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Crate Issue
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Our dog has been crate trained since Day 1 (thanks to his foster mom), so nearly 2 years. This week, all of the sudden, he's been refusing to go into his crate. I'll give him the command and he'll stick his head in, back out, and sit. Sometimes he'll dance around a little, but either way he's not going in without a fight.
Any suggestions on why this sudden change and what we can do about it? Start over with crate training? The only thing I can think that would have scared him of it is a thunderstorm we had while both of us were at work, but obviously during 2 years, thunderstorms have happened while in his crate.
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Re: Crate Issue
Poe: Here we go once again with the "I was a wild stray..." story. Blah blah blah *eye roll*
Blog: The Misadventures of Jackson and Poe
Your guess could be right. Dogs tend to associate scary experiences with the location they happened, so if he heard an extra bad storm, a backfiring car, some type of disturbance on the street outside, etc. it could have created this fear of the crate.
I agree with pps that going back to crate 101 and making the crate a super happy awesome place to be is the best solution. I don't know if it's an option to move the location of the crate or use a different crate, but there's a possibility that might help break the negative association too.
If it's a continued problem, you might want to try videotaping him during the day to see if you can figure out what's setting him off.
GL!
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