Keegan was over a year before I let her sleep with me. I crated her everynite for bed. It was sooooo hard to hear her cry for the first month or so. Then she got used to it and I kept the crate right by my bed. I tried to let her out but Candy/Dixieland Dancer from PT, told me not to b/c she would pee on my bed or me, so I stuck to it!! The little %^&* still peed on my bed twice!!! When she POTTY TRAINED! Then I gradually started letting her out, she had some mishaps, like chewing up a rug. But for the most part, she did ok. Then it was about 6-7 mos later I started letting her out of the crate when I went places for a short time, she was just under 2 years old when we put the crate back up in the rafter's of my garage. She is only in the crate if we travel in my parent's van now. My mom doesn't even make her stay in the crate when she is over there. Talk about a GIANT step for MANKIND!