Retraining spraying cats

[katladyd]

Crating with an open door is not cruel or inhumane in any way whatsoever. But....how would YOU like to be locked up for hours with no bathroom access? I don't think anyone with a heart can condone that. I'll never understand crating or dogs, so this is just my opinion.

[Taz_Zoee]

I have two dogs. One is crate trained and the other is not.
We never crate trained Zoee because I am a light sleeper and she was a restless sleeper so she kept me awake. When we leave the house she goes in the bathroom, that is her "crate".
When we got Taggart I decided to crate train him. I was a little skeptical due to the fact that he had been a kennel dog for 6 months (well, we don't know what his life was for the first 6 months). But we crate trained him to sleep in his crate at night. That way we aren't fighting for space on our bed with two dogs.
He is such a sound sleeper, he doesn't keep me awake with moving around. And he has a bladder of steel and can hold it forever. Not by my choice....I'll try to get him to go out before bed and he just looks at me like I'm crazy. He know goes into his crate for bed at night before we even tell him to. He also goes in there if/when we leave while Zoee is in the bathroom.

If that's "inhumane" then so be it! Then I guess there are lots of us here on Pet Talk that are inhumane.

Oh yes, back to the original post.....I never heard of crating a cat to potty train it. Strange....

[Medusa]

Crating with an open door is not cruel or inhumane in any way whatsoever. But....how would YOU like to be locked up for hours with no bathroom access? I don't think anyone with a heart can condone that. I'll never understand crating or dogs, so this is just my opinion.

Indoor dogs don't usually have bathroom access anyhow unless there's a doggie door for them. When I had dogs, I was gone sometimes all day and my dogs waited until I came home and then I let them out to go. Also, dogs are pack animals and social animals, so some can become destructive while their humans are gone. Coming home and finding your house torn up isn't good either. Believe me, there are a lot of people who crate their dogs and all is well for everyone involved.