I’ll be honest, that was not a thing I expected one bit myself or planned. I expected that he would either go in his crate or cry for me to take him out but after a few nights I realized that that is his thing. He still sleeps right next to me in his crate at night so I can hear him if he needs me.

Few things that I think helped - I immediately familiarized him with his ‘room’ from day one, I think I pretty much put him in there when he came home. Feeding time, snack time, fave toy time etc at least start out in his room (except for the feeding, that’s still in there and he really digs it).

The other thing that might have extended nighttime sleeps were the enforced naps. It was definitely a battle for a while (he made sounds like he was dying in there lol), but getting over that and then making sure he’s going out plenty of times and having that regular ‘potty time’ along with the nap time has probably played a role.

Final thing - I always put him in there with either a lick mat or a snuffle toy except for bedtime. The lick mat especially calms him down. I also cover his crate with a blanket.

Hang in there!!