Dogs will usually move away from where they sleep to potty if they can. One reason to put an open crate (it can be small in fact I think they like it better) inside an ex pen. They can sleep in their crate, wake up during the night and move away from the sleeping area to potty and go back to their crate and they do think of a crate as their den or safe place..and I don't use it as punishment but sometimes for their safety.....sometimes I will miss a Yorkie....and has crawled into a small soft crate somewhere, snoozing. |