Originally Posted by Jo13564

I wonder if someone can give a bit of advice?
I have a neighbour who owns a labrador retriever, he has a range rover parked on the pavement with a crate inside in which this dog is kept for hours during the day, it would be fair to say, most of the day, everyday. On the occasions I have witnessed him remove the dog from the car it appears to be well cared for/bouncy/alert etc. I have owned dogs most of my life, (although I don't at the moment, sadly) have never used crates so don't really understand the correct usage of them. I feel his use of the crate is excessive but I'd like to get other peoples opinions on this before I jump in with both feet and contact the RSPCA. Can anybody help?