Dog crates/cages for puppies

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We are considering getting a Spinone pup at some point in the near future, what are peoples thought about using these crates for pups when your not about for them. We have always had dogs, never used one of these but our house is open plan downstairs so we are considering using one for the next pup, thoughts please.
 
My opinion: Essential piece of kit!
Great for helping with house training, and its a place the puppy knows he can go when it gets too much.
Its also a safe place for them to be when supervision is lacking.
But bear in mind its not something you can use for long stretches, so going to work for 8 hours and crating pup is a big no no!
 
Ditto.
I have had dogs all my life but only used a crate for the first time about 15 years ago. They make things so much easier, be it with house training or generally giving the pup a quiet place of his own to go to. I would never have a new pup again without using a crate, and in fact my GSD still goes in hers, from choice, and she is nearly 2.
 
I used a crate for the first time 2years ago for my two JRT pups, its brilliant, I don't use it in the same way people generally use it (my pups just slept in it at night) but now they go in it during the day by choice and I could lock them in if I wanted. However 9pm they go into the crate and get locked in and I always come down to a clean room in the morning - bliss.
 
Same here for our two JRT's. Its great when the puppy needs to quieten itself down a bit and no more chewed skirting boards in the morning or random poo's!! The older dog takes herself in it quite often of her own accord so they must like it!
 
Ps// I have two, both collapseable - bought from ebay for under £15.00 so I don't see any need to buy those expensive ones you see @ £30.00! (My big one was £11.00 and fits two JRTs a double duvet and fleece
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) I'd say with a different bedding arrangement my £11.00 is a good size for a loan spaniel.
 
I've got a 16 week old pup and don't think I could live without it!!!!!

I just don't think I could puppy proof my house enough for me to relax! My friend had one, but didn't persevere with it and her puppy destroyed her kitchen!

I also have one for my car. Again, I know he's safe, but also when I'm teaching (I'm an instructor) I can leave him and know he's quite happy.
 
Thanks for the replies that's great, we have other dogs, one is a Spinone, but also two cats, so I also thought it would be a good way for the cats to get used to the new pup.
 
As suggested they are fab and make life a heck of a lot easier.....we have about 40
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in our rescue.....we crate train every dog that comes in, and half of the dogs we do take in is because they where not crate trained
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We had never used crates with my previous JRT's but when we got our most recent pup we decided it was the way to go. Especially if we wanted to stay away in a hotel etc. with her. She is not bothered in the slightest about going in it and will actually scratch to get in it if she knows we are going out so that she can have a biscuit which we always give her as a reward for going in it. Housetraining her was the easiest one we have ever had and I put that down completely to the crate. Every dog I have from now will be cage trained.
 
We've gone down a slightly different route with our new pup - we've set her up a sort of puppy play pen in the corner of our living room. Used an exercise pen fence thing to create the boundary and have put down newspaper over plastic on the floor. Her bed and water is in there, and it is her little den in the way that a crate would be, but if we do somehow fail to get to her before she needs to pee she can go on the paper rather than in her bed as she would have to in a crate (although want to stress that we are not encouraging this - it's just an emergency back-up!).

Have heard lots of stories about good results with crates, but I didn't go down that route because I don't want our pup to have to go in her bed if we are delayed getting home for some reason or don't wake up to let her out in the night. Also, she has more room to move about.
 
Id never have a puppy without one!! When i first had my whippet she slept in hers at night and it was somewhere to go if she wanted some quiet time away from our other dog - essential piece of kit!!
 
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