I'm 100% with the crating idea. It did wonders for Max. Max was a puppy terror, chewed everything he saw, even while we were there. Dad bought a metal crate (we called it a kennel), & every time we were gone he was either in it or locken in the kitchen with his kennel. At night he was always in it. We never fed him in it. & for the first few years he loved it, it was his home. After 1 year he was never locked up in it, he slept in there on his own, & if he got in doo doo, we told him to go to his kennel & he did & stayed there for awhile.

We only took the kennel away when he was too big for it. The pet store said he would be about 30 pounds & well he grew to 80 pounds & the kennel was for a med dog, not a large. Now he has his own couch/chair (depends where hes sleeping at)