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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is an extended period?  We crate trained our puppy when we were housebreaking him and he was in the crate for a good portion of the day in the beginning.  We slowly gave him more freedom.  Until about 2 months ago he was still crated at night.  We've now taken the crate down and put it away.  If we got another dog we would do the same thing.  We were told that it is not at all cruel and in fact, the best way to housebreak a puppy.  [/quote]

Using a crate to train a puppy is not the same thing as crating an adult dog while you work 12-hour shifts (so the dog is crated, presumably, for 13 hours - which assumes a 30-minute commute to/from work).  The former is indeed the best way to housebreak a puppy; the latter is cruel and inhumane because it gives the dog a terrible quality of life and jeopardizes his mental health (and muscle tone).

I mean it when I say that NO reputable animal welfare/defense org thinks crating an adult dog for a full workday or more is defensible.  Not a single one.  (Try to find one - you will not.)  Why?  Because it is objectively bad for the dog.  It is cruel and inhumane.

See e.g. the following - these are just a few links.  There are many, many more, and they all (ALL) say the same thing:

http://www.animalbehavior.org/ABSAppliedBehavior/article-applied-behavior/the-right-2013-and-wrong-2013-way-to-use-a-dog-crate

http://www.humanesociety.org/animals/dogs/tips/crate_training.html

http://north-attleboro.ma.us/shelter/crate.html#crate-adult

http://www.dogstardaily.com/blogs/crate-or-not-crate-why

http://www.chron.com/life/article/Locking-a-dog-in-a-crate-all-day-is-cruel-3459711.php

http://www.adoptpetshelter.org/adoptions/PDF/APetOwnersGuideToTheDogCrate.pdf

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