I am NOT going in that crate!!! LOL

[Anthony8858]

Kira did something very funny tonight. But at the same time, she showed me that she doesn't have to obey her commands, if she doesn't' want to.

I'm in the family room, and going through her commands. She was in a wild mood (been raining here a few days), and I wanted to give her some mental stimulation.
I was doing the usual sit, stay, down, etc...
For the past few days, I've been teaching her to go into her crate on command. She'll go into the crate, but she never seems too excited about it, whereas, she'll do anything else for a treat, otherwise.

As I was going through her paces, I said "crate". She looked at me and RAN into another part of the house, and refused to come back. She sat under the dining room table, and wouldn't move.

I realize that all training should be fun, but how would you handle that incident?

*** Don't tell anyone, but I thought it was brilliantly cute**

[chelle]

Shhhhh yes that's pretty darned cute. Let's not tell her that, tho, hehehe.

[Anthony8858]

She was staring at me with those puppy eyes

[jocoyn]

Ahhh well I asked about that with Beau who has decided "crate" means run to the fridge while I collect a peice of puppy crack to give him when he goes into HIS crate.....it was like.....go ahead and bribe them for awhile to come. I have been known to wave it under his nose long enough to lure him in.

Now to get him inside after playing ball, I sometimes need to toss the peice of food in the door as he is getting to like the ball more than food.

[Anthony8858]

Originally Posted by jocoyn

Ahhh well I asked about that with Beau who has decided "crate" means run to the fridge while I collect a peice of puppy crack to give him when he goes into HIS crate.....it was like.....go ahead and bribe them for awhile to come. I have been known to wave it under his nose long enough to lure him in.

Now to get him inside after playing ball, I sometimes need to toss the peice of food in the door as he is getting to like the ball more than food.

She's past the "bribe for tricks" move. I put a piece of hotdog in her crate the other day, and she made believe she was going in her crate on command, only to grab the hotdog and run like a bat out of ****!

She's definitely taken quite a few steps back the past couple weeks.

[RocketDog]

Originally Posted by Anthony8858

She was staring at me with those puppy eyes

I love those puppy eyes...


BTW, this made me LOL

[doggiedad]

i would made my dog go to his crate. then i would have waited
a few minutes and realeashed him from his crate. then a few
mimutes later i would have said "go to your crate". if he didn't
go i would have made go tot his crate. i would have reapeated the exercise again. i would have ended it on a positive note (dog going
to his crate).

[NewbieShepherdGirl]

Originally Posted by doggiedad

i would made my dog go to his crate. then i would have waited
a few minutes and realeashed him from his crate. then a few
mimutes later i would have said "go to your crate". if he didn't
go i would have made go tot his crate. i would have reapeated the exercise again. i would have ended it on a positive note (dog going
to his crate).

I agree with this. I've had to make Sasha go into her crate a few times. I also had to do this with go lay down (pointing to her rug). She thought she could call my bluff, I lead her to the spot; she got up and I put her back. Now she knows if I say it then it is going to happen, so she just does it on her own (usually )

[Stosh]

Stosh gets the zoomies every evening so we usually play tug and forget about the commands

[Emoore]

Originally Posted by Anthony8858

I realize that all training should be fun, but how would you handle that incident?

*** Don't tell anyone, but I thought it was brilliantly cute**

It is brilliantly cute.


I still would have caught her, put her in the crate, left her there for 15 or 30 seconds, and let her out again. That way she learns that she DOES have to crate when I tell her to, but it's not necessarily a terrible place where she has to stay for hours. *Hey look! I went in my crate and got to go right out again!*