 To crate or not to crate?
Since we brought Brady home he hated the crate. He cries like a baby and it breaks my heart to hear this so I take him out. He is not 14 weeks old and he has been sleep on my bed near my feet since the day we brought him home. He cries once around 4 am and I let him out and he goes potty and then he goes right back to bed with us until we get up for work at 6 a.m. Then it's breakfast and playtime!
Fortunately, my husband works from home so we leave Brady in the kitchen with our Aussie, Sukie (now we call her mama bear). He will go potty outside and uses a pee pad if we're not there.
Brady really doesn't need the crate at at night. We don't mind him sleeping on the corner of our bed and he is fine during the day. We are just concerned that one day we may need to have a friend babysit for us and a crate may be more convenient for them.
Are we making a mistake now getting him use a crate? Brady is just the sweetest little snuggle bug and I don't want to make a mistake! |