Consumer rights info - Dog cage

peachyprice

jumpedtheshark wrote: »

One of our dogs used to suffer from extreme separation anxiety. She chewed through the plastic latches on her crate in less than 4 hours (how long she was left home alone). It was this design: http://www.hagen.com/uk/dogs/addinfo/petcargo.cfm

I'm not suprised being locked up in that for 4 hours.

Most 'crates' for training are this sort of thing
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product_group.asp?dept_id=773&pg_id=641

OP, was yours a proper training crate of a travel box?

jumpedtheshark

Sorry, just to add that you might want to ask on the pets forum about separation anxiety. I'll bet they have lots of good advice. We've encouraged our dog to think of a leather chair (!) as her chair, so that she'll snuggle up there when we go out. Also, I know that lots of people say that routines are bad for dogs with separation anxiety - they start to get upset as soon as you start going through the routine of going out. The opposite is true for our dog, perhaps because she then knows what to expect in terms of when we'll be back, I don't know.

If you can say exactly what crate/cage is was - any link to online info? - then we can figure out what the "purpose" is marketed as. Same goes for what the retailer said to you when they sold it to you.

jumpedtheshark

peachyprice wrote: »

I'm not suprised being locked up in that for 4 hours.

Most 'crates' for training are this sort of thing
http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product_group.asp?dept_id=773&pg_id=641

OP, was yours a proper training crate of a travel box?

I'll try not to take that personally. We all do the best we can with the information we're given. That was the only type of crate we could buy to fit our dog when we got her from the rescue organisation, and they approved the crate for the purpose.

blue_monkey_2

Back to the original question, Is it fit for purpose.

If you bought a fabric crate for a dog that already ripped up the carpets then that is your fault to be honest and you should have bought something stronger. No matter how long she has been in it, if she was going to rip up carpets there was always a chance she was going to rip up the crate and so you will know for the future to get a wire crate. If you want her to be enclosed, put a towel over the top.

If it was a wire crate and the dog has chewed her way through it then no, it is not fit for purpose - if a JR could do that then so could any dog. However, I cannot imagine any dog would be able to chew their way out of a crate made of wire, would they? Even the kennels have kennels made just of wire and not wood for those dogs that like to chew everything.

I think we need more information on the actual crate you bought (you also say 'den') before we can offer any more advice on whether it was fit for purpose. Maybe a name, specs or picture would be helpful.

I have 2 dogs, one goes in the fabric crate and the other would be out within 2 mins so she has a wire crate - you have to take your dogs nature into consideration when buying these things too.

tomjonesrules

jumpedtheshark wrote: »

I'll try not to take that personally. We all do the best we can with the information we're given. That was the only type of crate we could buy to fit our dog when we got her from the rescue organisation, and they approved the crate for the purpose.

Dogs are not intended to be in crates. If the dog does not fit in with your lifestyle, give it to someone more suited.

Qwiksilver

tomjonesrules wrote: »

Dogs are not intended to be in crates. If the dog does not fit in with your lifestyle, give it to someone more suited.

What a ridiculous ill informed statement.

pulliptears

tomjonesrules wrote: »

Dogs are not intended to be in crates. If the dog does not fit in with your lifestyle, give it to someone more suited.

Here's a few thoughts for you:

Its winter, its cold and my dogs sleep in the kitchen. Rather than let them be cold I put them in a fabric crate in the hall next to a warm radiator. The dogs cant wander or set off the burglar alarm and are warm.

Its summer, we take the boys on holiday. Rather than let them have the run of a caravan or property we don't own we crate them at night to keep them safe and secure in a familiar environment.

Just 2 examples as to why your sweeping generalisations are 100% horse sh*t.

scheming_gypsy

tomjonesrules wrote: »

Dogs are not intended to be in crates. If the dog does not fit in with your lifestyle, give it to someone more suited.

So food aggression between my two is down to my lifestyle is it?