| Most dog owners want to make sure their puppies | | | | has to be in the car for long journeys. |
| are as healthy and happy as possible. For this reason | | | | The reason that dogs like crates where humans |
| a lot of owners have a problem with putting the | | | | would consider restricting is because dogs like to be |
| dogs in crates because they resemble cages and | | | | in enclosed areas. As long as the cage isn't too small |
| imprisonment. However, this isn't the case and if you | | | | to make it uncomfortable or too big so that the dog |
| have the right crate for your dog it can be | | | | doesn't feel exposed a crate can be the perfect |
| somewhere that they feel happy and secure at all | | | | place for a dog to sleep. |
| times of the day. | | | | One common mistake that many dog owners make |
| Not only that, but there are plenty of practical uses | | | | with their dog crate is to use it as a form of |
| for a dog crate. For example, if you're going to be | | | | punishment. The moment you start using a crate as |
| doing a lot of travelling with your dog it helps to have | | | | a form of punishment is the moment that a dog |
| a crate because the dog will be used to the crate | | | | decides that it isn't a place that it wants to be and |
| and able to stay in it for extended periods of time. | | | | hence it will lose its security. |
| This will make it less stressful on the animal when it | | | | |