Mar 6 • ☀️ Community Circle
The crate
So this dog was given to me by the breeders after being returned twice for some pretty typical Dutch Shepherd behaviors. We are taking it slow, and I am giving him lots of time and space to just show me who he is and what he needs. What breaks my heart though is how he feels about the crate. It has been absolutely poisoned for him. We’ve already made huge progress in reconditioning what crate means, but I can see that when his previous owners didn’t know how to handle him they just locked him in a box and left him there. He has flat feet from being left in the crate for hours and hours. He has no endurance. He can barely walk a mile without getting winded. He doesn’t even run.
Crates are a necessary part of life in my multi-dog household, but I am very much against the working dog mindset of leave the dog in the box unless he is working with you. I think it creates very serious mental and physical deficits in the dog.
So I am curious: do you use a crate? If so what role does it play in your dog’s life? How much time do they spend in it? What are your thoughts on the idea of the dog should only be outside of the bpx to work?
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