Remember last month I mentioned looking at dog crates that look like furniture for our dogs? They’re currently sleeping in those hard plastic pet carriers in the living room and we’ve been on the lookout for something a little less of an eyesore.

I buckled and got one for them and it should be here by the end of the week. Needless to say the dogs aren’t getting stockings this year but at least they’ll be nice and cozy all winter!

What do you do with your dogs at night? Crate them? Let them run free?

[image: amazon]

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Merry Christmas, Pups

It’s no secret that I love pet stuff that doubles as furniture, or at least hides the pet stuff.

So, our two small dogs have been together now for four years and in only the last year or so have become comfortable enough to lay down and cuddle together, which is something I thought would happen a lot sooner than it did.

Anyway, we’re planning to take advantage of this development and get rid of the two small dog carriers that they sleep in every night and get something that will fit them both. Not only will it cut down on space but they’ll be able to keep each other warm as it gets cooler and cooler.

We were originally going to just go with a bigger carrier, until I started searching around and realized duh, it’s going in the living room next to the couch, what better to look for than something that’ll serve as an end table too?

I came across the crate pictured above and fell in love (we’d put a nice fleece bed in it with their blankets too, of course). As usual, the only problem is the price tag. Unfortunately, cute is usually costly, which means the search is back on.

[image: orvis.com]

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Of Dog Crates and End Tables

What do you do with your dog(s) when you leave the house (I don’t mean on vacation, but just for a few hours to errands or go out to dinner, etc.) or at night?

We crate Chip and Honey when we’re going to be gone longer than about an hour. When Chip was a puppy he had some potty issues if we were gone longer and we found that he was able to hold it when we put him in his little crate. Honey had potty issues when we adopted her (as an adult) but also refuses to mess up her crate. They’re the first thing we head for when we get home, though, so maybe they just know we won’t forget them!

We also crate them at night because neither of us wanted them sleeping with us and we don’t want them trotting around the house harassing the cats unsupervised. They both go in willingly after going outside one last time and then we just say “go to bed” and they dash into their little crates and curl up (that’s all I had to do to get Chip into his crate for the above picture, in the middle of the day!).

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Feedback Friday: Do You Crate Your Dogs?