Where to put crate when she sleeps?

[DBlain]

how excited you must be, when it comes to crates, a lot depends on your house, mine is two levels and my office and bedroom are upstairs. For a while I had three crates, one in the bedroom, the office, and the great room which is open to most of the lower level. So I moved her around depending on where I was. I got her midweek and since my husband works long hours and gets up early I wanted to make sure Lola did not act up at night so I slept in the guest bedroom with her in the crate, she did great and by the weekend the crate moved into our bedroom. Eventually LOL my DH wanted her to sleep in bed with us, so that's where she sleeps now, but on her own little bed. The only crate I keep out now is the bedroom one, once in a while she gets put in the crate if I am trying to clean or do something I don't want her to get into.
My advice is get at least two crates, put one in your bedroom and another in a part of the house that you spend a lot of time in and that perhaps she can see outside from. Send an email out to everyone you know often you can find one that you can borrow, that's what I did, and now one of my crates is lent out to a friend. you can often find decent used ones on Craigs list as well, and places like Wallmart sell them pretty cheap now. Covering them at night is a good idea, we covered all but one side at night and it kept her warm and quite. Also buy a few beds and try to get the ones with the loose pillows, I use cheap pillow cases over the bed pillow this way I can wash the pillow case and not always have to wash the whole pillow or bed. All my dogs have been bed freaks I think because I have always had one in just about every room, when traveling as soon as Lola see's a bed it's like relief and she is thinking, oh I have a place her. Good luck with the puppy, can't wait to see the pictures.

[Wallee]

Wallee also sleeps in his crate in my room. The first week I got him, I tried leaving his crate in the gated kitchen but he barked and complained. We used to put the crate on one part of our L shaped couch and sleep on the other where he could see us. We could easily reach the crate and speak to him in the night if he became stressed. After about a week, we moved the crate into the bedroom and he has slept there ever since. During the day if we are out, he has a bed in the kitchen that he runs to as soon as we put up the gates..hehehe..too cute..They learn the routine very quickly.

[wadeod]

Wow, Thanks for all the great responses. Ive now got 2 crates, and she is sleeping in our bedroom when she comes come. There goes the love life