that last paragraph is exactly what was wrong in our first few nights and which we changed by moving the crate into the main bedroom with us, and then there was

that last paragraph is exactly what was wrong in our first few nights and which we changed by moving the crate into the main bedroom with us, and then there was no need for the crate door to be closed. everything seemed harmonious (hence my assertion the original distant part of house nonsense was unnatural isolation).