He does jump baby gates. Tho at night if both hubby and I are in the room he stays in and sleeps. BUT when hubby has to work in the morning, sometimes he works evenings, but when he works mornings Charlie gets a lil antsy and wants out. But when hubby sleeps in, charlie sleeps in too.

I still need a crate. Right now I have been tethering him to the pantry which works better than him in master bathroom while we're gone.

Which is best, one of those pop up wire ones or those plastic ones? If I covered it up and he can't see that hubby is leaving the room, do you think Charlie will stay asleep?

Charlie usually doesn't potty till 9 am. But will get up and want to play at 7 if hubby is up.

How long do your dogs take to get trained to the crate? Where do you have the crate? in your bedroom? Charie usually sleeps on floor. It's usually cooler there. So in the crate I will get one of those cool pads to put in there. He prefers cool than soft. lol