Crating definitely should not be used the way you described.
My dog Simba, who is now 6, was crated for a year or so when we first got him at 8 months. We only crated him while we were away. We no longer crate him because we full trust him with free run of the house.


Nala was crated for the first few months we had her. She could not be confined to a room, as she'd tear the carpet, she could not have free run of the house, as she'd tear up everything else.

Neither of them use it anymore and it is collapsed and under the bed.

It helps greatly while training and teaching a puppy..... used the correct way.