my dog is house trained, but u have to be rough with them no matter hjow cute they are, thats y we left that up to my dad ,lol, anyway, my dog sleeps in his cage only, but we tried to take it away one time and give him a bed, but he cried and slept on the couch , he loves that thing , so when we put it back he stayed in there all day long!!!!! he was so scared we were gonna take it away again, so unfortunately we were never able to keep the cute bed that we got him, oh well, its wierd but he loves it