I know this seems like a trivial post, but I want to purchase a second crate for Tilly, 27 lbs, that I can take to our cottage this summer. I will be using the one we have as well, but using the second one for inside of our tent.  At the moment I have a large metal one with a slide out bottom.  She really doesn't need this much space but she can do anything in it, lots of room.  I saw a crate today, and hemmed and hawed as to whether she would fit in there or not.  I decided not.  I'd like…

 The topic of discussion is "dominance".  I have had dogs for most of my life. My first corgi (Torgi)  was definitely that, dominant, but because I was so young (13), and had had no training on the subject, just assumed that this was who he was and that was that. Then a lab/border collie, and  then consecutively two golden retrievers, one whom I still have, but all definitely NOT dominant!  And now I have Tilly, the dominant wanna be tri-colored Pembroke Welsh Corgi!  What a great…