# Let the dog out! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 27, 2003, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520 "2003-04-27T18:04:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Gulo\_gulo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bcef8e/32.png) [@Gulo\_gulo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gulo_gulo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520/21 "2003-04-28T23:36:03Z")
Hey, someone just posted on one of my dog rescue lists that there’s someone in Anchorage wanting to adopt a doxie. Can you get the keys to this place? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520/22 "2003-04-29T01:39:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by IcicleFuzz \* > \*\ ***Daikona** , please note I said _all_ day. The OP gave the impression that the two animals mentioned spent practically all of the time in the crate. > > I’m sorry for giving you the impression that I thought that those who spend a large part of the day away from the house should not have pets. That was not what I intended. I recognise that when an animal would be otherwise unsupervised for a long time it is necessary to put the pet in a crate. \*\* Ah, rant retracted then. It sounded as though you were talking about just putting them in the crate during the away part of the day. If you meant just the OP situation, where the poor thing is in there _all_ the time, I agree with you. If you never want the dog out of a box at all, I’m not sure why you wanted to have one. ---
**Author:** ![jack\_ss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@jack\_ss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jack_ss)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520/23 "2003-04-29T02:37:15Z")
I crated my pup for housetraining; overnight & while I was at work. When he was house trained, no moer need to crate him. Now it’s his bed. He goes there when little children come over & tease him. He hides there when I start yelling. He feels safe in his bed. There is _NO WAY IN HELL_ I would even think of confining him to bed for most of his life. Peopel wh do that are just…I don’t have words for them. Like ppl who tie their children to stair rails & starve them to death. :mad ---
**Author:** ![Klaatu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Klaatu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Klaatu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520/24 "2003-04-29T05:44:59Z")
Crate training DOES NOT mean leave the fucking dog locked up while you are at work for 8 hours or gone for the weekend. It means establishing, as was said, a “den” type atmosphere for the dog. It allows the dog to have a safe friendly place to chill. If you think you can lock your dog in a crate all fucking day while you are at work, you should be locked up your own damn self. ---
**Author:** ![IcicleFuzz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ba8739/32.png) [@IcicleFuzz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IcicleFuzz)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 9:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520/25 "2003-04-29T09:40:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daikona \* > **Ah, rant retracted then. It sounded as though you were talking about just putting them in the crate during the away part of the day. If you meant just the OP situation, where the poor thing is in there _all_ the time, I agree with you.** Yeah, it was puppy-in-a-can I was talking about, not anything else. ---
**Author:** ![Daikona](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@Daikona](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daikona)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520/26 "2003-04-29T12:57:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Klaatu \* > \*\*Crate training DOES NOT mean leave the fucking dog locked up while you are at work for 8 hours or gone for the weekend. > > It means establishing, as was said, a “den” type atmosphere for the dog. It allows the dog to have a safe friendly place to chill. > > If you think you can lock your dog in a crate all fucking day while you are at work, you should be locked up your own damn self. \*\* Allow me to reapply my above rant here then. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520/27 "2003-04-29T14:28:12Z")
I just dont understand people sometimes. Why would you even WANT a dog if you were going to keep it locked up all freaking day? Things like that just piss me off. Animals are not disposable, they are not toys, they are not decorations. They are living breathing creatures with feelings just like you and I. And I am not against crate-training, but I am against people like in the OP that leave the dog in the crate 24/7. These people are the same kind of people that buy persian cats just to decorate their couch, and buy beautiful parrots that they leave in the cage their whole life, just because they’re pretty. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2003, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520/28 "2003-04-29T14:54:27Z")
I agree completely. Great rant. I have a friend whose little sister bugged their parents (NOT dog people) until they bought her a dog. A spaniel puppy, which they proceeded to keep locked in her crate ALL THE FUCKING TIME. I would come over and ask to play with it, and they let her out and (natch) she was so excited she ran all over the place and jumped up and down on me (the guest) and ‘leaked’ all over the floor, until they got fed up and LOCKED HER UP AGAIN. They would take her for a half-hour walk or so every day (I hope they at least did it every day), on-leash. I was so angry! OF COURSE she runs around like a fool when there are people around! Wouldn’t you, if you were locked up the rest of the time? How can she learn to behave herself if you never give her the chance? How can you expect her to be calm if you NEVER LET HER EXERCISE? I swear, there should be a ‘citizen’s arrest’ procedure for pets. If you are more concerned with keeping your house tidy than you are with keeping your pet happy, YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE A PET. grrrrrr. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/let-the-dog-out/171520.md?page=1)