My babies (2 chis, both about 18 mo old) love to be in their crate together during the day while my husband and I are at work. They actually know when we're leaving for work and go inside without having to tell them to. If we leave them for a short time, a couple of hours, they can run around the house and they're good boys. Leave a couple dentabones and we'll usually find them in the same spot we left them!