Twisterdog,

I've seen a lot of abuse of crate training. The idea that you would get a dog, only to put it into a crate for nine to ten hours during the day and to again put the dog in their for eight hours a night is just repellent to me. Why bother getting a dog in the first place? That's no life at all as far as I'm concerned.

I certainly see how it can be a good thing, but my initial impressions of it were not excellent. It's easily abused by lazy dog parents.