> but they still have to sleep in a crate because otherwise they suffer from anxiety.
Do you sleep on the kitchen floor when it strikes your fancy, or do you sleep in a bed? You may notice that sleeping on the kitchen floor never does strike your fancy, which is instructive. Would you rest well in other random locations in your house?
My point is, wanting to sleep in the crate isn't modern canine neuroticism, it's just normal mammalian behavior. We like to sleep somewhere secure and comfy, and we like for it to be consistent.
I don't disagree, but I don't want to sleep on the kitchen floor because it's uncomfortable.
I also wouldn't want to sleep in a bed _in_ a cage, given the option of sleeping in a bed _outside_ of a cage.
And I think that we agree on the underlying reasoning; the consistency. I am just arguing that cubicles aren't an optimal place to spend your time, merely a convenient one for those that want to warehouse you while you work. The fact that it's consistent doesn't make it good.
Do you sleep on the kitchen floor when it strikes your fancy, or do you sleep in a bed? You may notice that sleeping on the kitchen floor never does strike your fancy, which is instructive. Would you rest well in other random locations in your house?
My point is, wanting to sleep in the crate isn't modern canine neuroticism, it's just normal mammalian behavior. We like to sleep somewhere secure and comfy, and we like for it to be consistent.