I’ve gotten a total of 12 hours of sleep in a week because he keeps me up. He’s a beagle, so his screams are the loudest thing on the planet.
I love him so much. More than I love myself. But the lil dude is really infuriating me every night. He just wants me to hold him because he doesn’t feel good.
Last night he figured out how to open his crate from the inside, so I had to use a carabiner to make sure the door wouldn’t open.
I have to endure this for 3 more weeks because he’ll be on his antibiotic for that long.
Edit: y’all, I’m not actually mad at my dog. More frustrated at the situation and tired. Chill out
If your dog hates their crate, the owner fucked up and used it as a punishment. Not crate training your dog is cruelty and irresponsible.
What does someone do when pet sitting your dog? Or when it’s sick and needs to be contained? Or when it’s at the vet for an extended period of time? Or if it escapes and is captured by animal control?
If you don’t prepare a dog to be comfortable in its own space then it’s going to freak the FUCK out which isn’t fare for the dog.
Holy fuck you guys are psychotic. Which for profit prisons are you invested in? JFC the mental gymnastics.
Get some help
For not abusing my dogs? No thanks, I’m good.
No, for doom spiralling with strangers on the internet over pet advice.
You guys proudly admit to locking animals in cages that do not understand why you’re doing it to them and then you convince yourselves that you’re good people when they develop a form of Stockholm syndrome to whatever abuse you put them through. I think it’s a great reason to pop off on you people.
Every respectable pet professional recommends crate training. Dogs are not human children, they do not behave like them and do not need the same care and resources them. At the end of the day if you don’t crate train a dog, that’s your choice. But crate training is far from cruel and provides dogs with a happy space of their own where they feel safe, secure, and in control.
Humane Society:
https://www.animalhumanesociety.org/resource/crate-training-your-dog-or-puppy#:~:text=Crate training makes it easier,their den or sleeping area.
AKC:
https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/training/why-crate-training-is-great-for-your-dog/
Paws:
https://www.paws.org/resources/the-benefits-of-crate-training/
I think I made myself clear in my very first comment, take whatever bullshit you’ve used to convince yourself that abusing your animals is okay and shove it straight up your ass.
Hope you have a great day!