We have crate trained Reilly, it has worked out really well, Jeff and I both work nights and he is 14mos old now but we still can not trust him out without total supervision, he still gets into everything!!!!!! lol Sometimes I wonder if he will ever be able to be out without us around, or be able to sleep in the bedroom without his crate. I get a little discouraged sometimes but I keep it up, I pray one day he can be loose in the house.