Time to put away the crate?

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Daisy is 16 months old now. She still sleeps in her nite nite (crate) if she wants to...which lately hasn't been too often. She is usually in the living room either on the floor or in her bed. Her crate is in our room, I am currently using it instead of the nitestand. It is one big crate. I kind of want to put it away but I am feeling that she may still want to use it sometimes. I spoke to DH and we thought we could move it to the office/spare bedroom that way if she wanted to be in it she could.

I am freaking out a little, the thought of her not securely next to me in our room makes me sad, like the puppy is totally gone.

What would you do or what have you done about a crate?

Photos below are her end the end of the hall one morning and the other is one of her in her big old crate.

Thursday morning: GUESS WHO SLEPT IN HER CRATE LAST NIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! UGH

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

http://www.doodlekisses.com/forum/topics/first-time-out-of-the-crate

 

I just posted a discussion about trying to get Fudge and Vern out of their crates when we leave. Here is that discussion. I no longer crate at night, but we shut them in the bedroom with us and they either sleep with us or on the floor. Most of the time, on the floor. However, Vern, I think, would rather sleep in the foyer, but I just don't trust him yet for the chewing. I WISH I could get rid of the crates. Could you get rid of the crate and just move a dog bed to your room, just in case.

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Well that is what I was thinking I would do just move the bed to where the crate was. I know I am over thinking this cause she basically has the run of the house. She sleeps where she pleases, it may just be about me.

LOL DH says it's always about me.

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

Those husbands are always saying dumb stuff :) I am jealous...I would LOVE to get rid of the crates. I want to give Vern free reign at night, but he barks at every little sound, and in the bedroom I run a fan to mute noises. Fudge would be fine anywhere. Vern has to grow a pair of....never mind :)

[Suzann, Rosey & Bandit]

I would try moving her bed to your bedroom.  Rosey never crated but she always has to be in the same room as me always... and she has her little bed by our bed and loves to sleep there.  In the interim moving it to the spare room sounds like a good idea.

[Kaytlin and Cooper]

Cooper sleeps under our bed. She didnt use her crate (in our lounge/computer room) for ages, then all of a sudden, we will; notice shes not next to me on her bed and we will look for her, and she will be in her crate! I think she goes in there for some peace and quiet from the cats when shes really tired. id love to get rid of her crate, I think she would be fine without it, but DH wants to keep it.  

 

I love seeing pictures of doodles in crates - sometimes its hard to see which part is which!!!!

[shelly]

Ha!  I just posted on another forum about tori and her "sleep-time" crate... she is going to be 3 and still sleeps in it at night... honestly I would love to get it out of my den, but she LOVES it at night... she usually barks to get us to leave when she wants to 'hit the hay'.  Silly - but it reminds me of the dilemma of when to take my boys out of their crib!  Part of me wants to hold on to that 'babiness' - both for humans and animal!  LOL

[Nancy, Ned, Clancy, and Charlie]

Ned quit using the crate even occasionally about 6 months ago.  Currently it still resides in our bedroom with junk piled on top of it!

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

The junk on top is put there by DH - pants that need to be hung, water bottles crushed that never seem to make it to the recycle bin down the hall and in the garage....magazines, mail you name it. It's hard for the perfect me to deal with - ha ha

 

[Laurie, Fudge, and Vern]

I think the solution is to put your DH in the crate until he stops doing this :)

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

Ha ha  - good idea! I love it!

[Lisa, Daisy & Dexter]

 

I CAN NOT BELIEVE SHE SLEPT IN HER CRATE LAST NIGHT - SHE MUST HAVE REALIZED SOMETHING WAS UP.

I guess I will wait a little while longer....perhaps in the summer when it's warm. I will definitely put the crate in the spare room and her bed in place of where the crate was.

Thanks everyone!

[Jackie]

Beckett never liked his crate. Once he was trustworthy and had run of the house, we put the crate away because he never used it. He usually sleeps on the bed all night. I agree.... put his bed in the bedroom with you and put the crate away.