Dog cells: purpose, subtleties of choice, manufacture and installation
Any of your pet reacts very sensitively to a positive attitude. So that the dog is quickly used to living in his new house, it is not recommended to close the cage at first. This should be done after 2-3 weeks, after the dog was adapted in a new place. If the animal enters the cage without problems and is there, then do not try to extract it from there. Show care, try to praise your dog friend for each correct action. Thus, you will contribute to the fact that the dog will feel comfortable and comfortable.
In relation to small puppies, show restraint. Teach them to go to the toilet into a certain corner of the cell, preparing diapers or well absorbing tissue for this. After a prolonged sitting is locked up, the dog needs to increase the walking time as compensation. Remember that any animal will not become organized and obedient in itself. From a young age, teach your pet to observe discipline, raise it.
About how to choose the right cell size for the dog, watch in the next video.
How to care?
The animal should be clean. You can have two litter. If you wash one of them, then the dog will not feel discomfort, because inside the cage it will be on a convenient shift bed. It is necessary to ensure that the water from the drinker does not spill, and the dog is not in a pool. After the pet ate, bowls designed for food should be removed from the cage.
There should be favorite toys inside. You can not punish the animal located in such a house if it hid any of your things there. You need to calmly pick it up. If you punish the dog, then placing your pet in the cage will be very problematic.
Peculiarities
In the wild, dogs live in the holes they equipped. These animals at an instinctive level feel the need for solitude in different life circumstances. Homemade dogs also prefer their own space, designed specifically for them. They get used to being in a cage or house, which you can place in your apartment in a convenient place for you, and also provide the animal with a lying comfortable for relaxation and wakefulness.
Modern designers have developed a large number of models of apartment aviators for dogs. If you have minimal knowledge in the field of carpentry and locksmiths, then you can make a dwelling to your dog friend yourself. A purchase or homemade animal house will give him the opportunity to feel safe. In it, the pet will be able to move freely. If your dog has puppies, then the best place like a dowry for their birth and feeding will not.
When you get not one puppy, but more than two, it is best to keep them in a specially prepared aviary of medium or large size. There they will not be constrained in movements, they will be able to actively grow and develop. All cells are made of materials such as compacted fabric, plastic and metal. Depending on the size and breed of your dog, the dimensions of the home enclosure are chosen individually. The cage should have partitions that are removed as the dog grows.
How to do?
If you could not find a cage suitable for your dog in the store, then you can make it yourself. To do this, you need to know the height, weight and length of your pet. You can assemble an aviary house according to the drawings given on various sites on the Internet, or build it based on your personal preferences. For reliability, the cage is easy to weld with a welding machine if you have knowledge in this area.
For work, you will need the following tools and materials:
- chain-link mesh with large or small links (depending on the size of your dog);
- wooden or metal bars in the amount of 12 pieces;
- hinges for furniture, pliers;
- plastic side;
- construction stapler (staples);
- welding machine if you use it.
The cell manufacturing process includes the following steps:
- choose the appearance of the cage according to ready-made drawings or make them yourself;determine its dimensions;
- a frame is made of wooden beams – it consists of 6 frames, four of which are intended for cell walls, and the other two go to the roof and floor;
- the finished base is covered with a mesh – it must be without flaws, since any damage can subsequently cause injury to the dog;it is attached to the bars with the participation of a construction stapler;
- the bars are connected using hinges that ensure the assembly and disassembly of the cage;using them, fix the door;
- the upper part of the mesh is covered with a plastic rim;
- all frames are interconnected and fixed with a stapler.
This completes the construction of the cage. A completely metal cage is assembled in a similar way, only instead of a stapler, all parts are interconnected by welding seams, installing hinges in the area of \u200b\u200bthe door (or doors) of the cage.
Pros and cons
There are a number of positive aspects in acquiring such a kind of home for your beloved pet.
- If the cage contains a small puppy, then he needs it to ensure his own safety. In each apartment there are items that he himself can spoil (tear, gnaw, throw). The owner will not be able to control the movements of the baby every second.
- When an animal is accustomed to living in a cage-house from an early age, it will not subsequently spoil your furniture, for example, chewing it. Such a dog will not scratch shoes or wallpaper, tear curtains to shreds and much more. This form of keeping a pet disciplines him, he is accustomed to the correct peculiar behavior in your apartment. Do not forget that a small puppy should not be left in a confined space for a long time. It should be placed in a closed cage for 3 hours a day, until it grows up (up to 5-6 months). It is not recommended to leave the dog in the enclosure for more than 6 hours.
- A smart pet, as you know, will almost never go to the toilet in the same place where he sleeps and eats food. Cleaned to walk, it will wait for its master and will be happy to go for a walk. The exception is small puppies, which should be taught to go to the tray from a young age or allow them to move around the apartment in those rooms where you will consider it possible to be for yourself. In this way, the dog placed in the cell house forms the daily routine, time for eating, walking and rest.
- The cell plays an important role in maintaining cleanliness in the apartment. If, for example, the pet was made in rainy raw weather before washing the paws of the dog, it can be placed for a while in the aviary. There should be a clean litter in the cage itself. It must be washed from time to time.
- If you have come to you who are afraid of dogs or they have an allergy to wool, then not to spoil the evening and protect strangers, you can temporarily close the pet in his cell-cell.
- The dog, accustomed to the cage, feels good when traveling. In the house, it is fenced from other animals, for example, if we are talking about trips to exhibitions, or hidden from contact with people, especially with curious young children. There are animals who are afraid to travel in a car. By placing a dog in a cage, you will provide her with the opportunity to overcome long distances without much stress. From the house, the pet will be able to observe the landscape surrounding him and most importantly – to see his master next to him.
The main disadvantage of the apartment enclosure for dogs is the fact that an animal is like a dog rather mobile, being in a cage for a long time, it can fall into depression. The growing pet for the good development of skeletal muscles is needed by constant movement. There can be no question of placing a puppy in a cage for 10-15 hours.
What are the cells?
Having asked himself this question, for sure many people will think about a huge box that stands in the house and occupies a large space. However, such an opinion is erroneous, because there are many types of such designs. There are ticks that are created for the home content of the animal, such, yes, have enormous sizes. But there are transportations that are designed to make the host life during travel. If you are the owner of large breeds, such transportation can be equipped with special wheels so that you can safely ride your dog to the car.
You can also find an exhibition cage-tank-an ideal device for traveling by car for nature or competition. Such an exhibition cage, a stick, can serve not only a house for a domestic animal, but also protect him from heat or rain. Such an exhibition device is more expensive than other types of cells, however, the price in this case is fully justified.
We make a cell ourselves
The cell can be done with your own hands. Surely there is an old grid for a fence or a shell bed in the farm in order to make a home your favorite beast with your own hands. Moreover, cells can cost a lot, so having made a pet for a pet with their own hands, there is a good option to save.
First, the dimensions of the pet should be taken into account, so you can use the following recommendations:
- With an animal weight of less than five kilograms, it is worth making a cage with dimensions of 56 x 33 x 41 centimeters. Such dimensions are well suited for Chihua-hua, york, toy terriers and other crumbs.
- The animal from 7 to 12 kg will feel in comfort with a cage in 62 x 39 x 48 centimeters. Basenji, Biglie, pugs, foxster – breeds for which the cream of such sizes is suitable.
- Build a pet weighing 13 to 17 kilograms with a dimensions of 77 x 49 x 53 centimeters, which is ideal for French bulldogs, cocker spaniels, mittensnaucers, and so on;
- For huge favorites, it is worth building a cage with dimensions of 138 x 95 x 115 centimeters. A large device is suitable for Neapolitan mastiffs, Senberners, German dogs and others.
Tools and materials
- wooden bars;
- grid – for small breeds with small cells, for large ones you can take more;
- plastic side;
- furniture hinges;
- Construction Stapler.
The number of all materials will depend on the dimensions of your pet.
Step-by-step instruction
- First you need to take measurements of the pet.
- Do drawings with your own hands or just figure out how you would like to see the cage.
- We take wooden bars and build with our own hands in accordance with the drawings of a simple frame along the specified sizes. You need to make 4 pieces for walls and 1 for floor and roof.
- With our own hands, we tighten the frame with a net with a stapler.
- On top of the mount with our own hands, we close the edge of the mesh with a plastic side.
- We connect the frames among themselves.
- The side where the cage door will be, we attach hinges.
- Put the litter for the dog and its toys inside. Ready!
Why a cage dog?
A dog for a dog is necessary, firstly, because in many ways such an animal is a predator, and they just need a den. Surely you have repeatedly noticed how the dog is looking for a secluded place under the sofa or cabinet. Secondly, even a favorite and large sizes, he is strong and formidable, but in many ways he is a child. The animal needs a personal space in which they will not touch it.
Therefore, cells for dogs are an appropriate thing both in the apartment and in the yards. Moreover, many veterinarians believe that such a device can help with mutual understanding between the owner and the animals themselves. So you dog food storage container can strengthen friendship, because who, if not the owner releases a pet from the cage? Who then feeds it deliciously? It is he, the owner.
Naturally, with this content, a measure is needed: do not keep the animal constantly in the cage. But in the case when you have a little madman who can play at night, why not lock it. The cage is also necessary if the pet lives with a family where there is a small child
Agree, protect each other from extreme attention – this is very important
For the transportation of ticks, it is also necessary. Transportation of the dog is a delicate thing, and the cell will allow you not to worry that the dog will stain the whole car with its saliva or bit someone. There are many reasons where such a means for transportation will be appropriate, for example, the transportation of a pet to exhibitions and competitions. And at the event itself, an exhibition cell will come in handy.
How to accustom a pet to a cage?
- We bring a cage to the apartment, and then lure the pet into it with something tasty.
- After that, it is necessary to generously praise the pet and give a delicacy.
- Then it is worth allowing the dog to leave the device.
- Leave for the first time the cage open, and you should also put in it a soft litter, toys, in general, make a pet comfortable. This is the first step on how to teach a dog to a cage.
- After the puppy is used to being calm in such a “room”, you can try to close it and move away from the place a couple of steps.
- If the dog remains in the cage, you need to generously praise it and give a delicacy. Otherwise, you should have a pet back and praised already in the cage itself.
There are also a couple of recommendations about how to accustom the dog to the cage:
- The pet should not be locked up for more than three hours a day, over time you can increase the length of stay;
- No need to be carried out for a whine and barking of an animal, since this will certainly become a habit and the dog will simply manipulate you;
- It is not necessary to use the cell as a punishment, as well as to transfer the sleeping baby to it – you will lose the confidence of the pet.
We bring to your attention a video that shows how to teach a pet. After the puppy is used to being calm in such a “room”, you can try to close it and move away from the place by a couple of steps.
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Nancy Davidson
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