>I use a separate, small cage for time-outs.  No hammocks, no toys, just a
>sleep blanket & food & water.  Confinement to the time-out cage (called
>the "Penalty Box" around here) is usually for behavior naughty enough to
>deserve eye-to-eye (in your face) scruffing and scolding...
>Like you, Chris, I wanted to be certain they do not associate their cage
>(or their pet taxi) with punishment.
 
It's pretty much the same in my house, except I use an old pet carrier for
the time-out space.  It has one of the attachable feeders with two sections
so they can have food and water, but I don't put any toys in it, unlike the
carrier they travel in.  Like Debi said, you don't want them to associate
their cage or the pet carrier with punishment, so time-outs should be in a
place that they associate with being bad.  For people on a limited budget,
a used pet carrier is a good idea because you can pick up one at a garage
sale for a couple of bucks.
 
Lisa
Mom of Zorro, Claudia, Loki, Fezzik, Crysin, and Kyra Monchichi
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"Not knowing everything is all that makes it ok, sometimes."
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              from Neil Gaiman's _Brief Lives_
[Posted in FML issue 2947]