Dogs - how do you make it work?

[dumper]

I’ve yet to find a cage my big boy can get in let alone turn around, don’t agree with them in cages for long periods, if you need to keep a animal in a cage get a gerbil!

[SussexHarry]

26 minutes ago, dumper said:

I’ve yet to find a cage my big boy can get in let alone turn around, don’t agree with them in cages for long periods, if you need to keep a animal in a cage get a gerbil!

Is yours on site every day then?

[Mark Bolam]

3 hours ago, Sviatoslav Tulin said:

I can say one thing , if you lads thinking that carrying dog to work with you is what the dog wants you all wrong to say at least , or if she sits beside you when you drink it’s bullshit as well ,dog need 1v1 interaction, imitating natural behaviour of breed , working dog obviously need to work according to breed specific,off course you can train some breeds to be with you at work but not many, as you can train dog to stay in cage for long periods with no problem ,main thing for dog is consistency . I am GSD owner all my life and all my dogs was cage trained , and they happily spend 6to 8 hours in it per day , but they all have their 2 to 3 hours of play 1v1 with me or my women every day ,plus very long walks at weekends in forest or mountains plus dog friends meetings, plus protection duties at night (specifying  training) , so yes its possible to have a dog and full time work , I want to say that proper cage training only possible from  puppy, rescue dog it’s very different story but very right thing to do! Last photo is protection work at its finest 😂

You’re a dog man ST, and I know you look after yours really well, but to say they ‘happily’ spend 6-8 hours in a cage every day is wrong to me.

 

If they could talk they’d tell you that.

[peds]

27 minutes ago, dumper said:

I’ve yet to find a cage my big boy can get in let alone turn around, don’t agree with them in cages for long periods, if you need to keep a animal in a cage get a gerbil!

Ah, to be fair, the front seat of the van is pretty much the cage for my two... on their very worst days they'll have 3.5 hours in it in the morning, an hour in the woods at lunch, then 3.5 hours back in the box. But usually on those days my wife picks them up in the afternoon when she's finished school.

 

Also, young Oscar was obviously kept in a cage from 5 to 8 weeks, and who knows before that. But he values the wire cage he came home in as his Safe Space, and just goes in there of his own free will to hang out. He's in it now, chewing on a bit of larch. 

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

3 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

You’re a dog man ST, and I know you look after yours really well, but to say they ‘happily’ spend 6-8 hours in a cage every day is wrong to me.

 

If they could talk they’d tell you that.

It’s all about training I don’t lock her cage anymore ,she will not leave it untill somebody come home. Many dogs don’t need cage at all , only at early stage but it is good to have it, for emergency situations visiting vet as exemple or for dog kennels when it’s needed . Well ….if they could speak I could be happiest man on the planet, and obviously relationships between human and dog could be very different . I think all my best frends had happy lives. Most people should not have dog that 100% at least there …in Ireland ,I seen things I want to forget , only in my estate of 36 houses 6 dogs have never I say never left their little dirty garden 😤 I recommend everyone just have foster a dog for a couple weeks or months just to feel what that means ! 

[peds]

See, that's a much kinder way of putting it than calling us all wrong. 

 

I agree with you that most dog owners shouldn't be.

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

53 minutes ago, dumper said:

I’ve yet to find a cage my big boy can get in let alone turn around, don’t agree with them in cages for long periods, if you need to keep a animal in a cage get a gerbil!

You lucky you never had a dog with mental problems! Proper cage training is a must , any dog trainer will tell you that that basic stuff , when they grow you will understand are they need it or not most dogs will actually like it with proper training! No more fighting, I just saying that dog can have good life even with working full day owners,and have absolute miserable existence with full house of lazy bastards !

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

4 minutes ago, peds said:

See, that's a much kinder way of putting it than calling us all wrong. 

 

I agree with you that most dog owners shouldn't be.

Sometimes I’m very categorical that’s true,but usually I recognise mistakes . I think I’m more experienced about dogs than other things , so I can be trusted in this regard… I think .Good night to all from Eva ,my pillow is always protected 😀

[Mark Bolam]

I get you Sviatoslav.

 

The cage should feel like a safe place for the dog, where it wants to be, not a prison.

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

4 minutes ago, Mark Bolam said:

I get you Sviatoslav.

 

The cage should feel like a safe place for the dog, where it wants to be, not a prison.

That’s absolutely correct 👍