Is this right? Crate question

[Taz_Zoee]

Sometimes I wish I'd stuck to the crate training. But we have the crate in our bedroom (because there is not a better place in the house for it) and I am a light sleeper. So everytime she'd move I'd wake up thinking she had to go potty or something. It just didn't work for ME. The crate is still in our room, and now acts as a clothes horse for Bruce's things. And Bruce's clothes make a nice bed for Taz. LOL

My brothers youngest dog, Lucy, has to sleep in a crate because she has chewed holes in the carpet during the night. And she was a bit older (almost a year I think) when they had to crate train her. She is fine with it.

Maybe the next dog we get I'll crate train and just put the crate in another room. I really like crate training and support it 100%.

[Glacier]

Maybe the next dog we get I'll crate train and just put the crate in another room. I really like crate training and support it 100%.

Tee Hee....My bedroom would drive you nuts! There are five crates in there and one more just outside the door. It's tricky to walk in the dark. The spots that aren't filled with crates are filled by the non-crated canines!

I think crates are the greatest invention ever. I love them! I couldn't have kept Anvik if he didn't like being crated. He can't be outside at night(too much noise) and he took a long time to be trustworthy in the house. When he was injured(abdominal hernia), he was on strict crate rest. He came out to pee a few times a dog, stayed on leash and went right back in. He would not have survived that injury without his crate. He races for his crate at bedtime now, even though I think he'd be ok outside of it.

Crates let more of the dogs sleep inside--the ones who counter surf or chase cats. My cats are safe, the dogs are warm. It's all good! I've crated trained a 12 year old dog who'd never been inside before. Pirate doesn't sleep in her crate anymore as she's proven herself trustworthy when unsupervised.

I can't imagine trying to raise a puppy without a crate anymore. Tehya is allowed to sleep outside of her crate now, but she would have driven me nuts without it when she was younger. She still likes her crate and chooses to sleep there quite often. All I have to say when I want her to go in it is "Tehya want a treat?". She knows she gets extra good treats in her crate only.