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Originally Posted by LCaster  I always crate train my dogs and find that you will have the best sleep without your pet(s). My dogs love their "dens" and run to them whenever it is time for them to be crated. Of course, they get a small treat to which they look forward. We do not let dogs have run of house, so anytime we are not home or at nite, they go into their dens. We attached an x-pen and took off the doors so they have extra room to stretch. We call it their condo!
After one experience, I vowed never again. Casey would sleep fine but he'd get off the bed and bark at me until he was fed - it kept getting earlier and earlier. Casey did not know the difference between work days and weekend days.
Sounds like your present situation is working! �� |
Thanks for the advise. I think I am going to stick with the crate at night. I will sometimes here her up early in the morning, but she will just stay in her crate quietly or go back to sleep until I get up. I have a good feeling she would be getting me up early if she slept in my bed, and I'm not a morning person
Lexi doesn't really go into her crate willingly at night, but she doesn't cry or whine when in there so it seems to work well for us. I put her crate in the living room during the day and she will sometimes go in there to play and dig, so she doesn't "hate" her crate. I think using the crate from the very beginning really helped with that. She knows that is where she sleeps at night, and doesn't know any different.