I believe that I am done leaving Alfie crated up while I am gone. He's almost a year old and up until now I have not been able to leave him outside his crate because he has destructed so much when I have in the past. I decided to just go cold turkey and let him have free run of my apartment because I'm sick of cooping him up while I am gone. Well, so far so good! I went to work this morning and came back for lunch and he was chilling out on the couch watching tv. I decided to leave the tv on for some noise and he seems to enjoy it. Every time I have came home today (three times) he has been a little couch potato haha. I am hoping this sticks! I am a lot more relaxed now and I am sure Alfie is happier not being cooped up!