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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would just let her sleep in my room. If you hear her cry take her out. Hearing dogs cry makes my heart break too.[/quote]

+1 Why are you crating this dog? If she has an accident in the room, so be it - you clean it up. Work on housetraining her through actual training - not by keeping her locked in a cage where her heart is breaking every night.

You adopted this dog to be part of your family. Let her be part of your family.

I don't understand the American obsession with crating dogs. I'm American myself - but this is not how my dogs grew up and I just cannot fathom putting a well behaved dog through this. You can crate a dog if you must for her own safety but this should not be the first step in training a dog. It's very cruel.[/quote]
I agree, I hear people crating their dogs for 9-10 hours while they work and another 8-9 hours at night every day and then there is additional crate time when they are 'busy' or want to go out or whatever. The poor things spend more time in the crate than out. I understand the principle, but it was never intended by anyone as a long-term housing arrangement for a dog.  I have never found it necessary or helpful to crate any of my dogs. [/quote]

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