Greta, our 14 month old airedale mix, has lately decided that she doesn't want to get in her crate anymore. We never had any trouble training her to go in, and sometimes she'll even go in there when she just wants to lay down, with the door open.
But in the past two days, she has refused to crate. Last night she had to be carried and put in...today, when I had to leave after lunch, she got on the den couch and refused to move. I had to kinda trick her to get off the couch, and once she was near the crate, I said "crate" and she shuffled herself in, looking as morose as a dog can look.
Any suggestions for helping her get over this? I'm afraid Cassius, the other dog, will start imitating her (since he's imitated every other thing she's ever done), and then we'll have two dogs to deal with every time we need them in the crate.
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