted my life for my dogs.  I wouldn't have a dog if it had to be in a kennel (which they hate) or in a crate all the time.  Like you said, what good is that?  A pain for them and for me.