Where do you have your dog crate?

[arivecchi]

Thanks all. I will keep it in the family room then since we spend most of our time there. The crate is 54 X 37. I might turn it into a guest room when the puppy is done with it.

[Snow mom]

We have two crates in our dining room. The only other furniture in there is a table and the crates are where a buffet would normally go.

[wendibird22]

Ours lived in our family room just like yours is set up.

Do you think you could do a smaller crate for a puppy until the dog grows a bit?

[AngB]

Our bedroom. We have a huge room. Our dogs are a husky and German shepherd, not small crates.

[arivecchi]

For those that have crates in bedrooms, do you have carpeting? We have room for the crate in our room but (i) the MB is upstairs so no door access and (ii) the second floor hallway and MB are carpeted.

Great danes grow too quickly for small crates. We have a divider so that the usable space in the crate grows with the pup.

AGE	WEIGHT	HEIGHT
Birth weight	1-2 lbs
1 Week	2-3 lbs
2 Weeks	3-5 lbs
3 Weeks	4-7 lbs
1 Month	5-8 lbs
6 Weeks	10-20 lbs
2 Months	15-30 lbs	13-18 inches
3 Months	25-45 lbs	17-23 inches
4 Months	45-65 lbs	20-25 inches
5 Months	60-85 lbs	24-30 inches
6 Months	65-100 lbs	26-33 inches
7 Months	70-110 lbs	27-34 inches
8 Months	80-120 lbs	28-34 inches
9 Months	85-125 lbs	28-35 inches
1 Year	95-140 lbs	29-36 inches
ADULT
Males	135-170 lbs	33-36 inches
Females	110-145 lbs	30-34 inches

[drako]

I would watch the end of your crate that is by your sofa. Especially when she is in the entire crate and going through the chew stage. I am amazed how are dogs when bored in their crate would get stuff in the crate that was outside of it. Or it I put something on top of the wire crate, they would totally pull it in and chew it.


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[acmom]

We have had it in our family room when it was in use a lot (when our dog was a puppy, when she was injured, when the house was being worked on, etc.), in one house it was close to the front door, in this house, close to the slider to the deck. When we aren't using it as much, we have either taken it down and just left the bed, or had it in our office/den. We did have it in our bedroom too for a while, which was carpeted but she was older at that point, so accidents weren't an issue.

[LBW]

How old is the puppy now? If he/she is really young, could you buy or borrow a smaller crate for the family room just to get you through the early weeks of house training? When they are really little, I think it's important to have them crated very close to an exterior door. But, that's less important once they are able to hold it in the morning until they can get from a bedroom to outside.

[Kindra178]

No carpet.

[hellokitty]

We have a medium sized wire frame crate. We keep it in our family rm. This wasn't really intentional. However, he does like to go in and ot of his crate throughout the day to grab toys. So it's in convenient spot. It's also a brighter room in the daytime than some of our other rooms.