I've never crated, and rarely do any of ours ask to go out during the night, but if they do, then I'm up and taking them out. Last night, we went to bed around 10 pm. And as I was dozing off to sleep, I realized that Honey had not been outside since about 5:30! Scott's reaction was to say "she's ok", but around 4:30 this morning, she let me know it was "time". So I got up, took her out, put her on her tie out, and in about 10 minutes, she was ready to come back inside, so I got back up in the 25 degree cold and brought her back in! LOL!!!! Serves me right, I should have given her time before I went to bed!!!!

I think I would make sure he went real good before going to bed, and if he wakes up and wants to go, I would be inclined to take him out. We "have to go" sometime, so I guess they do too! I've learned that dogs are far worse than babies (cats too)......when they "gotta go" they "gotta go"........so much for sleeping through the night!!