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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?
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Is there a routine to this
eg - Walk, crated for a couple of hours, brought into house.
or is it just left there and taken out for toilet and walks?
I would say that leaving a dog in a crate in a car in heat is particularly dangerous. I did use to pop Oscar in the car for half and hour after his walk in the winter just to let him dry off and De-Mud but it was pointed out how easily he could be stolen so i stopped and to be honest i wouldn't do it know because of the weather so my kitchen floors look appalling
You would really need to keep a close eye on the lengths of times he was actually in their, if he has access to water etc before making a complaint to the RSPCA. They won't be interested unless you can give them cold hard facts.