It turns out most dogs don't actually like being locked up in a cage each day as many North American owners do. But they can be trained to pretend to like it.
We had many #dogs when I was growing up. Nobody crated their dogs then. And, the dogs did not look for a den-like place to sleep, which I think speaks volumes to what their 'nature' is when it comes to the ideas of dens. Dens are mostly for small pups in the wild, until they are old enough to not need that extra protection from predators. And when they are crated, they can't do their job of going to the window to check out a potential threat -- which must be really frustrating.
