[Britster]

I don't see a problem with crating him, but I really don't see a reason to crate him while you are home? I dogsit and all the dogs that stay in crates stay in the crate all day while their owners are not home, but when their owners ARE home (off work, etc)... the dog is out of the crate. Obviously if someone is home, the dog is not going to want to stay in the crate. Jackson would never tolerate being crated while I am in the room w/ him (and neither would any of the dogs I watch, they are always out of crate when humans are home)... but when he's home alone, nobody is here, he wouldn't even care. He just sleeps anyways. We have not used a crate since he was 16 weeks old though, he has free roam now. He also sleeps in my bed every night and always has. Is there a particular reason you're not allowing him to sleep on the bed anymore? (I know some people don't like it, but it seems you didn't care since he was sleeping on your bed before).