Ranger has freedom of the house because I had a problem crate training him. I would leave him in the crate for a few minutes then take him out and the whole time he was just going nuts. When we left we could hear him barking in our car and the neighbors even complained. We also tried to get him to sleep in the crate but he would bark and cry for hours, so after 4 nights of no one getting any sleep we let him sleep with us and had no problems. Since we moved he still sleeps with us at night and doesn't have accidents or need to potty during the night (he potties before bedtime and goes first thing in the morning). And when we leave he rules the apartment, but all he does is sleep in our bed or on the couch. When he was younger he would get into trouble b/c he would shred any paper that was left around by jumping up onto our computer desks. We learned to make sure the house was "puppy proof" before leaving and now he's pretty good.
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