Danke is the same way. As a puppy, I didn't want her jumping into her crate in the back of the Jeep on her own.
So, I taught her to put her front paws in the Jeep and wait for me to lift her.
Even though she is almost fully grown and more than capable of jumping in on her own, she still waits for me to lift her rear-end into the crate.
It doesn't bother me enough to retrain the "load up" behavior, but I could see how that same mistake could translate into more annoying situations for other folks.
I did pretty much what Alyssa did. I'd let my older dog get his front feet up on the tailgate (S10 Blazer), but I'd only lift him most of the way and then have him "load up" the rest of the way himself. As he got bigger that distance naturally got closer to the ground, until he was just doing it without any help.
With a bigger dog, I think I'd teach him how to jump up onto a park bench with "load up" as the command, first. It'll be really easy to transition that. I just taught this to my pup the other day. The first time it was just a matter of making him get his front feet up there (tapping the bench with my hand gave him the idea), lifting him the rest of the way, marking, and then rewarding. The next time we tried he knew what I wanted and jumped all the way up on his own. Then he learned "load down".
Danke is the same way. As a puppy, I didn't want her jumping into her crate in the back of the Jeep on her own.
So, I taught her to put her front paws in the Jeep and wait for me to lift her.
That's funny! That is what Bruno does...puts his front paws in and I lift his back end up.
Angela has a great idea. Try marker/clicker training him to get into the car. Lure at first and when he gets in click or mark/treat and make the treat a jackpot of high value and lots of it.
Molly only got car sick once and that time she politely vomited in a cup holder instead of the upholstery.
Training Kaiser to get in the car was fairly easy once I tried this method. I put one of his favorite toys in the back. Then I opened the car door - showed him the toy and he was then eager to get in!
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