Crating one dog but not the other. Or....?

[chowder]

Before you order a crate, be sure and check out craigslist. We got another giant size midwest double door crate for $30 from a guy who'd had it in his garage for a year. They ended up getting a tiny pomeranian instead of another big dog and he sold it super cheap on Craigslist. Around here you can usually find crates pretty reasonable on Craigslist.

Shade was crated for almost a year after we got him because he just wasn't completely trustworthy about not chewing something if he got stressed. It's just been since November that we've let him have free roam of the house. He didn't have a problem with being the only dog crated.

[Liz]

Most of my dogs are crated and my old guy is loose. No one has a problem with that. My young ones are not destructive but for their own safety I like to crate. You never know what a bored dog will get into and I have heard lots of horrible stories.

[eternalstudent]

I have to admit I did not think that it would be a problem. When we brought the little pup home we set the crate up in the bedroom next to Becka's bed and that is the way they have slept all week. The only issue we have is that the chews in the crate become Becka's target as soon as the door is opened :-).

[monkeys23]

I would buy a crate for the pup.

Mine all have crates and are crated when no one is home, but Lily is the only one allowed to be loose when I shower. Scout and the little foster Spaz are crated when I shower. No one has an issue with it.