I vote for the bedroom, and here are a few examples of why:
For the first week or so that I had Blazer I had his crate in the windowless downstairs bathroom- I thought that the darkness and quiet would keep him asleep all night. He did really well there but he would wake up really early. I moved his crate to my room, next to my side of the bed and he continued to sleep through the night but ended up sleeping in later in the mornings, too. (Could just be an age thing but whatever, I'm still happy about it.)
When DH and I got our GSP we had left him downstairs to sleep, too but he would cry a lot. Once we let him sleep in our room he was great and slept all night! A friend of mine got her Yorkie about a month before I got Blazer and her pup was still up crying every night until a couple of weeks ago when they finally let him sleep in their room. Before that he had the kitchen then the garage to sleep in but he didn't like it and would cry and bark most of the night.
I think our babies just need to know that we are nearby so that they aren't so lonely and scared at night.
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