We have a 12 week old Australian Shepherd that we adopted from the pound (a few weeks ago). He has been good for the last few weeks about going into the crate when we say "CRATE" and then toss a treat in.
Well, today, for the first time I tossed in his kong (with peanut butter) and he did NOT want to go in. It was obvious he wanted to stay out and play more.
What do you guys do when this happens? Do you just pick him up and put him in (which is what I did because we had to leave)?
Btw..he does great all day and during the night. He is out of the crate a good 4-6 hours a day (whether it be playing or sitting on the coach (yes, I know it could be a bad thing) watching tv). He does great at night and can go 6 hours without having an accident in his crate.
I have a feeling that he is just wanting to be a puppy and play with his pack and I shouldn't make much out of it...but I want to make sure.
Sometimes put him in the crate treat him and then let him out right away. Vary the time he has to stay in so he doesn't always associate the crate with long periods of time alone.
We also let him in and out. He may be in for 5 min one time, 2 hour and then 6 hour the next. It is always different. The only time it is consistant is at night at about 11:00-11:30 but he goes in fine then (probably because he is tired).
Do you guys put your pup in the crate even if he doesn't want to go in sometimes?
Always. It's your world not his. Besides you do lots of cool stuff with him when he's out so he will get over it. I put all my dogs in the crate at first, and since they know I am going to put them in no matter what they want they start going in. Besides non alpha's worry about what others want. try to keep that in mind. Sitting in the crate will not harm them
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12 week old pup not wanting to go in crate?
#71960 - 04/03/2005 11:48 AM 
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