Do your dogs sleep in crates at night??

[finn's mom]

Not anymore.

[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.

Par...

[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

[LKPike]

Jillie and Frankie both sleep in their kennels at night, when I get home from work around 4:AM I let Jillie out to sleep in the bed with us, though.

[.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.

[tricollie4me]

Bijou is always crated at night. We keep our crate in the kitchen, and she typically wanders into it on her own at about 10:00 p.m. or so and snuggles in for the night...sometimes we really have to coax her out in order to potty her one last time before we go to bed -- she knows it's her cozy place and hers alone! With five people-kids and three cats along with Bijou, we have a very busy household -- it's very nice to know that our pup has a secure, comfy place of her own. We didn't begin crating her until about 5 months old, though -- when we first got her, we just gated the kitchen off and kept her there at night...then Bijou began to jump over the gates and get into mischief just like healthy, curious puppies tend to do! I'm now very much a supporter of kenneling pups; however, it's our eventual wish to give Bijou free reign of the house once she's a bit more mature and less likely to instigate a nocturnal chase-about with the cats (what are the odds? lol!).

[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.

[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

[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!!!