Do your dogs sleep in crates at night??

[.sarah]

Bon never was crated at night. We tried once, he cried which was so pitiful so we let him on the bed. He was afraid to try and jump down so I never worried that he would try to potty in the house.

Oh man, Nova was the same. She was afraid to jump off my bed up until a couple months ago. Such big dogs to be afraid of something like that! Actually, come to think of it, she still doesn't jump off. I had gotten a new piece of furniture that sits at the end of my bed and she steps off onto that and then the ground. I guess that's easier on her hips, though.

[Buddy Blaze Lover]

yup, Blaze sleeps in his crate...he's too restless otherwise! (especially sleeping with him...whew!) And he knows once he's in bed, it's time to sleep, not play!

[Alysser]

Sassy is crated at night because when she poops she eats it. She LOVES her crate anyway so it doesn't matter to her. She is also crated while we're out for the same reason. She is VERY good in her crate so it doesn't matter.

[dogzr#1]

None of my dogs have ever seen a crate. They sleep wherever they want to.

[Cincy'sMom]

All of ours started in crates until they were housebroken (or in Spot's case, he had worms when we got him). They now all sleep in our room.

[wolf_Q]

Nebo sleeps in my room at night. I doubt he'd ever ruin anything in the house at night (never has in my room) but I'd rather he just stay in my room just in case. I have a crate in my room, he slept in it when he was a puppy...then he graduated to full room night priviledges...now he has full room night priviledges + bed priviledges lol. I took the door off the crate and it has a dog bed in it. He sleeps in it sometimes or the floor, or my bed.

[Pam]

No crates here any more. Once they are housebroken they are allowed in the Big Bed.

[chocolatepuppy]

Lacey and Mandy are only confined when we're not home.

[sammy101]

Nope,no crates here. Lucy slept in a crate when we first got her because she wasnt pottytrained yet. Kodie sleeps on my bed, and Lucy sleeps downstairs with my parents.They both sleep with me on the weekends though

[BitsyNaceyDog]

he knows once he's in bed, it's time to sleep, not play!

That's one of the main reasons my dogs sleep in there crates. The cats get them all riled up, so crating them keeps them calm. They love being in their crates and often sleep in them during the day (when the door is open).

[cocker_luva]

no jesse sleeps on the bottom of the stairs, couch, rug, and some other places.

[Sky57]

I had never used a crate until I got my Westie a few months ago. I had done research on this seemingly cruel practise and became a convert. The crate was brilliant for toilet training, but now Jindi still sleeps in her crate. Sometimes she starts the night on our bed, but I'm always afriad of her falling off the bed and hruting herself. She is not flexible like our kelpie and I do think she could fall off and hurt herself. So sometimes she starts on the bed but later I get her to go into her crate.

She loves her crate and I love that she loves her crate. And its all she has known for ngiht time. Its in our bedroom with us. She doesnt; need it anymore for toilet training and maybe as she gest older I will leave the door open so she can go in and out as she please. I would like to keep her in the habit of using her crate though so that if she ever is in it for travel or to keep her safe from something or for recovering from a health issue or whateevr it might be, that it is not foreign to her. Having a dog crate trained is a wonderful thing. Its not cruel if done properly. If your dog happily goes in and out of the crate then you know you have trained them well and its not cruel at all.