Dog is about 16 months. Over last few months there has been times when he’s not wanted to go to bed in his crate. One time after I accidentally leaned on it when saying goodnight and it made a loud noise. He got over that with the help of hot dogs but then again this week didn’t want to go in. Possibly as it was too hot. Let him sleep in the kitchen for next few nights but have bribed him in with sausage tonight. He never goes in his crate in the day but did go in when we said time for bed really happily until recently. I know lots of people don’t like adult dogs using crates but my main concern is what you do on holiday. He would be fine in our kitchen but holiday cottages are often more open plan He’s not completely trustworthy. Eats socks given half a chance. I don’t think he’d chew furniture as doesn’t do that at home but feels like a bit of a risk on holiday. If we get rid of the crate could we still use it on holiday or is that mean? Presumably if he was injured we’d have to use it. Should we wait till he’s neutered? He’d be less likely to access his stitches in a crate. Or get a bigger crate. It’s a medium but he grew a bit bigger than we expected so possibly it’s a bit small (although tons of space when he’s curled up).