Looking out through the bars of the crate, what patterns does she see?
I had her go into the crate while I swept the floor.
“OK, you can come out now.”
She remained inside as we set out lunch on the table.
“Why is she in there?”
“I think she doesn’t know she can come out already.”
We left her be as we ate lunch, tossing encouragements “good girl!!”, “good job!!” once in a while at her. Crate training is, after all, something that we were working on. I did not miss the loudly sniffing nose that usually inspect the food from the side of the table at mealtimes.
She sat staring at us. Panting, panting. But still she stayed put in the crate, even though the door was opened and she could come out anytime. Eventually she gave up the begging eyes as a lost cause and laid her head on the bedding to rest. Good. Practice makes perfect, Donna. :p
They say dogs are opportunists. :P
tarynft
Very cool picture!
weliveinaflat
Thank you :)
SlimDoggy (@MySlimDoggy)
Jack goes in his crate all the time – it’s his “den” and safe zone. Maybe she thought she was hiding :) Nice photo.
weliveinaflat
Thank you. She doesn’t use her crate that often compared to Jack, I think. She seems to think her crate is the trigger for food being doled out to her maybe. A doggy canteen :P
lensandpensbysally
I guess that she had her feelings hurt. Are dogs that sensitive and wise? Or was she just meditating? Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
weliveinaflat
I wouldn’t really know if she had her feelings hurt. My guess is she knows once the human sit down to eat, they don’t get up again until they are done… so may as well ignore them and wait to see if the humans will treat her for staying in the crate, after they are done with their meal. Have a great week too, Sally!!
SUGAR: Golden Woofs
I was crate trained and it was helpful. I’m a senior and no more crate but I do miss it so I like going under a study table. Lots of Golden Woofs, Sugar
weliveinaflat
It seems that dogs outgrow their crates? Why is that so? Crates are less comfortable??
Kyla
Once in a while I just go into the crate and crash. I don’t like to be too predictable.
weliveinaflat
Not being predictable… I sense the presence of a complicated approach to life that you have adopted! :P Does it work for you?
thatjenk
Haha! Well I suppose it’s not a bad thing. Alma is crate trained and she’ll just go and hang out in it from time to time on her own. Or if there’s a particularly loud thunder storm she’ll seek comfort in her crate, which is good.
weliveinaflat
That is precisely why we are crate-training her. I hope she will in time take comfort in it like Alma does! Have a great week!!
bermaxo
Bonita imagen Saludos
weliveinaflat
Muchas gracias :)
Roseylinn
Sounds like she does good in the crate. When I got Kahlua at age 3 she had been trained with a crate. She hated it and developed a phobia as a result that she still has ten years later.
weliveinaflat
We wouldn’t have thought it is necessary to crate-train her, I think, if we were not trying to find ways to remedy her thunderstorm phobia. Sorry to hear Khalua has a fear of the crate, not so sorry if she has a great life anyway without the crate :) Have a great week Roseylinn, and thanks for dropping by to share that little titbit about Kahlua! :D
Roseylinn
I’ve heard crates are good for helping with thunderstorm phobias. Kahlua has had a great life without the crate. :)
Have a great week.
weliveinaflat
Thank you :) we will! Same goes to you and Kahlau :)
Miss Harper Lee
Great picture. When I was younger, I slept in my crate and stayed in it when my humans were away from the house. Sometimes when they were home, I’d sneak off for a little crate nap. It was my safe place. Now the whole house is my safe place. :-)
weliveinaflat
Thank you :D… it sounds like dog outgrow their crates as they got older :) Kind of strange that we are trying to crate-train her at age 4?
Miss Harper Lee
Talbot, the Golden Retriever who preceded me, was a crate girl for almost 13 years. I think it just depends on the dog and the humans. :-) I still have a travel crate that my humans use for me when we go on trips, and I love it!
weliveinaflat
I see, thanks for explaining to me :)
Miley
We love our crates! You look nice and cozy!!
weliveinaflat
She does, doesn’t she? Hello and thank you for taking the time to let us know your love for crates :D Have a great week!
Ruckus the Eskie
Yes, I also feel so comfy in the crate too. My safe place :)
weliveinaflat
Pawsome! I hope Donna will be like you and think it is a comfy safe place too!!
Dogs N Pawz
Awwwwe….how sweet!
weliveinaflat
:)
2browndawgs
Wonderful picture!
ILoveDogs
Good job, Donna! No begging is a tough one to learn. Crate training can sometimes be too, depending. Crate training Maya was very easy. Pierson ended up getting a really bad bloody nose the morning after he broke out of his crate. I decided not to crate train him since he doesn’t mess on the floor or get into stuff he’s not supposed to.
weliveinaflat
Eck, sorry Pierson had such a bad time of it! We are really doing a slip shod work of crate-training here… i.e. the crate is there, if you want to use it, use it. I don’t have a structured way of e.g. today you stay in there with the door close for 10min.. tomorrow 20min… and then the time increases incrementally :P So I don’t think we will ever shut her in the crate over night since we don’t know how long she can stand being in there on her own. I do think there is a possibility for her to react like Pierson, if say she freaks out from a thunderstorm at night, and we don’t hear her because she is in the crate in another part of the flat. Don’t think she’ll grow out of begging since she has been trained to sit and do all sort of tricks for food. When she smells food, the first thing she does is always to suss out the smell, sit down formally and proceed to stare O___O
Sonel
And good manipulators as well. LOL! Simba likes to hear me begging..hahahah
She looks quite happy there and that is a lovely shot Mrs. P.
*big hugs* to you and Donna. xxx
weliveinaflat
You probably beg with a smiling happy tone that Simba can’t resist!! :D *hugs*