Where do you keep your dogs crate?

[erniesmom]

I am not sure where to put the crate.

Ideally I would think I would like it in the living room so the dog can see all that is going on when we are home.

I don't have a huge house and the only place in the living room to put the crate would be next to the cats suitcase (my cat has turned it into her bed).

I could put it next to the cats bed but I am not sure how the cat would feel (at least initially).

We have a spare bedroom that we use as a tv room I could put the crate in. I'm just not sure how puppy will feel being in there away from all the action. Also, my son sometimes sleeps in there and not sure if puppy should be sleeping in a bedroom.

Any thoughts?

Thanks!


***not my first german shepherd puppy but I have not had one in a long long time. I feel like a new parent.

[Cpulley1]

I adopted a German Shepherd puppy last week. We have our crate next to the cat's scratching post in the living room during the day, and in the bed room at night. She won't tolerate being left alone at night yet without crying all night.

Our cat and puppy started playing together after coexisting for 5 days. The past two days they have taken turns chasing each other around the house, or pawing at each other's faces. Believe it or not, we have the shyest cat in the world, but they are both about 11 pounds right now, so neither is too intimidating.

Lastly, if your cat bothers to use his/her bed, that would be an oddity in its self by comparison. Our cat doesn't even know what her bed is, but sleeps anywhere else she chooses.

[KZoppa]

our dogs crates are right next to the back door,which is where they are when we leave and we have another crate upstairs in our bedroom for Shasta who isnt totally reliable left out at night yet. Sounds like you could move it around and see the best fit. good luck!

[Stosh]

I put the crate next to our bed and had them sleep in it for the first 3-4 weeks they were home. During the day I put it where the hallway meets the kitchen, so it's near all the action.

[LaRen616]

My dogs crate is right next to my bed.

[Samba]

I have mine in the living area. When they have crate time, they do like to be with the family and in the midst of us. I have a rescue whose crate will not fit up in the living room area. She is in the den. When I am gone on trips with the others, she really seems to like the chance to move into the dining room where she is with the rest of us.

[gsdraven]

When Raven was a puppy, her crate was in my bedroom. It's where I put her when I left the house and then she was in the bedroom with me at night.

For fosters, I have a crate in the living room and one in the bedroom so they are with Raven during the day and with us both at night.

[Emoore]

Mine is in the bedroom. We have an exercise pen that he uses during the day if we can't watch him, and that's in the living room.

[Rott-n-GSDs]

Originally Posted by erniesmom

Ideally I would think I would like it in the living room so the dog can see all that is going on when we are home.

Do you plan on crating the puppy a lot while you are home? We personally never crated Luna when we were home... unless we were doing something that she would get into, and then we found it easier to crate her in a quiet room so she would settle down and not whine to get out.

I personally recommend putting a puppy's crate in your bedroom. It helps them get used to it quicker. Luna never whined in her crate at night because we were right there in the same room with her. It didn't take long for it to become a "safe place" for her.

[cassadee7]

I had her little crate in my bedroom beside my bed for a month or so. I would carry it out into the living room/dining area in the daytime. Then when I had to get a bigger crate, the first day I carried that huge XL VariKennel from the living room to my bedroom and back, smashing my fingers and knocking things over, I decided she could just sleep in the living/dining room. So we leave it there now. I am right up the hall and can hear her. And she can see and hear us as we go about our day if she is crated.