Is it wrong to have your dog sleep in a crate in a separate room?

[Anonymous]

We had two greyhounds. They slept in one of those extra tiny bedrooms. Perfectly fine in there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, I think it is wrong. Dogs are social animals who bond with their families (packs). I don't think someone who makes their dog sleep alone in a crate, away from the pack, should have a dog at all.

I say this as someone who doesn't even like dogs. I'm a cat person, and even I would not do that to a dog. I think the purpose of a dog/cat is that it is part of the family and brings pleasure to the whole family, and letting your furball snuggle up in bed with you or your child is the best.

Can't you compromise and get the dog a bed you can put on the floor in a bedroom, so that he can be around his people?

You really don’t know anything about dogs.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Jeez Louise. I grew up with dogs and have a dog now and none of them have ever slept in our bedrooms. They are/were all very well loved and happy. I am most puzzled by the poster(s) who seem to think it is borderline abusive not to let a dog in bed with you. My housekeeping standards are not as high as they should be, but yuck to a dog in my bed.

+10000

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My dog loves her crate. She goes right to it and jumps in. It’s on the first floor. Our bedrooms on the second floor. She’s fine. But it’s not the laundry room which tends to be cold.

Same here. We have two dogs, both of whom sleep in crates on the main level. When we say bedtime, they jump right up and go to sleep in the crates. They'd be distraught if we took them away.

[Anonymous]

Our companion dog sleeps happily in a crate in another room. In fact, once he goes in for the night, we can’t lure him out for extra cuddles even with treats. I tell the kids if you didn’t get to say goodnight before he goes into his crate, you’ve lost your chance.

I worried about where the dog would sleep before we got him but it’s all been fine. He otherwise receives lots of attention.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Jeez Louise. I grew up with dogs and have a dog now and none of them have ever slept in our bedrooms. They are/were all very well loved and happy. I am most puzzled by the poster(s) who seem to think it is borderline abusive not to let a dog in bed with you. My housekeeping standards are not as high as they should be, but yuck to a dog in my bed.

Yes, so disgusting.

Who said sleeping in their bed???
Everyone here has said sleeping on a DOG BED in the bedroom.

Reading comprehension, try it sometime.


OP, 16 months is by far way too long to be sleeping in a crate, crates are usually reserved for housebreaking.

OP didn’t specify, so it could be taken either way, and based on her overly dramatic reaction to her husband’s wishes, she would have the dog IN the bed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Dogs are extremely social and want to be with their pack at all times. Just because they're not complaining, doesn't mean that they're not lonely.

You should buy a dog bed and put it out in ther hallway outside of yours and your kids rooms if he won't let the dog sleep in your rooms.

At the very least, he'll be a guard dog -- and by that I don't mean an "attack dog", I mean if someone breaks into the house or messes with your cars outside, your dog will hear it immediately and alert you. Immediately.

A dog in a crate, in the mud room is just sad.

Why does your husband get the final say?
I don't understand that logic, isn't marriage a compromise?

How would they reach a compromise? You mean that the dog gets to sleep in a bedroom on alternative days? Either the dog sleeps in a bedroom or it doesn't. Besides, why should the OP get the final say?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Dogs are extremely social and want to be with their pack at all times. Just because they're not complaining, doesn't mean that they're not lonely.

You should buy a dog bed and put it out in ther hallway outside of yours and your kids rooms if he won't let the dog sleep in your rooms.

At the very least, he'll be a guard dog -- and by that I don't mean an "attack dog", I mean if someone breaks into the house or messes with your cars outside, your dog will hear it immediately and alert you. Immediately.

A dog in a crate, in the mud room is just sad.

Why does your husband get the final say?
I don't understand that logic, isn't marriage a compromise?

How would they reach a compromise? You mean that the dog gets to sleep in a bedroom on alternative days? Either the dog sleeps in a bedroom or it doesn't. Besides, why should the OP get the final say?

alternate

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Dogs are extremely social and want to be with their pack at all times. Just because they're not complaining, doesn't mean that they're not lonely.

You should buy a dog bed and put it out in ther hallway outside of yours and your kids rooms if he won't let the dog sleep in your rooms.

At the very least, he'll be a guard dog -- and by that I don't mean an "attack dog", I mean if someone breaks into the house or messes with your cars outside, your dog will hear it immediately and alert you. Immediately.

A dog in a crate, in the mud room is just sad.

Why does your husband get the final say?
I don't understand that logic, isn't marriage a compromise?

How would they reach a compromise? You mean that the dog gets to sleep in a bedroom on alternative days? Either the dog sleeps in a bedroom or it doesn't. Besides, why should the OP get the final say?

alternate

You can’t alternate. Dogs are creatures of habit. They’d be confused about the sleeping arrangements.

[Anonymous]

Crates are cruel. If you keep the crate door open and the dog chooses to go in that is one thing but training them to need it and then acting like it was their choice is wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I couldn't do it. It would break my heart, too. But if the dog is used to it, the dog doesn't know any better. The dog is probably okay.

+1

[Anonymous]

It really seems sad. We did use crates until they were potty trained. But after that they slept on a nice bed in our room.

[Anonymous]

This is hilarious. Remember when dogs used to sleep outside? In the “dog house”? Lolol.

[Anonymous]

My dog seems to like his crate. He even waits to enter so we can "tuck him in"--we close but don't lock the crate, drape a covering over it, pet him and say good night. We're in the next bedroom over, and doors are left open.

He's 85lb and really furry, so we don't want him in our bed. My brother and his wife slept with their dog, but not our thing. YMMV.

[Anonymous]

I'm another poster who has a dog that LIKES to sleep in their crate (downstairs in the living room). She was crated when she was a puppy for potty and safety (with the door closed). The last 6 years I haven't closed the crate door but she goes and lies down in her crate almost every night when she's sleepy. Sometimes during the day she'll sleep on my bed, but at night she prefers her crate or the couch.