Dog Cages-Tips On Getting The Right Dog Cage For your Dog

By Pete Cordingley

Dog cages are wrongly thought of by many people as a prison but this is far from the truth. A dog cage is not to restrict movement of your dog, instead it is a place provided to for your dog to feel secure and safe. The designing of dog cages to look like a dogs house will change the thinking of people who are of the opinion that dog cages are only used for punishment purposes, where the dog is put to confine his movement.

It has been learned from recent studies that pets feel safe when in their cage and feel at home there. Dogs happily spend time sleeping in a dog cage. It is recommended to train the puppies in their early stage of life to use a dog cage so that they are comfortable utilizing it as he grows.

A dog cage should never be misused for punishment purposes when your pet dog is behaving badly, since your dog will get ill-feeling for their dog cage and will be uneager to go in to it. A dog invariably will acquire a resentment to stay in their dog cage.

Locking dogs in cages for punishment will make them a lot more aggressive, they will end up not listening to you, nor will they follow your commands. A pet dog is a sensitive creature and for cage training it is far better to develop a feeling that cages are a safe place for them to be. The main idea behind using the cage for your pet dog is to make him feel comfortable.

When your pet feels comfortable staying in its dog cage it will be lot easier to take your pet dog from one place to another. One of the most significant reasons for acquiring a good attitude for their cage is this as well. Before you provide training to your dog to stay in the dog cage, it will be necessary to get the cage equipped with a few things that will give added comfort of your pet dog.

One of the things you want to do is add some blankets to provide a softer base on the floor of their cage for your pet to rest on. Next is to provide water so that your dog can drink when necessary. Further more, place some playthings for him to play with. Thus the size of the cage needs to be such that all these things can be fitted in it as these things will make your pet feel that he is in safe place and cage is not a jail.

Initially keep the door of the dog cage open, but in time slowly keep the door closed for a short time. Once your pet feels the cage is safe should bit by bit increase the time for keeping door of the cage closed. The main intent of cage training is to get the pet feel safe in it instead of employing the dog cage as punishment. - 29953

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