Dogs who are kept in a crate or wire cage for hours at a time suffer both mentally and physically. Please don’t do this to your best friend. I am attaching a couple articles on the detrimental effects of leaving a dog in a crate for a long time. ESPECIALLY the high energy dogs go nuts when confined like that. Do you know that when i researched news articles on why a pitbull-type dog suddenly “out of the blue” attacked a family member, when he was “always a well-behaved dog” according to these articles, in each instance, these dogs were kept crated most of the day. Please read these links: https://www.peta.org/about-peta/why-peta/crating-dogs/ https://www.vet.cornell.edu/departments-centers-and-institutes/riney-canine-health-center/canine-health-information/dog-crates-when-use-them-and-how-pick-one https://positively.com/victoria-stilwell/post/behavior-problems-what-to-do-when-a-dog-hates-being-contained