I have grown up with dogs my entire life. We have bred our Labrador once and raise the puppies.i enjoy keeping the animals very active and constantly going for walks or swimming and playing. I have two dogs of my own who are trained to stay around the yard leash and fence free. They sleep in bed with me and get tons of love and affection. I have had dogs my entire life and wish to continue to care for dogs as often as I can. I do not tend to crate dogs unless that is the training that you have done with your specific animal, but normally they get free range of the house as well as sleeping on the bed or couch (unless trained not to)