I was quite firm about this and Flo had an open crate in the utility room from day 1 and I still put her in the utility room every night when we go to bed and shut the door. She is not allowed upstairs where we have carpets and where the kids toys and clothes are usually all over the floor(!!!!)
We still have a baby gate at the bottom of the stairs, which we got when she was a puppy to stop her going upstairs, although we never have to close it now. She doesn't try to come upstairs at all now.
Some have the dog bed upstairs and some allow the dog to sleep on their bed.
Nothing wrong with any approach as long as everyone is happy and everyone agrees. The puppy dog will just get used to whatever you decide but generally it's best to be consistent.
Some people recommend having a new puppy upstairs for the first few nights while it gets used to it's new surroundings. I suppose a compromise might be to camp out downstairs for the first few nights.
I love Flo to bits and would like nothing more than to hug her all night but she is already quite clingy with me (a velcro dog) and if she also slept near me and didn't learn to be on her own a bit I suspect she wouldn't cope at all if I wasn't around
We still have a baby gate at the bottom of the stairs, which we got when she was a puppy to stop her going upstairs, although we never have to close it now. She doesn't try to come upstairs at all now.
Some have the dog bed upstairs and some allow the dog to sleep on their bed.
Nothing wrong with any approach as long as everyone is happy and everyone agrees. The puppy dog will just get used to whatever you decide but generally it's best to be consistent.
Some people recommend having a new puppy upstairs for the first few nights while it gets used to it's new surroundings. I suppose a compromise might be to camp out downstairs for the first few nights.
I love Flo to bits and would like nothing more than to hug her all night but she is already quite clingy with me (a velcro dog) and if she also slept near me and didn't learn to be on her own a bit I suspect she wouldn't cope at all if I wasn't around