[Gardeness]

My Mac's crate is in my bedroom for sleeping and I bring it downstairs every morning for him to spend the day in the work area of the kitchen. We too have a large kitchen and his crate separates the work area from the eat-in area of the kitchen. If Mac plays in the eat-in area he may make a 'mess' but he doesn't in the work area. We just have to be careful turning around in there... with three dogs playing under our feet! Then I take his crate back upstairs to my bedroom every night for 'bedtime'.