Do your dogs sleep in crates at night??

[4 Dog Mother]

Snoopy, Taggert and Pippi sleep in crates at night. Not because they would tear things up but because they think they all can sleep with us and we only have a queen size bed. Also Snoopy and Pippi like to play at night and I don't appreciate being awakened by their growls and barks trying to get each others toys. If they would lie on the floor or sleep on the couches in the family room or living room they would not have to stay in their crates. Dazzi usually sleeps in our room. Sometimes on the bed but a lot of time on the floor. Jack has a bed next to our bed and that is where he sleeps. He is the best - he rarely moves after he goes to bed!

[Uabassoon]

Payson sleeps in his crate at night because he still isn't fully potty trained.

[elizabethann]

Fenway sleeps with me. At only 19lbs. he hogs the bed!!

[PJ's Mom]

Neither of mine have ever seen a crate.

[poofy]

My 2 sleep with me..lol..its a real comfort to have them even with yollie so small..lol..she sleeps mostly up by my head on the pillow..and they both stay there all night..

[Jessika]

My two don't -- they don't have accidents overnight any more and sleep on the bed with us at night

[luvofallhorses]

My dogs have never seen a crate either. and probably won't ever have to.

[k9krazee]

No sleeping in crates here. Micki sleeps with my brother, Mini with my parents, Shadow usually on the couch and Jack with me. Kyra just recently lost all night privaliges because she was pooping on the floor almost every night. She isn't in a crate though, shes tied up to my bed.

[KYS]

I used to have a crate on each side of my bed. (Door left open)
Sheba loved her crate, but with her hips getting so bad,
she could no longer get out once she got in.
So now Rocky has the only crate.
He goes in and out of during the night.
He is fickle and can't make up his mind where he wants to sleep.

[anna_66]

Nope no crating here. Roxey was crated when she was a pup to keep her from pottying in the house but that didn't last long! She was a howler and we couldn't stand to leave her in it

Bon never was crated at night. We tried once, he cried which was so pitiful so we let him on the bed. He was afraid to try and jump down so I never worried that he would try to potty in the house.

And Huney, the only time she's crated is when we are in the car. She's never pottied in the house! What a good girl she is!!!

[.sarah]

Bon never was crated at night. We tried once, he cried which was so pitiful so we let him on the bed. He was afraid to try and jump down so I never worried that he would try to potty in the house.

Oh man, Nova was the same. She was afraid to jump off my bed up until a couple months ago. Such big dogs to be afraid of something like that! Actually, come to think of it, she still doesn't jump off. I had gotten a new piece of furniture that sits at the end of my bed and she steps off onto that and then the ground. I guess that's easier on her hips, though.

[Buddy Blaze Lover]

yup, Blaze sleeps in his crate...he's too restless otherwise! (especially sleeping with him...whew!) And he knows once he's in bed, it's time to sleep, not play!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

he knows once he's in bed, it's time to sleep, not play!

That's one of the main reasons my dogs sleep in there crates. The cats get them all riled up, so crating them keeps them calm. They love being in their crates and often sleep in them during the day (when the door is open).

[Alysser]

Sassy is crated at night because when she poops she eats it. She LOVES her crate anyway so it doesn't matter to her. She is also crated while we're out for the same reason. She is VERY good in her crate so it doesn't matter.

[dogzr#1]

None of my dogs have ever seen a crate. They sleep wherever they want to.