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My dog and cat share a crate. Should they sleep in new beds?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Toy Poodle | Male | neutered | 1 year and 6 months old | 15 lbs

I'm confused in making choices between crate and own personal bed. My both dog and cat are trained to sleep on time and share one crate. They are very discipline at night. Since I bought them their own bed, I'm planning to let them sleep freely on their personal bed but I'm scared, how if in the future they refuse to sleep on time and on crate? Should I maintain with the discipline? Reason I bought personal bed is to make sure my dog sleep on bed which he don't love it. I'm very confused.

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Answered By Dr. Dayna, DVM, CVA

Veterinarian, Certified Veterinary Acupuncturist

Published on February 2nd, 2018

If the sleeping arrangements work well right now then I would probably stay with what works. If you decide to switch, and it doesn’t work out well you can always go Back to a crate at night, but it will probably take several night of retraining. I am a Tim believer in staying with what works! Best of luck and thank you for using Pet Coach.

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