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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]

Np. What are you talking about? I have a dog who has never been crated- I don’t like it- and she’s fine at the vet, loves car rides, etc. [/quote]

Ever had to leave her at the vet? Or board her when you travel? Or do you hire a live-in round-the-clock petsitter?
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I don’t think many boarding kennels will agree to keep your dog in a cage for the duration of your trip even if you insist that is where they want to be and that is where they are safest and that you have trained them to love living in the cage.

I don’t know if the USA has regulations but the UK does that give space requirements (bigger than crates) and required exercise time and limits on time in any confined space. They definitely wouldn’t be allowed to keep dogs crated.[/quote]

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