thank you so much everyone for the insight! i decided to go against the canvas crate and went with the metal crate and im so glad i did. i have had him for about a week now and i have realized i have an escape artist on my hands because he can get out of his metal crate! i feel bad about it. he cries and barks when he gets in there at first but after a while he stops... so i kinda feel bad

is this normal? i grew up with my mom and her 3 yorkies but my mom is against crates and her dogs are only pad trained so this is really my first experience trying to crate and potty train a dog... anyone have any tips as to what i should do?