Rita - My dummydog Waffles loves her crate and gets perturbed if Sebastian or one of the cats is in it. I have to shoo them out so she can go in. I still have to crate her if we're not home or at night.. she still chews things. *sigh* And winter is still here too.. we won't see green for at least another week to 2 weeks. I doubt the forsythias will be blooming before the end of March, let alone the lilacs starting to think about blooming. And I don't have any leaves on any of my roses.. nor will I for weeks and weeks.