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I got a call about crate training while back from a lady named Anita that had bought a dog from me a several years ago.<\/p>\n

“We’re having a problem you may be able to help me with”, she said. “We want to take Maxwell with us on vacation.”<\/p>\n

“Great!” I said. “What’s the problem?”<\/p>\n

“You know that Maxwell was crate trained when he left you, right?”<\/p>\n

“Of course.”<\/p>\n

“Well he’s been sleeping on our bed for the last three years and we’ve never crated him. When we tried to put him in a couple days ago to see how he would do on the trip he screamed bloody murder. Do you think we’ll have to leave him in a kennel after all?”<\/p>\n

“Hmmm,” I said. “I just read a great article on this from the AKC Gazette. Let me get it because I think it’ll help.”<\/p>\n

I pulled up the article and went over the main points on crate training — with some of my own added twists.<\/p>\n

1. Put the crate in a quiet part of your house, but also an area where Maxwell normally goes. You don’t want him distracted. Find out how close he is willing to get to the crate.<\/b><\/p>\n

2. Feed him at that spot but put a treat right beyond that. Ignore him. Let him figure on this on his own.<\/b><\/p>\n

3. If the treat isn’t eaten by the next day, leave his food bowl where it is; if he eats the treat, move the food bowl towards the crate to where the treat was.<\/b><\/p>\n

4. Keep doing this until Maxwell’s bowl is in the crate at far wall with the DOOR OPEN. This can take a while. This is not a quick process; it could be as much as a couple of weeks. (Luckily Anita had time. The vacation wasn’t for a month.)<\/b><\/p>\n

5. Then put a steak bone or kong with peanut butter inside in the crate and close the door. Leave Maxwell in the crate for at least an hour. Drape the crate — that is, put a large towel or pillow case over the front of it. This is a symbol to Maxwell that this is a quiet time.<\/b><\/p>\n

6. When you open the door, DO NOT LET HIM CHARGE OUT OF THE CRATE. Make him leave quietly.<\/b><\/p>\n

7. Put the bone or kong in the crate and have Maxwell stay in there for at least an hour every day until he is really comfortable.<\/b><\/p>\n

Anita called me back in about 2 weeks.<\/p>\n

“Worked like a charm!” she said. “We’re off to Cabo!”<\/p>\n

“Lucky dogs!” I said. “And I mean all of you!”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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