Hey Everyone,

I adopted a wonderful little mini-schnauzer mix about 1.5 weeks ago. He is 1-2 years old (still has a lot of puppy behavior, so probably closer to 1!), housetrained and sweet as can be!

I'm not quite ready to leave him out in the house, so I've been crating him when I leave. I have another dog, Hero, who is completely trustworthy in the house, so she is left out.

The problem is, Louie is not content in his crate. I know I've seen tips about how to crate train so they like their little den.... Can anyone pass any of those tips along?

When I leave for work in the morning, I give him treats (today it was a KONG with peanut butter that I had in the freezer overnight) and put him in the crate. The only trouble is, he doesn't really go in there willingly and I'm afraid I'm going to make this into an unhappy experience for him.

THANKS!