Who cares what you consider "a bit"? (which by the way, my dog happily climbs into his crate for hours and hours to sleep or chill, so yes 1 hour to me is just a bit)
He put him in the crate for an hour in case he threw up from eating the bird. Your idea of what constitutes a dog needing a new home and owner over an hour in a crate for medical supervision purposes is the only "farfetched" thing here.
If you dont want a dirty flat dont get a dog.
Mistreating the dog does. Neglecting it, denying it enough room/movement etc.
If you look lower to my next post, you'll see I only meant in regards to the idea that his dog is better off in a different home with a different owner just because he put him in a crate for an hour. (and what is this nonsense that crate training is bullshit? Come on now)
Also, his post makes no sense, since OP didn't put his dog in there for punishment to begin with, but for supervision in case he throws up the bird. So it was irrelevant from the start.
And yeah, I know that if you "punish"/reprimand a dog, it needs to be *immediately* after the misdeed, otherwise they won't link the behaviour/consequence together after the fact. But I thought it was pretty common knowledge.
owners who make shortcuts like these in education, do that more than once. Crates are fine as long as they are free to leave. If you lock it up its actually illegal in many countries especially over longer periods.
Then you can put them into kennels as well, especially since they usually have more space in kennels than crates.
Over night for 8 hours, while you are at work, whenever your dog misbehaves. Crates have become the nightmare of "dog education".
The dog killed/ate the bird due to instincts. Punishing instincts is useless. You need to give your dog a chance to actually "scratch that twitch" in a way that does not bother you.
If you dont want animals to throw up in your flat, then dont get animals. That bit of barf (pun intended) should not disgust you as pet owner.