Crate In Bedroom Or Living Room

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Just reading one of our puppy books again. It says to have the puppy to sleep in your bedroom for the first few nights then to move them to the room you want them to sleep in. Does this not confuse the puppy at all? Especially after leaving mum and his brothers and sisters?
Just wondering what's best to do. Thanks
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Most people reccommend puppies being crated in your bed room. As then the puppy can hear you breathing and its meant to be some sort of comfort for them. I dont think it confuses them as such just gives them a little helping hand to settle in, and then once settled in and use to the crate the puppy shouldnt have a problem sleeping in crate in another room.
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We had this dilemma for a nano second, as we decided we wanted her in our bedroom anyway, we built her a nest next 2 our bed, she now doughnuts on th ebottom of our bed, great hot water bottle 4 me incredibly cold feet :thumbup:
Mr B has his bed next 2 my side of bed as he prefers his own space, which is fine coz he's huge

If u want 2 keep ya pup elsewhere then I owuld say it may cause u problems starting off in bedroom, good luck whatever u decide 2 do
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I also agree with having the pup in the bedroom. It not only makes them feel less alone, it makes it easier to get the timing right four night time toilet trips. The wake you up when they need to go outside, it helps to speed up the toilet training process if they don't get the chance to toilet indoors at night.
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I 'slept' in the kitchen for the first couple of nights on some cushions to be near Juno.
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We tried Holly in the bedroom but got fed up with the whining, so moved her to the kitchen, with her crate door open, but in a puppy pen so no destruction, and now she's happy in the kitchen.
When she's at mine she has the choice of her crate or at the end of the bed, but generally she'll get kicked off the bed due to me and the OH being very fidgetty, so we normally wake up to see her in her crate she'll normally have shut the door behind her too lol
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Think it depends on your pup. Our pup is the other end of scale when it comes to seperation anxiety - he just doesn't seem bothered to be left on his own - he definitely lives up to his KC name Mr Independent
We put him in the kitchen in his crate (which he took to immediately) from night 1 and came down to let him out for regular toilet breaks through the night.

I think if my pup was upset when he first came home he probably would've ended up in with us.
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We currently have Pixel sleeping in his crate next to the bed. It's really helped, as if he does whimper during the night, I can pop my fingers through the crate to settle him down. He also knows we're there- he can hear us and see us- which seems to settle him even more.
I don't think we will move his crate out of our bedroom at night, but we move his crate into the living room during the day and if in the future we wanted him to sleep elsewhere all we'd need to do is move the crate. He associates the crate with sleeping, rather than the room- if that makes any sense! He happily climbs into his crate for naps during the day, and no doubt in a day or two's time he'll be more than happy to sleep in his crate on his own without us around (currently if he wakes up in his crate and we're not there he whimpers, but he'll settle to sleep as long as he can see us).
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Dillon's crate is in the living room (it's that big it's the only place it will fit.) so I sleep there with him for the first few night's.
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My puppy whimpered for 5 minutes on the first night and has always been fine crated downstairs. It has a cover, is large with lots of throws and his bed. After he was neutered I took him to my bedroom and he never settled. He started whimpering and I ended up taking him downstairs! Personally I think you should have him wherever you want him to always be.
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My pups sleep in their crates in the living room and have done since the first day I got them. My bedroom is next to the living room and the walls are extremely thin. When I got Suki I was going to stay in the living room with her but she was fine. And when I got Bailey, well Suki was already in the room so he was fine too. Didn't hear a peep out of any of them. :thumbup:
I found that putting a hot water bottle in beforehand to heat the bed up (removed before the pup goes in obvs lol) and a lot of cuddly teddies (so its a bit like their litter mates are there) and they were no problem. Also heard having a ticking clock nearby can help.
Mine slept in mine as pups and still do. In fact all 6 ive had over the last 18years have.
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When my pup comes home her crate will be in the bedroom until I am happy she can sleep through the night.
Then her crate will be in the kitchen with the other pair.
1- because the other two sleep in the kitchen
2- bugger carrying a gsd up the stairs for months!

I know it would only be like once up at night and down in the morning and people say what harm is that going to do but we already have a set of steps up to the house so no not going to take any chances with going up and down the stairs too especially a breed prone to bad hips.
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Our pup slept in his crate downstairs from night one and us upstairs in our bedroom, our house is open plan so we can hear any noise upstairs.
Our pup was absolutely fine not a whimper, but then we did get him home about 8.30 at night, we were all tired, emotional and so after a little time settling him in and mooching around the house (well moving along the wall, the middle of the room was a bit daring!) we took him outside for a wee, and then we put him in and let him settle down.

I am a light sleeper and wake if my kids so much as breath out of sync so there is no way i was going to have a puppy that close, cos i wouldn't have got a wink of sleep!
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If you want the puppy in the bedroom then go ahead and have it in the bedroom. Buster was in the kitchen from day one and is in his room (no he's really not spoiled) now. As long as you go down down to take him out it shouldn't be a problem
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McKenzie sleeps in my room in her own bed which is next to my bed. I tried her in the bathroom at first but she was much calmer in my room. She has no problems being left alone and she's learnt that when the lights go off she needs to be quiet and go to sleep.
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We chose to take turns sleeping downstairs with Jack, at least then one of us could get some decent shuteye but he was fine, after a couple of days left him in the kitchen us in the front room so we could hear him yet again tho he was great never really had a problem.
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i have a wanted my dogs in my room with me... so it has never been an issue.
I see nothing wrong with having your dog in your room. And it has worked perfectly for toilet training for me, because I dont need an alarm, I have woken up when the dog has...and gone straight out to toilet and back to bed.