Dog crates - would you do this? Why or why not?

[gritsar]

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The boys are only in their crates at night (with the doors open) or when we have to go somewhere (doors closed). They choose to go in their crates at night or if we are taking a nap; their crates are in our bedroom, so they just join us in a nap. They sometimes will switch crates.
They are very well behaved in the house. All we really have to do anymore is put the puppy gate up across the bathroom threshold, although I don't know why we bother. It's been months since either of them showed any interest in the litter box (in the bathroom).
It's really DH that's talked of joining their crates. I don't see anything wrong with the way things are now. When they go into their crates they lay down against the ends that are touching, so they're as close as they can be to each other anyhow.

 

[TLWR]

DH has combined 2 large crates when his 3 greys wanted to share (or maybe it was only 2 wanted to share).
All 3 would go in and just hang out in there together.

 

[Redyre Rotties]

I would NEVER combine dogs over the age of 12 weeks inside one small space. If a conflict broke out it could end to deadly consequences. Dogs need their own space after 12 or so weeks of age, most breeds.

 

[teach1rusl]

I think I'd just have the crates right there side-by-side, which may be the case already. But here the MidWest site. http://mw.factoryoutletstore.com/cat/18350/54-Inch-Dog-Crates.html There's a great dane sized crate that we paid $177 for including shipping. It's 54 inches long.

 

[annie3001]

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our 8 month old puppy cant wait to go in her crate (lol) to get away from the kids (toddlers that drive into craziness)

 

[rancher hicks]

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Is this a riddle? Do I get a prize?

As far as I know crates are for transport and having two combined would defeat that purpose I would think. Now if you were using it for "housing" of broody hens then that might make sense.

 

[rancher hicks]

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our 8 month old puppy cant wait to go in her crate (lol) to get away from the kids (toddlers that drive into craziness)

I can understand that. When the kids were younger I put a chair in the playpen and left them outside. It was easier on me.

 

[gritsar]

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Is this a riddle? Do I get a prize?

As far as I know crates are for transport and having two combined would defeat that purpose I would think. Now if you were using it for "housing" of broody hens then that might make sense.

Crates in the home serve the purpose of 1) housebreaking (done long ago) and 2) give the dogs their own space, their own "cave". Done right, the dogs consider their crates to be a sanctuary.

 

[rancher hicks]

I ain't got a dog ........................yet!

 

[Orchid]

I would not let two dogs share a crate unless it was with the door open, so if there was a tussle one could escape easily.

That being said, I broke my own rule and did allow my basset hound to share a crate with an extremely neurotic Chihuahua cross we had for a while. (Sadly, he thought he was bigger and meaner than a truck tire, so we didn't have him long.

) Buster looooooved Fluppy as though she were his mother...if a fight had broken out between those two, it would have meant the apocalypse was right around the corner.