Crating Your Pet
About Crating
Some of the standard features on this dog crate are optimum ventilation and visibility, easy assembly and disassembly and a one-hand latch door mechanism. Some dog crates are designed to be taller and longer than kennels on the market.
Make sure that your snaps and zippers on the soft sided dog crate are sturdy and that materials will not be easy to rip and are difficult to chew through.
Reasons for using any type of dog crate are: travel, security, housebreaking, safety, protection, and so on. Reasons for using any type of dog crate are: travel, security, housebreaking, safety, protection, and so on.
Crating is the act of providing a crate for your dog to rest and it can be use as a safe haven.
There is some controversy about keeping crate door closed, and the dog is locked in. This is what most people refer to as “crating”, and has some negativity associated with it. However, crating is the best way to housetrain a pup, it’s hard to keep your eye on a dog every second, and sometimes when you have to run out, it is safer for the pup.
Crating in this sense is used to train puppies, as dog’s natural instinct is to not defecate their own den. This needs to be carefully controlled so puppies aren’t left in their crate for too long, otherwise they will have no choice but to go inside their crate.