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<blockquote data-quote="Star*" data-source="post: 270345" data-attributes="member: 4964"><p>I have mixed emotions on the crate thing - but will interject this much. </p><p> </p><p>You said he's USED to being in a crate - even closes the door behind him. I think he's very accustomed to being in a crate for long periods of time. I think anything more than six hours is excessive. To back up how I feel - put yourself in a room that is just a bit bigger than you are with no tv, and no companionship? This MAY be the reason he's doing what he's doing now - he's used to being locked up and now is free - and it's all fun and new and OH BOY look what they left for me. </p><p> </p><p>I'm not anti-crate. I'm anti-lifetime in a crate. Just my personal feelings. I do not think he sees it as punishment, but being out is equivalent to a kid in a candy store left unattended. You can give him alternative things to chew - Kongs filled with pnut butter - but he's BORED. Put him in a cage 8 hours a day? And then let him out and don't walk him for at least an hour? BIGGER problems are on your horizon. LOTS bigger - like entire couch bigger. (I know I brought home a foster dog that I was told was housebroken - left him out with the others and came home to a sectional that had NOTHING left - but springs - even ate the 2x4's - and we were gone 1 1/2 hours. Jeep is still a touchy subject in our house. lol ahem. </p><p> </p><p>IF you are going to consider the crate - consider getting a professional dog walker to come at noon and let him out - play for 30 minutes of hard, running, wear me out play - and then have him recrate your pup. Doggie day care sounds like an excellent idea - but what to me sounds like the absolute best? Take him to a trainer that keeps him for 8-10 weeks. At this point? If I were your breeder? And you came back to me with these problems....I would say you love him - but don't have the time for a puppy - that a puppy needs. Boxers are BIG HUGE BALLS of energy and if you crate him for 8 hours a day - you had better be ready for an HOUR a night or more of fast walking, roller blading, bike riding, or treadmilling - ball fetching in a field where he can wear himself down. </p><p> </p><p>Maybe there is a win-win situation - where you take him to doggy day CAMP instead of doggy day CARE - and he gets the necessary 10 week training he needs to come back to your home as a well behaved member of your family. </p><p> </p><p>If you DID put him outside? I'd have a kennel/run built for him and do things like freeze toys in blocks of ice and leave them for him in teh coming hot months, or KONGS again - great stuffers....automatic ball throwers that you can put in your yard or mount on a cage wall - outside pen. </p><p> </p><p>He would do very well if someone played with him and wound him down for a couple hours a day - it will NOT wear him down either. Boxers are durable little creatures of boundless energies. </p><p> </p><p>My bet is on the doggy trainer camp.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Star*, post: 270345, member: 4964"] I have mixed emotions on the crate thing - but will interject this much. You said he's USED to being in a crate - even closes the door behind him. I think he's very accustomed to being in a crate for long periods of time. I think anything more than six hours is excessive. To back up how I feel - put yourself in a room that is just a bit bigger than you are with no tv, and no companionship? This MAY be the reason he's doing what he's doing now - he's used to being locked up and now is free - and it's all fun and new and OH BOY look what they left for me. I'm not anti-crate. I'm anti-lifetime in a crate. Just my personal feelings. I do not think he sees it as punishment, but being out is equivalent to a kid in a candy store left unattended. You can give him alternative things to chew - Kongs filled with pnut butter - but he's BORED. Put him in a cage 8 hours a day? And then let him out and don't walk him for at least an hour? BIGGER problems are on your horizon. LOTS bigger - like entire couch bigger. (I know I brought home a foster dog that I was told was housebroken - left him out with the others and came home to a sectional that had NOTHING left - but springs - even ate the 2x4's - and we were gone 1 1/2 hours. Jeep is still a touchy subject in our house. lol ahem. IF you are going to consider the crate - consider getting a professional dog walker to come at noon and let him out - play for 30 minutes of hard, running, wear me out play - and then have him recrate your pup. Doggie day care sounds like an excellent idea - but what to me sounds like the absolute best? Take him to a trainer that keeps him for 8-10 weeks. At this point? If I were your breeder? And you came back to me with these problems....I would say you love him - but don't have the time for a puppy - that a puppy needs. Boxers are BIG HUGE BALLS of energy and if you crate him for 8 hours a day - you had better be ready for an HOUR a night or more of fast walking, roller blading, bike riding, or treadmilling - ball fetching in a field where he can wear himself down. Maybe there is a win-win situation - where you take him to doggy day CAMP instead of doggy day CARE - and he gets the necessary 10 week training he needs to come back to your home as a well behaved member of your family. If you DID put him outside? I'd have a kennel/run built for him and do things like freeze toys in blocks of ice and leave them for him in teh coming hot months, or KONGS again - great stuffers....automatic ball throwers that you can put in your yard or mount on a cage wall - outside pen. He would do very well if someone played with him and wound him down for a couple hours a day - it will NOT wear him down either. Boxers are durable little creatures of boundless energies. My bet is on the doggy trainer camp. [/QUOTE]
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