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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]For people who are opposed to crate training, how do you deal with non-routine vet visits where the dog needs to be crated?

I don't agree with crating a dog all day everyday by any means, but there should be a balance as situations will arise when a dog needs to be crated and if they can't handle that, what then? [/quote]

Why would a dog need a cage for the vet? Just wrap a blanket around dog. If dog truly can only be moved with a cage, then it will be so sick it won’t care.[/quote]

Lol. Clearly someone with no experience with Vet Med. The dogs who haven't learned the skill of relaxing in a crate (it is a teachable skill) have to be sedated beyond belief because they'll rip out their stitches, IV lines, tear that blanket to shreds and ingest it, become reactive with Vets and Techs and be generally unhinged, anxious nightmares. [/quote]

That is so bizarre. Growing up we all took our dogs to the vet, none were crate trained, and none had those issues. I think the view that the only way a dog can be trained is to be in a cage shows a real knowledge deficit. Millions of dogs around the world are pets who aren't in cages - and many are trained and not wild beasts or unhinged nighmares like you are describing here. You all should reach out to vets in other parts of the world to broaden your view. [/quote]

Oh, we have, many times. There's a long answer but the short answer is the dogs aren't any better but it matters less if they die, are generally miserable, or they need to rely on heavy narcotics. They're not getting sued so they can act with impunity. [/quote]

I’m from the US. Never crated and never had issues with my dogs at the vet or in cars etc.

NP [/quote]

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