What's in your dog's crate?
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the wowies and cocker arnt crated...
the cresties:
layer 1 is a thick crate pad, jasper has a waterproof one and ruby has one of those thick snoozy fur ones.
layer 2 is a regular fleece/burber type crate pad
ive found putting the thikcer under layer in helps keep the drafts out and the thin crate pads warmer...
then they each have a small blankie and a large blankie...they get covered up with the large blankie (often folded into 1/4's) before being closed in for the night. (which if i dont do jasper screams at me untill i cover him up lol)
jasper tends to always have one of my socks...(he loves my socks and as a puppy it was the item i put in there that smelt like me cause at the time its all i had...ever since then he loves to sleep with a sock.
and sometimes hell grab a toy before bed, if he does and brings it to the crate he can take it to bed with him, right now its his skinneez fox, hes INLOVE with that thing
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ruby tends to have a chewy in with her, i swear she hides them around the house because before bed shell run off and grab one from the most random of places and as long as it isnt too small i let her take that to bed with her...
the cresties:
layer 1 is a thick crate pad, jasper has a waterproof one and ruby has one of those thick snoozy fur ones.
layer 2 is a regular fleece/burber type crate pad
ive found putting the thikcer under layer in helps keep the drafts out and the thin crate pads warmer...
then they each have a small blankie and a large blankie...they get covered up with the large blankie (often folded into 1/4's) before being closed in for the night. (which if i dont do jasper screams at me untill i cover him up lol)
jasper tends to always have one of my socks...(he loves my socks and as a puppy it was the item i put in there that smelt like me cause at the time its all i had...ever since then he loves to sleep with a sock.
and sometimes hell grab a toy before bed, if he does and brings it to the crate he can take it to bed with him, right now its his skinneez fox, hes INLOVE with that thing
.ruby tends to have a chewy in with her, i swear she hides them around the house because before bed shell run off and grab one from the most random of places and as long as it isnt too small i let her take that to bed with her...
As of right now, a bathmat to keep it comfy, with a lambskin blanket on top of that (his baby blanket) and then a blue fleece blanket on top of that.
He has to have an all wire crate cuz he will chew through the plastic ones, and he can't have the pan in the bottom cuz he will chew it up, so in order to keep the wire from hurting him, he gets lots of padding, which he usually bunches up into a ball anyway, lol.
At the moment, there is also a tupperware container in there, he likes to steal things out of the sink and "hide" them in there. One time I found a butter knife!!
He has to have an all wire crate cuz he will chew through the plastic ones, and he can't have the pan in the bottom cuz he will chew it up, so in order to keep the wire from hurting him, he gets lots of padding, which he usually bunches up into a ball anyway, lol.
At the moment, there is also a tupperware container in there, he likes to steal things out of the sink and "hide" them in there. One time I found a butter knife!!
Dog beds for 3 of the dogs, double layer crate mats for another and 2 thick fleece blankets for the last dog, they get what they prefer.
The pups each have thick fleece blankets in their crates.
They all have chews, i.e bully sticks or cow hooves etc.
Water bowl if we are gone for the day.
Some of the dogs take various toys or chews into their crates, or grab one to take with them when I ask them to go to their crates.
Also they don't have a crate that is *theirs alone*, they seem to prefer different crates at different times and I don't care either lol.
The pups each have thick fleece blankets in their crates.
They all have chews, i.e bully sticks or cow hooves etc.
Water bowl if we are gone for the day.
Some of the dogs take various toys or chews into their crates, or grab one to take with them when I ask them to go to their crates.
Also they don't have a crate that is *theirs alone*, they seem to prefer different crates at different times and I don't care either lol.
His bed, which is pretty cushy, a frozen kong filled with goodies and a frozen dentabone.
He spends about 10 hours in there, 5 days a week.
I hate doing it, but he doesnt seem to mind and will run ahead of me and jump into it as soon as I take his kong out of the freezer.
(We have really fun and stimulating evenings and weekends for what its worth)
He spends about 10 hours in there, 5 days a week.
I hate doing it, but he doesnt seem to mind and will run ahead of me and jump into it as soon as I take his kong out of the freezer.
(We have really fun and stimulating evenings and weekends for what its worth)
Morgan has three fleece blankets of various sizes (started with a small baby blanket that I made for him, and every time he outgrew a blanket I just added a bigger one and never got around to taking the smaller ones out). He chews up beds in the crate, but he loves his blankies.
I try to keep a Kong and a Cuz in there for him, but sometimes we forget (when we get home and let him out of the crate, he likes to carry all the toys out and give them to us). Sometimes I stuff the Kong with kibble or broken-up treats.
He's only crated when nobody is home. He's proven himself trustworthy enough to be uncrated at night while we sleep, but he can still get some weird ideas if he's left alone in the house.
I try to keep a Kong and a Cuz in there for him, but sometimes we forget (when we get home and let him out of the crate, he likes to carry all the toys out and give them to us). Sometimes I stuff the Kong with kibble or broken-up treats.
He's only crated when nobody is home. He's proven himself trustworthy enough to be uncrated at night while we sleep, but he can still get some weird ideas if he's left alone in the house.