Hi, this if Frnchgrrrl's hubby.
Oz doesn't always growl at me when he is sent to his kennel, only when I close the door. 90% of the time he'll go to his kennel fine without protest, usually after being told once, but sometimes will need an "OZZIE, what did I say?" or an 'I- mean-it' exagerated clearing of the throat...the odd time he gives a low growl of 'I don't wanna but I will' and goes in fine...Me closing the door is what he seems mainly to have a problem with, as far as the pastic kennel in the house goes. However, the wire the kennel is in the van he has absolutely no problems with what-so-ever, and is happy as heck.

As a separate issue, we are defintely quite confused with his growlling & snapping and then the next instant/simultaneously being a big suck & submissive at the same time...It is like he has mini Schizophrenic episodes. Usually this happens in the evening hours. Its like he's a child who is due for his nap/bedtime, really.

We love him to pieces, (the cats aren't all that fond of him, unfortunately, but he seems to like & respect most of them) and as my wife mentioned, we rescued him 3 days away from being put down as 'unadoptable'. He has come such a long way. He was a pretty good dog when we first got him, he just needed a loving family & a some basic obedience training. The foster family that fostered him was wonderful, but weren't being allowed to keep him any longer due to 'policy'. He had gotten an undeserved bad rep from 2 families who obviously created excuses to bring him back to the HS. It is obvious to me that those 2 families weren't willing to work with him...examples of the type of people who create problem animals, not like those of us who love them and treat them like the children of our family they are. If anything were to happen to us, he now has at least 3 different families who would love to make him a member of their families. From "unwanted" to "in demand"!