We crated both of our pups in the BR until we felt they could be left out on their own. Cooper sleeps on our bed at night most of the time which has it's own set of issues. At 85 lbs and 25" tall she takes up a lot of space, and typically she will go out in the morning and then come back in and leap on the bed with great abandon. Nothing like an 85# alarm clock.
Annie was so small when we first got her, that at night she went in the cat transport box that we use to take the cat to the vets in. We had a crate for her downstairs in the kitchen which she used in the day. She only need to be in our room for a few days with her teddies, then she went downstairs no trouble.
