Rowdy slept in his crate till he was about 5 months old. Rex, one the other hand, is already sleeping with us. Rex did real well in his crate for one week and then he figured out that mom, dad, Rowdy, and the senior dog were all in the bed while he was all by himself in the crate. So, after a week in the crate, he decided to cry and cry and cry. I had to get up very early the next morning and drive 4 hours and so I knew I had to get some sleep. My hubby was out of town so I got Rex out of the crate, made a little bed by surrounding him with pillows and we all slept the rest of the night. Then we were out of town staying with someone else and I didn't want him to cry and bother everyone else, so I let him sleep with me the next 2 nights, and the rest is history. He's a real snuggle bug and he just sticks pretty tight to me. I worried at first about him pottying in the bed - but so far (knocking furiously on wood) he hasn't.
We have a king sized bed and I put a soft blanket at the head of the bed between our pillows and then put a pillow between my hubby and I at about our shoulder level - so Rex is pretty much contained within the pillows and he just snuggles up and sleep all night long. Rowdy will wake me up to go potty, but Rex never does. I guess we are really lucky!
__________________  Rex & Rowdy's Mom  |