we have 5 dogs and getting a 6th and we use crates for ALL of them. Our 3 year old diciplines the 5 we have one whom is MUCH bigger than she is...we gave her a squirt bottle full of water and when she said no at one of our 4 doxies nipping at her she'd spray him...She auctually helps feed them too so that may help her dominance too. She's about as tall as our doxies when they stand on they're back legs. we have 2 dogs that do it when they beg...plus she's also apart of the playing with them. She even "buys" her dogs toys with her "monies". We have 2 doxies that are 4 and 3 and then two that are 2 years old and then our larger dog (husky) is almost 6 months and he's HUGE...we will be getting a lab this coming year to "Add" to the family. Hope my .02 cents helped lol...
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