Izzy my dog hates her crate if she has an inkling that she going in that direction she will roll over on her back then paw at me.
I have been trying to make it as fun as possible getting excited or bribing her with treats but she just stays on her back.
I eventually have to drag her to her crate which I hate to do especially since there is a risk of her biting me I read on a post here where the dog bit the owner for doing that so I try to be as careful as possible. But I am at a breaking point.
I do go to school 2 times a week from 8:00 to 5:00 but she does get potty breaks and I have been waking up at 5:00 am to play and go for a small walk. then when I come home I take here for a 2 to 3 hour walk so hopefully she is getting enough exercise. How can I make the crate more enjoyable for her ? (She was a shelter dog if that makes a difference she was in the pound for a while before I adopted her.)
If it were me I would practice crating when I don't have to go somewhere. I toss a raw meaty bone in her crate and ask her to follow. If she didn't follow immediately I would take the bone back to the freezer/frig and ignore her. She ONLY gets the bestest bone when crated. I want to say that my first impression is that she is messing with you because okay, she doesn't like being crated (who can blame her). So I would make it so she wants to be crated. Any and nearly all the dogs I have owned I taught to like crating by giving the wonderful stuff in crates.
To me the laying down and refusing to me is just a passive dominance thing that needs to be ignored.
Treats, treats and more treats. Put the dog in with a treat - a longer lasting one. Walk by and give another treat (only if you catch the dog quiet), so do it right away.
I have had this same problem with my dog when I started going to back to school. As a puppy she was with me all the time (I went to a dog training school so all we did was train/have fun all day). When I went back to school she would fight about going in her kennel all day. I made plenty of kongs and everlasting treat balls for her. She is better now. I also walk/run/play with her the day before school and right when I get home.
I use liver, cereal, kong , chicken, beef etc. she knows she's going to the crate and will not move.
She is very destructive, eats wire couch, shoes, wood etc.
the thing is she is out 5 days out of the week with me and when I am at school she is let out to potty(frequently) by my sister or brother in law and she can't be dragging her all the way upstairs she is pregnant.
I do put her away when i get tired of her then I put treats on a table near bye and give her a treat every time I pass however she still hates it.
I also feed her in her crate.
I feel like I tried almost everything.
Thats why I finally decided to ask for opinions ( I will try the meaty bones tomorrow when i get some)
It won't be a quick fix, but I really think you can get her better about this. (We have no idea what her previous experiences are with crates, prior to you adopting her, so you might have to patiently undo something which someone else did incorrectly...)
Yes on my first post you recommended it I read the ebook, watched the online vids and never looked back, she knows down, stay, yuck, walking on a loose leash, trying to teach a heel, look, touch,trying to teach stay is not there yet,and i am still teaching her new things or at least try too.
I would go back to crate training 101 as if she was a young puppy. On the days that you are not in school spend some time letting her in and out with super high value rewards. Cooked steak would probably do the trick for almost any dog.
Walk her over to the crate, on leash, and toss some food in, wait for her to go in on her own (you might have to be very patient for this) and then mark it, give her another reward, let her back out. Repeat.
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My pup hates her crate help!
which I hate to do especially since there is a risk of her biting me I read on a post here where the dog bit the owner for doing that so I try to be as careful as possible. But I am at a breaking point.
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