My dogs have the run of the downstairs of the house, but my mate have crates for each of her 5 dogs, and they love it in them, they know when she is going out and just walks into their own crates and thats where they stay until she is back from the shops, both myself and her like to put on the radio or leave the tele on for our dogs, so they have something to listen to in the background. (spoilt rotten mine are).