| Your husband needs some serious information about crate training. It is NOT just about making the dog mind. It's for the dog's OWN WELL BEING & protection.
*sigh* I really don't like going into this. I had a beautiful loving gentle pup. He was 3 months old. A real cutie, that stole everyone's heart when they laid eyes on him. I like your husband Thought it was cruel to crate him. So, when i was gone i would leave him to raom in our fenced backyard & the garage.
Guess what, there a hundreds of every objects laying around your house that can be a DANGER to your pup. Would u think an ordinary plastic drinking cup would be a threat to your dog's safely? No, neither did I. He got the cup stuck on his head one day while i was gone grocery shopping. He was dead when i returned home. How would you like coming home to that some day? I was heartbroken!!! I still miss my tender little Ozzie.
If you care about your pup, don't wait, RUN out and buy a BIG wire crate. That way they can see all around them & really they don't mind it. Unless you abuse it by leaving them in there alot.
Pupies are like small children. If you can't watch them then you confine them. Would you leave a 2 year old child have free run of your house? No, why< because they might hurt themselves. Same thing for a pup.
No, i'm not a trainer or professional dog handler. I'm just an average housewife, that LOVES her pup.
An added bonus to crate training is, it makes potty training soooooooo much easier too.
We are retired Air Force, so i can relate to the lifestyle.
Good Luck!
Teena  |