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Is it okay if my dog and cat sleep outside their crate at night?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Toy Poodle | Male | neutered | 1 year and 5 months old | 15 lbs

Hi there, Scooby has a cat brother who is crate trained at night and he is very clever cat,whenever he feels sleepy,he will go on and take his nap and in other hand Scooby don't love being crate,he loves sleeping under the bed.Both of them shares one big crate.I'm taking a step to let both sleeps out of crate at night,and this is 2nd night,so far both are sleeping quietly.Tiger sleeps inside crate and Scooby beside the crate,is this changes going to spoil them?Am I doing something wrong?

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Answered By Bette Isacoff

Dog Trainer

Published on January 18th, 2018

Unless you need them to have a different sleeping arrangement for some reason, what they're doing is fine. You are not doing anything wrong, and they wont be spoiled. If, however, they must for some reason keep to the routine you started them off with, it would be best to break their new habit right away. I hope that, with everyone sleeping quietly, you can leave them as they are. Everyone in the household will be happy!

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