Photo: If You Wouldn't Crate Your Child …

Written by Heather Faraid Drennan

Posted 01-23-2012

Dog © iStockphoto.com/Steve Goodwin

With Ashly Clark, a Nebraska mother whose two young boys were found locked in a wire kennel during a police welfare check, set to go on trial on January 31, PETA is planning to erect a billboard in her area that reminds people that crating is wrong—for children and dogs.

Since dogs are highly social pack animals, they find crating or chaining a terrible punishment and it can actually make behavioral problems like barking and hyperactivity worse.

Dogs need to be allowed outside to relieve themselves at least four times a day, whether that means coming home from work at lunchtime, hiring a reputable dog walker, or taking them to a doggie daycare. After all, would you leave a toddler in a cage all day?

Tags:

dogs, crating, Nebraska, kennels, Ashly Clark

Recent Comments

tots commented:

Feb 8, 2012 5:59 PM

my dog sleeps in a crate at night... she seems to like it and it is spacious enough for her to spread out with a plastic bottom as well as a towel. is that ok?
Tracy commented:

Jan 25, 2012 10:24 AM

Thank you for taking a stand against this. So many in the animal rescue community condone crating and pass this belief onto people. I have been called an "extremest" for speaking out against crating because people find it so normal to do this. The 2 humane societies where I live support crating and advocate it! :( I wish more was done on this issue and to bring to light how cruel this is. I have a lot of rescue dogs (all who I have found off the street) and everyone has to learn to get along and not go to the bathroom in the house; of course there are mistakes, but that's what training is about. In fact, I find that every time I bring a new dog into the house, the other dogs help to teach him or her how things go. I can't imagine having my dogs locked up like prisoners. Locking a dog away to avoid training is cruel and shallow on the owners part.
Casey Rae Kay Galambas commented:

Jan 24, 2012 4:47 PM

I highly agree, crating animals is abusive and those that do so should be locked away forever, just like they try to do to those sweet little puppies. I could never dream of doing such a disgraceful action to any living thing, other than the poeple who torture animals. Who says being human makes you better than a K-9?
CDavis commented:

Jan 23, 2012 10:15 PM

Couldn't agree with this more. People obviously don't enjoy being in jail/prison, so why would you even begin to think your animal would be okay with this treatment? Animals have feelings, just as strong as humans...after all, we are animals, too.
Blanaru Adelina commented:

Jan 23, 2012 1:13 PM

I really wish that the dogs could live a normal live, not chained, locked, punished because nobody would want to be in their place . They need to feel loved just like we do, they have feelings and they feel the pain . They can't do anything to change their lives but you can do little things like take them to a walk or fead them and that will mean a lot for them . Thank you for your time and patience .

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