Dog Living Accommodation
For your dog to be mentally and physically healthy, he must feel safe and secure in his environment. Fulfilling your dog’s essential needs within his environment:
- safe, comfortable resting places
- sense of security
- safe territory
- personal space
- toys to satisfy hunting instincts
- ample food and water
- acceptable social interaction
will help you and your dog remain contented and sane. As long as these needs are met, he will be a very happy dog.
Ideally, owners should live a house large enough to accommodate the family and the chosen size and type of dog, with plenty of space for everyone. If you don’t have a suitable sized garden in which to adequately exercise him, then you must be prepared for two one-hour walks or so per day, with somewhere safe to exercise off-lead.
If your home environment is not suited to the type of dog you have, then it’s often a recipe for disaster. If you do your homework, however, and choose your dog well for the type of environment you can offer him, then you have the best chance of enjoying a match made in heaven.
Dog Living Conditions News
In the past couple of months, various news about dogs being rescued from poor living conditions surround the internet. But the truth of the matter is, for the longest time now, a lot of dogs are sadly living in conditions that are so poor, horrendous is the way to describe the situations.
Just a few weeks ago, The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals reported 367 dogs rescued from ‘horrendous conditions’ in Alabama, Georgia.
Said federal dog fighting raid was able to rescue about 370 pit bulls. This was the result of a three-year investigation started by Auburn Police.
“The conditions were consistent of what we see in other illegal dog fighting rings,” he said, adding that the dogs were living in” horrendous conditions,” the majority tethered to heavy chains. They were infested with fleas and had no fresh water or food. [...]Many of the dogs had wounds, scars or other conditions consistent with dog fighting.” - Tim Rickey, VP of field investigations and response for the ASPCA
