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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, you city people have pretty strange thoughts about dogs.  You realize they are meant to be outside, right?  And this crating trend...you honestly think that it's better to keep a dog in a cage like a bird?  The thing I would most be concerned about is barking and your neighbors.[/quote]

Actually dogs have been domesticated for thousands of years.  Wolves are meant to live outside; dogs are not.

My dog and others' dogs I know are not crated regardless of "trends."  They live indoors, with people, because they are pets - not lawn ornaments.[/quote]

Not pp, but, actually, the [b]DNA of all dogs is almost identical to wolves[/b].  I don't leave our dog outside all day (he's tiny, and there are eagles around here that would carry him away), but I also don't get those who equate a dog being outside with dog abuse.  Keeping a dog inside all the time is dog abuse.  My little, frou frou designer dog LOVES being outside -- I have to go out and chase him back in the house, unless it's really cold or really hot.  Dogs are NOT "little people with fur coats". That's an insult to the dogs. [/quote]

Yes, but wolves are not domesticated, and that is a huge difference.  There was a study on this awhile back; they raised wolf pups in a household to see if they could be domesticated to connect with humans as dogs do.  They cannot.

Dogs are not little people with fur coats.  But they do have deep connections to humans and need to be with us.

And it is cruel to leave a dog alone outdoors for 10 hours a day, regardless.  It is inhumane.[/quote]

Ok...maybe it is not ok to leave some neurotic toy dog outside all day.  They are also more prone to injury, BUT some dogs thrive outside and not inside.  What about all those working dogs whose job it is to be outside all day guarding???  Even in the snow, rain and heat...There are certain dogs that have more aloof temperments.  Not every dog is identical, but some dogs will do VERY well with this arrangement.  [/quote]

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