Cosmo loves his "house" he is 11 months and when we leave he goes right in and we close him in. He was crate trained as a puppy and potty training went much easier, he alos went through a small stint of chewing on my furniture so his crate came in handy. However, he cried at night so ended up sleeping with us
He is now potty trained and would be fine but I think we feel safer and he does too.
Bentlie is 12 weeks and OMG what a terror! Like Cosmo we are crate training him but he does not get it! He will go outside, not pee then come in and pee right in front of us. He chews on my furniture so HAS to be monitored, however he prefers to sleep in his crate at night
So I guess my answer is each puppy is different and you have to play it by ear. We now have a pen in the bedroom and living room so Bentlie can be in the same area us when we can't be right at his side but are in the same room.
By the way, we NEVER use it as punishment. We also, address the problem and move on. Example, he pees on the carpet we grab him and put him outside and tell him "Bentlie go pee outside" he chews on the corner of my expensive pine furniture I grab him, tell him no chew, and then redirect him to a chew toy or bone. Same with Cosmo although he conformed early and is very well behaved now...hopefully Bentlie will follow Cosmo's lead...
