Do your dogs sleep in crates 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.

[lv4dogs]

Nanook & Raustyk have never even seen a crate until I got Kaige. lol

And Kaige hasn't slept in a crate since last Wed. He can hold it all night & hasn't chewed anything either. His crate is open though and sometimes he'll wander in there by himself and go to sleep.

[ParNone]

None of mine have had to be crated at night, since they were puppies being housebroken.

I do however still have Gull's Crate up for barking time outs. If I'm on the phone or watching TV and he won't stop barking after I give him a warning, then I tell him to go get in his bed. Then he gets a short time out, just long enough for him to chill out.

This is getting rarer, but he seems to love sleeping in it, so I keep it up, even though it's a hassle to clean around. I gotta get a video of him opening the door to go in it, when I tell him to go get in his bed. It's a wee bit funny.

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[new mom to a veiled]

I don't think Thor has even seen a crate.....He sleeps right between hubby and I........Tyson is way to little to leave out!!!!! Once he is fully potty trained, I'll try him with us........

[Daisy and Delilah]

We don't own a crate. Daisy and Delilah would laugh if they saw one

[slleipnir]

I never crate my dogs. Only Zeke at flyball practice for a couple hours inbetween runs.

[.sarah]

Oh man, I'm so surprised to see that most don't use a crate

My dogs all sleep in one for different reasons. Mandy has dominance issues. Nova chews on stuff if you don't watch her. Luka I just prefer to crate her, as she is new here and I don't want her thinking she rules the roost. Nova actually LOVES her crate because I have used it since day 1. The doors are open during the day and she'll go in there to sleep. Luka is getting used to it ... Mandy still hates it since we just started crating her last week and before that she hadn't been in a crate since she was a puppy.

I think crates are wonderful

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Keeva sleeps in a crate at night and Tia has been the past few months only because niether of them behave during the night.

[tz1]

I crated zero since I got him, and I think it helped prevent accidents in the house...Now that he never goes in the house anymore , I just leave the door open...he goes in & out and is free to sleep where he wants.

one thing most people find strange is that zero never took a #2 in the house ever, and peed under 5 times...i got him when he was 8 weeks old...quick learner

[.sarah]

I crated zero since I got him, and I think it helped prevent accidents in the house...Now that he never goes in the house anymore , I just leave the door open...he goes in & out and is free to sleep where he wants.

one thing most people find strange is that zero never took a #2 in the house ever, and peed under 5 times...i got him when he was 8 weeks old...quick learner

I can beat that

Mandy peed once. We got her when she was 8 weeks, as well.

[Vette]

Yep my dog sleeps in his crate at night.
and when were not here.

its not that i dont trust him at night,, i just dont like having worry about stepping on him in the dark,, or rolling over on him in bed.. and i used to sleep with my bridge dog Tasha.. and i didnt like it made my sheets feel like i was sleeping on cookie crumbs or flea eggs. so Kirby is a crate dog,, and any futre dogs are going to be crated at night

[Cincy'sMom]

All of ours started in crates until they were housebroken (or in Spot's case, he had worms when we got him). They now all sleep in our room.