This is why I got the largest crate possible and crate Taggart. I left him out one day a while ago when it was really hot because I felt bad about him being in the crate with the heat. That morning Bruce said he started being a brat and waking him up over an hour before he needs to get up.
So this summer I will leave him out of the crate until I get up in the morning. When I get up he will go in the crate until Bruce gets up. It's only for a few hours.
Luckily Taggart hasn't discovered chewing shoes. But he chews just about anything else, including our deck!!
So I feel your pain and we will just have to deal with it until they grow out of it. Sometimes I feel like he's never going to though.