Need never have else they want girls bubbles dog beach I'm only talking about adult dogs here. It's really not that difficult. When bringing home a puppy, you puppy-proof your home putting away shoes and other things you 't want to risk and immediately start to train your puppy what's appropriate to chew on and what's not they catch on FAST, puppies are really fast learners. You must of course provide chewing toys for their itching teeth. And since we Sweden generally are very good when it comes to walking our dogs and training them, everyday, you have a satisfied pet both physically and mentally and your dog won't get destructive inside but instead get some well earned rest. Puppies can't take walks, but that only makes it easier short walk tired puppy. I haven't seen this before, but it is a very interesting matter. I am 48 years old, I grew up the middle of a city with never less than three dogs apartment with parents and two older sisters. Breeds ranging from always a pair of whippets to a labrador, Shepherd Dogs and then first Borzoi. At that time, crates weren't invented for pet dogs and we had this whole successions of dogs, never a problem the world. Since moving out, me and sisters have continued to keep 2 dogs each, again never particular problems. I have watched with fascination how crating pups, and then dogs, have grown into a thing which ALL new owners must do to create stability, a safe haven, all those strange terms for putting your dog behind bars. It grew much, also neighbouring Sweden, that this latter country regulated against it. I remember how well known psychologist and dog behaviorist Anders Hallgren started voicing out against the wide use of crates and said this was one of the bad things that we got from the US ð Anders is a veteran dog trainer, and one of the first that became a household name with his milder methods. He felt strongly against the use of crates, which he calls a remedy to the convenience of us humans, that at a weekend seminar conference the participants weren't allowed to let their dogs stay their car crates… He evidently talked about something of the same Vienna last year, stating: The cage destroy the dogs if they are the cage for a time. But 5 minutes, 15 minutes is okay, because some dogs like the cage. Because it's quiet and it's like a little den. But time a cage destroy working abilities a dog. I would say if you need a cage for your dog, or a crate or whatever, you are not a good trainer. You 't need things like that! One important thing though: Here Scandinavia, I would say the majority of the dog owners get their dogs from puppyhood, from breeders of more or less repute. We 't have anything at all like the stray rescue problem that is the US! We also have a LOT of holiday time it also is quite normal to use a couple of them with the new pup Another difference is that most people actually walk their dogs here LOL It is considered normal to take your dog out for a walk, even when you have a garden. And we are quite a rural country with small cities; I live the middle of Oslo, and it takes me 15 minutes by car to be out the big forests surrounding this capital of ours. I know of the law Sweden with time you can leave the dog alone. That would make it virtually impossible for all the best dog owners I know to keep dogs since we all work ð I solve it by always having two dogs, and by using all spare time on them; they get 2 hours walk each day, and I spend all weekend with them. I lived Switzerland from 2010 through 2012 and I have to say, I the animal control laws there. It's complete common sense Dogs can be UNLEASHED under voice control anywhere the country side. the cities, they designate trails for dogs with either a picture with a dog with no leash or a picture of a dog with a leash or a picture of a dog with red circle and that's usually at museum parks to keep the grass clean, etc and even there are tons of little trails around those areas for dogs to be Coming back to the Bay Area was a rude awakening. NO dogs unleashed ANYWHERE except dog parks. It makes ZERO sense to me if I have a dog i'm hiking with the mountains, with nobody around, dogs obey and return on recall, they 't farm animals and they call off wild animals. I feel that creating dog parks to go to is a very unsafe compromise as most of the dog parks are very and not a natural way for a dog to run walk freely as the energy of dog parks are