I had an apartment and then a new neighbor moved in next door. She put her dog in a cage that was in her bedroom closet. That bedroom closet was on the wall opposite my headboard side of my bed. Of course, when she went to work that dog would bark all day. I attempted to complain to the apartment manager but guess what happened? Nothing happened because that apartment manager also had a dog that she put in a cage and kept in her apartment while she was away.
In a different apartment I was on the ground floor. There was a lady above me who would let her dog do its business on her concrete patio which was above mine and then she would sweep it over the edge until my patio below looked like a minefield of dog turds.
Dogs need yards and should not be locked up in a cage or in an apartment nor should their barking invade the space of others.
If you own a dog, live in an apartment, and the noise from that dog’s barking is inside the apartments of your neighbors then you are a shitty inconsiderate person!
I have skimmed through the page and haven’t found anything about locking the dog inside. It’s an ok practice to let the cage sit open somewhere in your apartment to be a private place for a pet, and the article ey linked seem to talk about that rather than about how to make your dog love prison time
I have no doubt they’d want to avoid saying that. Same way as the chosen terminology is “crate” instead of cage. But every cage/crate they recommend has a lockable door and article talks about the importance of letting your dog out of the cage every once in a while. Sure does seem sketchy
For the record, if the “crate” is just a doggy bed with a roof and no door or anything, there’s no issue. It’s a nice cozy place for the dog. If it has a lockable door and you’re locking them in there as part of your “training”, that’s messed up. Some seem to use the same term for both.
Lockable door should be used when you need to transport a pet, whether it’s a dog or a cat they should be okay with a transportation cage and need training for that.
Well, at least that’s what I know from experience, can’t be sure about the article authors
Transporting is obviously a different matter. But reading the comments here and reading the article, it does seem to imply actually locking the cage in your own home. Which is nuts.
My dog goes in a cage with a lockable door for ten hours every day.
It’s only about 450 sq ft and he seems fine
Uhh wat
I leave my dog in the living room with the front door closed
And you feel like that’s the same as cage?
That was a joke, I think
I get that but I’m trying to ask if there’s like an argument behind that joke.
Nope ‘‘twas merely a joke