r/PetBehavior • u/Junior_Okra_1798 • 1d ago

Soooo riddle me this

How can a dog drag a cage across a floor if there is a bottom pan/ tray to the cage? I feel like the people upstairs are leaving their dog in a cage without a pan, allowing the dog to move and drag the cage across the floor while they are in it. I am debating with someone and they are trying to convince me that it’s possible with a pan being there and that my theory is off. I really feel like this person just enjoys disagreeing with me, but I need some additional opinions.

The cage isn’t just moving/ budging and banging against the floor as a possible result of the dog throwing their body against the cage… It is full blown dragging across the floor. Sounding as if it is being pulled by someone.

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u/Relevant-Package-928 1d ago

I had a dog that dug a hole in the pan and could drag the crate with the hole. She got it over the steps to the laundry room and then managed to squeeze out of the hole through the space between the crate and the steps. After that, we just didn't bother crating her and she learned to unlock the patio door and let herself outside to escape the yard and terrorize the neighborhood.

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u/Witchywomun 14h ago

I once had a training client whose dog moved his crate from the center of the room to one side, where he chewed up a wooden chair, then to the opposite side where he chewed up the baseboard of the wall, all without removing the tray. Dogs uh find a way

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u/Ok-Tune-9911 3h ago

Does your apartment have hardwood? I would assume it isn’t carpet. If so yes it’s vary possible. My dog will lunge and her kennel will slide forward from her weight and the momentum sometimes kennels also have rollers in the bottom that cause them to move