I am bringing home my puppy in 12 days, and bought a crate today...figured we would bring it up & down the stairs each day - it's too big! So, I thought we would keep it downstairs & put the pup in there when we were out & when he needed quiet time away from the boys. I don't know what to do for sleeping arrangements for him. The guy at Petco said I should have him sleep in the crate downstairs. Well, then I won't sleep! I will be checking on him all night & probably waking him up!
A friend has a Maltipoo that sleeps in a crate in her room & is comforted by knowing her people are close...I figured this is what I would do...any suggestions?
Do your pups sleep in your rooms? Are they in crates? I just want him in there til he's housebroken (we had new carpeting put in not to long ago!) and then he can have his own bed in my room.
Can't wait to have him home with me!
We had a downstairs crate and an upstairs crate. Harlow would stay in the downstairs crate if we were out and about during the day and at night she would stay in the upstairs crate in our bedroom. We don't have the downstairs crate set up now that she is house trained. We still have the crate in the bedroom but Harlow only uses it when she gets tired of playing with our other dogs.