Dog Health Questions: Crate Training?

How many of you are using, or have used in the past, a dog Crate? I'm always amazed on here that so many people seem never to have heard of them and they are a life saver in so many situations!!
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i used a crate training and it was the best! My dog is now 2 years old and still loves her crate, i leave the door open for her all day and she always chooses to sleep in there, she knows its her territory and is proud of it!

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• My pup loves his crate! The only exception is when I am gone for more than a few hours, I block off the hallway and leave his crate door open, so he can wander in and out and have access to more toys, and more space. But I usually come home to find him sleeping in his crate anyway! Its also a great way to travel safely in the car with the dog.


• I have used crates with great success. My dogs love theirs. Sometimes I think that people who aren't educated about them think the dogs are being jailed.


• Umm...Crate training? Sorry,never heard of it.


• I wish I would have known about crate training when my dog was a puppy, it would have save me a lot of aggravation.


• I've had good luck with crates. Used it for 2 different dogs. The second one even knew to go in it as soon as I jingled my keys to leave. As she got older, I would leave the door open and she would use it to sleep quite often.


• Do you people never left your dogs run outside? I use a crate for Tavelling (we do a lot) and that's it. All my dogs have always slept outside in their dog houses (winter) or on their snooza beds (summer). Then when I'm out they are left outside. They have free rein of both back and front yards on a 800sqm block.
  
  I know the advantages (I've done it) of crate training but really I don't agree on it being used all the time. Then again I've never had to train a dog and work full time.
  
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  Ah I see! I live in Australia so most people have 500sqm to 1000sqm blocks. Most housing developments use to throw in free 6ft fencing when houses were first built so most places have great fencing.
  
  There is dog theft but not much I here about. Plus if you complain about a dog you have to get all sorts of proof and keep a log book for ages. then once there is a formal complaint you get a piece of paper with numbers you can call to help. Then you're given 3 weeks to prove that you're doing something about it. Then after that you're given 3 months for the problem to be rectified. I know this because my old neigbour behind us complained about our old Border collie. I was able to prove to the council that his yelling at her was setting her off. Because his kids could come out a yell heaps and she never made a sound.
  
  Bloody neigbours. What made it worse was that we were going to complain about his bloody bird. But he got in before us and i we complained about that it was going to be very hard to not look bad.


• I crate train because I show, train and travel with my dogs. A crate is their home away from home. I give them a stuffed Kong and away we go. I also go over crate training in the obedience classes, puppy kindergarten, and 4H classes that I teach. Crate training makes house training easier and more effective. It also will save your belongings from a puppy and the puppy from being punished. A crate used properly is a good thing.