If you do that, he might whine constantly until you let him sleep with you. Also, just because he didn't pee in your bed one night doesn't mean he won't the next. Loki only peed on our bed once and it was MY fault because I had him up there during the day, he was too small to jump off and he had NO idea he had to go because he was still a baby. He slept in his crate in our bedroom until he was probably 8 months old. At least. I can't even remember now! At least in his crate he would bang on the cage and cry to wake me up so we could go outside.
Loki sleeps with us *now* when he wants to. He can jump on and off the bed. He usually starts on the floor in his bed and ends up snuggled up next to me, but he can get on and off as he chooses. At first we just closed our bedroom door and he would scratch at the door in the middle of the night when he needed to go outside. Then we taught him to ring bells and he goes downstairs and rings them (I always wake up) so we can let him out.
You should try covering the crate and putting it in your bedroom. Also, try setting an alarm for 2am or whenever so YOU can wake HIM up and that way he doesn't get in the habit of crying all the time. We had scheduled potty breaks, or if either of us woke up we would just take him out then. |