I use my crate with the pup mainly for toilet training, and also to stop him chewing things.
I used a crate for Dixie for the same reson when she was little and intended to let her just have a bed, but now she will not settle unless she is safely in her crate with a bone. It is her comfort zone and she will not only go there to sleep but if she is feeling uncomfortable or if the pup is annoying her she goes off to her crate- its funny though because she has one that has an 'up and over' door and if its not locked, she can open it but pup cant- as he has not learned to keep out of her bed yet its great!

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