Spazz is kinda crate trained. He sleeps in his crate at night. If i tell him go to bed he goes straight to his crate. Most of the time he will go without a fuss. Every so often he will just Plop down on his side and i have to pick him up, but then he figures that just wont work so he will go to the crate. He is at home when im at work, the neighbors come over at lunch and walk him. (they love him also). So I guess my next question is, if i put him in a room with nothing in it, is that like crate training??? He is an awsome kid, and i make it up to him by spending all my time with him after work and on the weekends. I know some people dont agree with the having a dog while single and a full time job. But my spazz is well loved and taken care of. I take him everywhere with me and he still loves strangers and other dogs. (its kind of scary because he will just run up to a strange dog to play, and a lot of dogs his size just dont like other dogs, or so it seems), id hate for him to get bitten.