Crating

[rivulet]

Looks like our first big hurdle with Linus is going to be successfully crating him. He doesn't like his crate at all. He'll go in there sometimes to play with something but come straight back out. He likes sleeping everywhere but the crate, it appears. Everything we've read says that pups like their crate, it's a little sanctuary to them, but

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[rini]

Sounds like you had a much better night! I'm sure you've done plenty of google searching, but when Wil and I researched crate training we thought these two were pretty good overviews: http://www.inch.com/~dogs/cratetraining.html and http://www.hsus.org/pets/pet_care/our_pets_for_life_program/dog_behavior_tip_sheets/crate_training.html

[rivulet]

Yeah, that first one is where I found the shake can idea. This morning Cory had to use it just once, and he's been in there for about an hour now, just napping. It's nice!