I once saw a pickup truck used for carrying a complete team of sled dogs. Each dog had a tube-like compartment with a small door with a window looking out at the road.
Most dogs love cave-like dens. Most dogs also love to look out of windows from a moving vehicle. These sled dogs eagerly jumped into their individual cells, arranged like a honeycomb. It was plain that they had done this before, and were eager for the next ride.
There is nothing at all cruel about carrying a dog in a box where he can lie down and sleep, or watch the world go by. They just need adequate warmth and ventilation, and stops for “exercise.”
Dogs do not suffer claustrophobia: burrows and caves are natural for the whole dog family. Those dogs riding in cars seem to enjoy the heightened intensity of smells caused by wind blowing across their olfactory membranes. They are happy to travel like this. If they didn’t like such travel, they would probably bite you.
What dogs like is being with their family, which is their “pack.”
What they don’t like is being left alone for long periods of time, as when owners go off to work for a whole day. That makes them depressed.
Mitt, is that you? Sounds exactly like Romney’s excuse.
Mitt put poor Seamus in a cage on the car roof for 12 hours exposed to the wind and elements. He was so scared he pooped himself, but control freak Mitt didn’t walk him. His own kids say Mitt didn’t allow restroom breaks for them.
Yep! The dog loved it SO much he got diarrhea. The kids thought it was so cool they asked dad to stop.
/vast amounts of sarcasm
See my post 33. This is not necessarily as bad as folks are making it out to be. Those issues I raise are the questions that should be asked, and if they were accounted for, there is nothing wrong with it.
“burrows and caves are natural for the whole dog family.”
Actually, IIRC, that’s not true. Wolves (I assume everyone really means) don’t use caves, except at whelping time. Basically they’re in caves as babies, and as whelping/lactating mothers.
Turns out the whole crate thing is a sham. Not that crates don’t work, but the rationalization (as opposed to rationale, eh?) is faulty.