It’s on countless checklists in puppy books: get a crate before your puppy comes home. What often follows is a list of reasons why raising a puppy without a crate would supposedly be impossible. But did you know that you don’t actually need to use a crate during puppyhood? In this article, I’ll show you how you can do things differently. Using three common arguments in favour of crate use, I’ll explore alternative ways to approach the situations a crate is often recommended f