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

[Anonymous]

I think so but my husband won’t budge. He doesn’t want the dog to sleep in our room or our kids. He sleeps in our mud room in a crate, he 16 months. Breaks my heart.

[Anonymous]

Never mind my previous response I didn’t understand...

I don’t think dogs care that much about this? They’re sleeping at night. Dogs acclimate to whatever their routine is. Our dog does not use the crate but has the run of the first floor, no bedrooms. He sleeps at night and seems like a happy fellow.

[Anonymous]

My dog sleeps in a crate in a different room and he's perfectly happy to do so.

[Anonymous]

The bigger problem is your husband sounds like he’s mean. What kind of dog? That’s way too old to be sleeping in a crate where’s he locked up. At that age if you still have a crate the dog just uses it as a bed. Also by that age why isn’t do sleeping in a proper dog bed in someone’s room (I won’t ask why he isn’t sleeping in someone’s bed because the answer is obvious).

Poor dog.

[Anonymous]

I don’t think it’s “wrong,” but my dog is unhappy being downstairs by himself, and being in the crate prevents him from joining us upstairs. When he slept in the crate downstairs, he was an early riser and would bark for someone to come and let him out. I’ve started letting him sleep on a dog bed in my room and he sleeps in late now. I can sleep in on the weekend because now he sleeps through his breakfast time! 😯

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Never mind my previous response I didn’t understand...

I don’t think dogs care that much about this? They’re sleeping at night. Dogs acclimate to whatever their routine is. Our dog does not use the crate but has the run of the first floor, no bedrooms. He sleeps at night and seems like a happy fellow.

I agree, that if the dog is not complaining it is probably fine with it. But poor dog, he would probably like being closer with his pack, even at night time, they are pack animals after all. I am a softy and my dog is allowed to sleep on my bed if ti wants to.

[Anonymous]

Our 10yo dog has always slept happily in a crate. However, when we mentioned moving his crate to another room when he was about 1yo, the rescue we got him from recommended that we keep him on the same floor. So he sleeps in a room in between our bedroom and kid's bedroom. At this point we haven't even bothered to lock it the past several years. He drape a blanket over to make it feel more den-like, and he stays there all night.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bigger problem is your husband sounds like he’s mean. What kind of dog? That’s way too old to be sleeping in a crate where’s he locked up. At that age if you still have a crate the dog just uses it as a bed. Also by that age why isn’t do sleeping in a proper dog bed in someone’s room (I won’t ask why he isn’t sleeping in someone’s bed because the answer is obvious).

Poor dog.

This is the dumbest thing I've read today, and I've seen some presidential twitter.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bigger problem is your husband sounds like he’s mean. What kind of dog? That’s way too old to be sleeping in a crate where’s he locked up. At that age if you still have a crate the dog just uses it as a bed. Also by that age why isn’t do sleeping in a proper dog bed in someone’s room (I won’t ask why he isn’t sleeping in someone’s bed because the answer is obvious).

Poor dog.

This is the dumbest thing I've read today, and I've seen some presidential twitter.

Ok. I see those who hate animals are taking a headcount.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The bigger problem is your husband sounds like he’s mean. What kind of dog? That’s way too old to be sleeping in a crate where’s he locked up. At that age if you still have a crate the dog just uses it as a bed. Also by that age why isn’t do sleeping in a proper dog bed in someone’s room (I won’t ask why he isn’t sleeping in someone’s bed because the answer is obvious).

Poor dog.

Husband isn't mean. Some people don't want their pets sleeping in their bedrooms with people that's all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bigger problem is your husband sounds like he’s mean. What kind of dog? That’s way too old to be sleeping in a crate where’s he locked up. At that age if you still have a crate the dog just uses it as a bed. Also by that age why isn’t do sleeping in a proper dog bed in someone’s room (I won’t ask why he isn’t sleeping in someone’s bed because the answer is obvious).

Poor dog.

Husband isn't mean. Some people don't want their pets sleeping in their bedrooms with people that's all.

A dog is a complex sentient being with an affiliative pack nature. A dog is not a bag of laundry. It’s just mean to put this full grown creature in a box cast into a mud room at night where it sits alone just waiting for someone to show it some affection and to receive its affection.

[Anonymous]

Our bichon and now our Havernese always were crated - never in our bedrooms. Both happily walk(ed) into their crates when we’d say ‘bed’ - assuming they hadn’t already gone in by themselves. Most often the crate in family room. Our Havernese also has a blanket over the crate (like a parrot) and even if there’s noise/people talking while she’s in there she doesn’t whine to get out. Your DH is totally fine OP-dogs like their little dens and alone time-even breeds like ones we have that are so people focused.

[Anonymous]

He’s.a.dog.

Of course it is OK.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The bigger problem is your husband sounds like he’s mean. What kind of dog? That’s way too old to be sleeping in a crate where’s he locked up. At that age if you still have a crate the dog just uses it as a bed. Also by that age why isn’t do sleeping in a proper dog bed in someone’s room (I won’t ask why he isn’t sleeping in someone’s bed because the answer is obvious).

Poor dog.

Husband isn't mean. Some people don't want their pets sleeping in their bedrooms with people that's all.

A dog is a complex sentient being with an affiliative pack nature. A dog is not a bag of laundry. It’s just mean to put this full grown creature in a box cast into a mud room at night where it sits alone just waiting for someone to show it some affection and to receive its affection.

You worry too much. Dog will be fine.