Personally, I think crating is a bad idea. I know some people swear by it, so I'm not trying to start an argument. I think crating can lead to making it too easy to neglect your dog. Training and socializing him is an important part of making him part of your family. I think crating makes them feel excluded from the "pack."

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If this is going to be a Christian nation that doesn't help the poor, either we have to pretend that Jesus was just as selfish as we are, or we've got to acknowledge that He commanded us to love the poor and serve the needy without condition, and then admit that we just don't want to do it.

- Stephen Colbert.