Dog dumps water in kennel -- any ideas?

[Snowflake]

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As far as I know it is not mandatory to own dogs, especially if your lifestyle is not suitable.[/QUOTE]

When I’m home my dogs are out of their crates and with me. When I leave, they are in their crates. There’s nothing criminal about that. It keeps the dogs safe, I don’t have to worry about them getting into anything while I’m gone. No thoughts of “Did I leave the tylenol on the table? OMG, I don’t know?! What if the cat knocks it on the floor?! What if the dog gets it?!” That’s not a concern if they’re in the crates. I have the neighbor kids who come over and let the dogs out in the afternoon, but if they’re out of town or can’t do it, the dogs don’t seem any worse for wear.

My dogs are well cared for. They go to the groomer every 6 weeks religiously. They’re up to date on all their shots. They get heartworm and flea preventatives every month. They get their food from smartpak. They live comfortably in my home, aren’t tied to a tree to be forgotten about. I wish more dogs were as lucky as my guys! Dogs aren’t a luxury to only be enjoyed by the kept woman who doesn’t work or by the unemployed shut in who never leaves home.

[meupatdoes]

[QUOTE=Equibrit;6422961]
As far as I know it is not mandatory to own dogs, especially if your lifestyle is not suitable.[/QUOTE]

Ok, you’ve convinced me I don’t have a suitable lifestyle to own dogs. The next time the rescue asks me to take in a death row dog, I’ll just refer them to you for all the reasons I can no longer foster.

Alternatively I’ll quit my job so that I can sit at home 24/7, because apparently going to work is dog abuse.

[Calamber]

[QUOTE=Equibrit;6422961]
As far as I know it is not mandatory to own dogs, especially if your lifestyle is not suitable.[/QUOTE]

Nor is it mandatory for the dogs to have the run of the house, unless of course they pay the mortgage. They mostly sleep all day anyway, my dogs do, if I were not home the devil JRT would most assuredly be in a crate. I have the luxury of working from home. Most do not and I would not want to deprive a dog of a good home because it is not “perfect”. The perfect home to me is where someone cares for them enough to train them to tolerate confinement and give them as normal a routine everyday as is humanly possible. Especially in this most desperate of economic crisis. It is picking at straws otherwise.

[meupatdoes]

I woke up this morning to four dogs passed out with me on the bed, all touching me with at least one part of their body. Some of them had their heads slung over each other as well. The fifth who has to be crated because he is recovering from surgery was fast asleep next to the bed in his house on his pile of blankets.

Everyone went outside for a romp and came in for breakfast, and now the littlest one is curled up in the bay window with me while I have my breakfast and read my kindle before work, Benji is on the couch wrestling with a chew toy, Shiner is sitting at my feet, Maggie has gone into her open crate in the kitchen, and the crated one is asleep with his crate having been moved right next to the bay window.

It’s a shame this lifestyle isn’t suitable for them because they seem to like it quite a lot. Somebody tell them they are being abused!

[Event4Life]

So just because people work, they shouldn’t have dogs? Granted some “special needs” dogs may need someone at home all the time, but that is generally specific cases.

We recently went to a family get together at a local pub. My cousin and his girlfriend nearly didn’t come because they couldn’t leave their dog alone for a few hours. Seriously? I’m sorry, but unless the dog has just been injured or something, your life should not be ruled like that. Eventually they took the dog with them and left him in the car, checking on him regularly. IMO the poor dog would have been happier at home in a crate than in a stuffy car (the window was down a bit of course, but it was a HOT day - for England anyway).

The dog was clearly well loved & looked after, but both me and my parents suggested crate training to them. It was recommended to us by our vet when we got our puppy. She loved her crate, and though she wouldn’t want to be in there while we were home & awake, she went in there to sleep without being told. Our older dog never needed a crate, but the pup couldn’t be trusted (we didn’t have them at the same time).

[Nezzy]

water bottles are made for dogs now. they are larger. I have used coop cups, as well. I crate my dogs, but not outside. i don’t trust people not to come up and harm them.