I ditto Clara on the crate issue. When Oz is getting too rambunctious towards Murph in the house, I'll tell him "Enough" and if he doesn't stop, then I tell him "Go get in your bed" and he goes willingly and gets in his crate. I'm not angry or aggressive about it. I just calmly send him to his crate and shut the crate door, then I'll ignore him for maybe 5 mins tops. It's always a very short time out. When he's calm, I let him back out. I use it as an interuption of the unwanted behavior. He's not shown any signs that he dislikes his crate whatsoever.

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