Susie loves her crate. We only close the door at night or when we have to be gone for a short time. (If we're gone very long, we put her outside in the backyard.) She will only go in there if we're in the bedroom... she follows us everywhere we go. But when we are in the bedroom or the master bathroom (which she's afraid of for some reason) then she is usually in her crate sleeping, playing with her toys, or just watching what we're doing. I think she feels safe there because she knows we won't accidently step on her and she always goes in right away when she senses that we're ready for bed. In the morning, we take her outside right away to go potty and when we come back in she races to her crate where she sleeps for another hour while we get dressed and ready for work. Wish I were so lucky!