Choosing The right Exercise Pen For Your Pet
Pet exercise is very important. Your dog needs a space in which to romp. With exercise pens, your dog has the opportunity to romp around without having the chance to escape and run amuck in the neighbor’s flowerbed.
A Definition of Exercise Pens
Dog pens, also called exercise pens, are portable fences that give your dog space to play but not space to escape and run amuck. Portable exercise pens are better than leashes because they are less stressful and dangerous for your pet. They are made of heavy gauge wire formed that is typically formed into eight hinged panels. The hinges make the exercise pen easy to put away or transport.
Dog pens are usually about twenty four to forty eight inches tall and sixteen feet long. They are also available with soft sides. These exercise pens are made of canvas or mesh, and might not be a good choice if your dog tends to chew or have destructive urges. In that case, stick with metal.
Exercise pens can be used indoors or outdoors. Dogs are territorial, and so will be quite comfortable with the notion that the pen is their area. The hinges allow you to configure exercise pens into just about any size and shape you choose. You can also use it as a gate or barrier if you want to keep your dog in a particular part of a fenced-in yard, or keep the dog in the house or garage.
The Role of Exercise Pens in Training Your Pet
Exercise pens are excellent tools for controlling your dog’s environment. You can create a comfortable area for your dog when you are not present to watch and train him or her, or when you’re not able to devote your full attention to your dog.
Traveling with Your Dog
Dogs are delightful travel companions but you must be properly equipped. The dog pen you bring will come in handy, giving the dog a place to relax and thereby giving you a chance to relax, too.
Dogs are easily unsettled by unfamiliar surroundings. This can cause the dog to behave inappropriately. For example, the dog may be tempted to urinate on furniture or decorative items, or chew on furniture and fixtures-particularly awkward if you’re staying at someone else’s house. Spacious Exercise pens with a familiar soft blanket and chewable toys can be a welcome place to rest for your dog. Knowing your dog is relaxing will ease your mind as well.
Exercise Pens and Housebreaking
Exercise pens give you a place to put a piddle pad or litter box when you’re housebreaking your dog. You can also use it as a holding area when you are training your dog to do his business outside. If the dog thinks the space is his, he’ll be more likely to hold it until you can take him outside to do his necessary. Bear in mind that you still have to take your dog out frequently. Aside from the risk of their soiling their area—particularly disastrous indoors, and likely to undermine their training-forcing your good dog to hold his business is a form of torture.
Exercise Pens Serve Other Purposes as Well
Exercise pens at dog shows to keep the participants safe and separate from until it is their turn. They also can be used to confine your dog after your dog has returned home from surgery. A dog that has been recently operated on should not be allowed to roam free, but rather must remain where you can closely observe him.
Notes of Caution
In spite of the name you’ll want to take your dog out of the pen and let him get some real exercise. Your dog’s pen is useful as a place to keep your dog for limited times. They are not intended to be a place where the dog can stay indefinitely.
Acclimate your dog to his pen the same way you would to a carrying case: feed him in the pen, do not leave him alone in the pen until he’s used to it. Don’t leave his collar on when he’s in the pen, for his own safety.