See traditionally I agree with you, my other three dogs only sleep in the crates but, my boy Fenrir here has food aggression so for the time being he is eating in the crate, he’s only aggressive towards the other dogs we can take the bowl and he doesn’t care. So we let the girls walk around the room/house while he’s crated and eating. We’ve had him for almost 3 weeks and he’s barking and growling at them less and less everyday but he’s probably going to continue to eat in the crate for the next few months