He didn’t “poop in his crate” he had a severe case of the squirts, so bad it rad down the back of the car and the kids were saying “ewwww gross”. Mitt then stopped the car, hosed down both car and dog and drove off.
What a dreadful thing to do to a dog. When we travel, the dog is in the back of the car with the air conditioner on. If it’s too long a ride, we board her in a clean facility.
His behavior shows a lack of empathy and intelligence and sheer common sense.
Poop is poop, it’s either hard or runny. Bottom line is the dog crapped in the crate. If my dogs were in the car, in their crates, which is how I travel with them, and they pooped in the crate while I was on the road what other choices do I have? I’m not home where I have my fancy grooming supplies, warm water, the dog bath, etc. Now if I was on my way to a dog show I would have some of those things with me, he wasn’t. I’m not sticking up for mitens, but sheesh, what else could anyone do other than to find a place to hose it off and maybe stop and get some Kaopectate to give them to stop the runs.
Maybe the dog had the runs before they left and that’s why he put him in the crate outside the car which is even worse. That would mean the dogs wasn’t feeling well and shouldn’t have even been taken on the trip.