Hi there, I am usually over at the Cat Talk, but I do have a question about dogs and crateing them.

Both my step mother in law, sister in law and now my niece are all creating their dogs. To me this is horrible!

Can someone please tell me the purpose of doing this?? When I asked my MIL she said it was to keep her house cleaner. When I asked my niece she said that when she wanted to play with the dogs, she would take them out, when she was done, she would put them away...... Since when did pets become "as needed"????

My cats have the full run of my house, and if I were to have a dogs they too would have the house to themselves. Maybe I'm wrong, but this sure confuses me. If you don't want the mess or you only want to play with them on your schedule, them please don't have them!!

Am I over reacting??