I'm getting a new puppy within the next few weeks. She's a red Siberian mixed with a white Alaskan Husky. I plan to train her, especially crate train. I've trained my own dogs before so the process is not big deal, but I need opinions on what to dog with my older dogs.

I have a 6 year old Golden Retriever and a a 7 year old Lab mix. Both are crate trained, though I don't currently have a crate for either of them. I moved a little while back and my dogs are pretty well behaved ^{most of the time} so they have free reign of my house while I'm gone and usually when I'm sleeping.

Should I separate my puppy's crate while working on crate training her and when I leave? With my current dogs the older one liked to lay by the younger one's cage, but they're a special case. I also like to have the crate in my room so the puppy can sleep there with me, but I normally sleep with my door open so the older dogs can wander in and out. Do you think this will cause a problem?

I know every new puppy and training has it's own process, but any tips, advice, anecdotes from your experience, or anything will help me decide the best option so I don't stress my puppy or my older dogs out too much!