Look like is working for you and your pup. I got a good yorkie book that help a lot of course yt too
. I only use the crate when they were a pup I will put them there when we go to sleep, in the day a x-pen just like Mom to Hot Rod, they go outside if I take them out too, I also have a baby gate that I use if I have to leave them, the kitchen area with pads, food, water and safe toys, but that almost never happens since they are with me most of the time he,he