Where do I put the crate?

[Anonymous]

We will have a crate for our puppy and I read that it's important to have it in a common household area, but I also read that if we crate the puppy during the night (and take it out for pottying, of course, in the middle of the night if necessary) that we should have the crate in our bedroom so that he doesn't have to sleep all alone. Does this mean I need two crates?

What worked for you?

[Anonymous]

I had the crate in my bedroom.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had the crate in my bedroom.

So that's where you kept the puppy during the day if you had to go out? I have carpeting in my bedroom. Would a crate accident leak?

[Anonymous]

bedroom. I had mine in the bedroom so that the puppy doesn't feel alone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had the crate in my bedroom.

So that's where you kept the puppy during the day if you had to go out? I have carpeting in my bedroom. Would a crate accident leak?

I never had a problem with crate accidents.

[Anonymous]

We carry it up to the bedroom at night and back to the living room in the morning. Kind of a pain but it's been working well so far...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had the crate in my bedroom.

So that's where you kept the puppy during the day if you had to go out? I have carpeting in my bedroom. Would a crate accident leak?

NP here. Also in the bedroom. And, I never had a puppy have an accident in the crate unless he/she was sick. And then, yes, the crate might leak, but probably not. Here is a tip though. After the puppy has been in the crate for awhile, pick him or her up instead of letting the puppy walk/run to the door. When you leave the puppy out of the crate, the puppy just wants to go. Also, even if it isn't an immediate pee, puppies get distracted and it can be hard to get them to go outside and you end up with an accident. After the puppy gets too big, use a leash.

[Anonymous]

I had two crates, one for the kitchen during the day and one for the bedroom at night. My dog whined like crazy at night if he was crated in a separate room and kept everyone awake so he had to be in our room but I wanted him in the kitchen during the day in case of accidents.

[Anonymous]

We have a beautiful rescue Maltese, about 7 or 8 pounds, and 11 years old.

When we first brought her home, we had a crate in the kitchen (ginormous kitchen) and a crate in the bedroom, although in the bedroom, she preferred her big, soft puppy bed, so we didn't force her to stay in the crate. We crated her in the kitchen at all times when we were out of the house, but when we were home, she roamed the house and loved finding new places to nap in the sunlight.

Her fav place ended up being my favorite Versace bowl in the middle of our table in the formal living room. She'd jump up to the couch, then from the couch onto the table, then the table into the bowl. It was adorable and that's when I knew she was my puppy soul-mate.

Now, we just have the crate in the kitchen and we only use the crate in the event that she is sick and we have to run out the house. If we are out of the house regularly and she is her usual, healthy, happy self, then we let her have free reign of the house.

It's her Potomac palace anyways, we're just living in it.

(We also keep super soft and snuggly puppy beds in all the rooms we spend a lot of time in, like the family room, and each bedroom)

[Anonymous]

Another one for crate in the bedroom. Also never had an accident in the crate unless one of my dogs was sick and threw up, even then, it remained inside the crate.

[Anonymous]

We had two crates. Once the puppy was trained well enough, the crate in the bedroom went into storage and we just kept the crate on the main level as her "home" and as a quick place to stash her if a dog-afraid friend came over.

Our crates have a plastic insert in the bottom that is ridged at the sides, so if the dog had an accident it would be contained. But if you had a dog who might try to go *outside* the crate, then putting a tarp or shower curtain down under the crate and having it extend out some distance would help protect your floors.

Your goal is for the dog not to eliminate in the crate though. If you think there's a chance, I'd be more likely to set up a play yard with a potty area.

[Anonymous]

I put the puppy in a crate nearest the door it will exit to potty.

[Anonymous]

crates are pretty cheap. I'd just get an extra so you don't have to cart it around. We kept one downstairs for daytime and one upstairs for night time (initially in our bedroom, then transitioned to hallway outside our door).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had two crates, one for the kitchen during the day and one for the bedroom at night. My dog whined like crazy at night if he was crated in a separate room and kept everyone awake so he had to be in our room but I wanted him in the kitchen during the day in case of accidents.

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[Anonymous]

We put the crate in our bedroom.