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At what age can I safely leave my dog's crate open at night?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 4 months and 18 days old | 55 lbs

Just wondering at what age can you leave the dogs crate open at night?

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Answered By Susan England-Foster

Veterinarian

Published on August 25th, 2017

This will really depend on the individual dog some dogs at young age are potty trained and well behaved and some dogs never get to that point. My first dog stayed in carate for 6 months and my second stayed for 6 years. It is all based on the training and how you all want to train/manage the dogs.

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