She is a collie/shepard mix and 4 months old. We have done the crating route and she suffers from severe seperation anxiety. we got her from a shelter and she was in a run there for 4 weeks and god knows where before then. She throws herself against the sides, claws and bites the bars and goes potty in there! We thought putting her in our kitchen would help, which it has with the stress(for all of us) but don't know how to keep her from the rest of the house due to her getting into something, having an accident on the carpets, etc....
Anxiety wise she seems so much better and does fine at night in the bedroom with us with a gate at the door so we can hear our son. She came from the bedroom and I think that is where she knows she sleeps at night, so maybe that is why she got out and went there.
She is a good dog and has had a couple poop accidents in the kitchen while I am gone in the morning, but otherwise doing well.