As Annie Oakley said, crate training is the best thing ever for our dogs. They learn to like their own "cave." I just wish I had known about this years ago when we had dogs that ate our couch cushions and drapes, etc. They were other wise very nice dogs, but 30-40 years ago, never heard of crate training. We now have a small dog that is crate trained and it works out great for all of us.