Sometimes a hug is NOT what's needed!

Now I know that Claire has so many bad experiences, but I thought you and your wife tackles in a wonderful way, and have achieved so much.

From what I understand (google translate) so you train her to the crate because you want to take her on the road with you.

As you may know, I do not like crates indoors and only using crate in my car.
Therefore, all my dogs learned to sit in crate, in the car, and it does not take very long before they have seen the light, we come with mom when we sit there.

When they get a little older I can not have the car door open before they jump in and want to bee there all day.

Minnie jumped today, for the first time, into the car and into the crate all by itself. :lol:

But have you trained Claire to the car ??

If you are driving the car, so your wife's can sit close to the crate, and talk to her, first without the doors are closed and without starting the car.

Go forward with very small steps until she can handle small short trips in the car, think it's the most important thing you can do, it does not help with the crate if she does not feel completely safe in the car too.

Hope I have not misunderstood your post, if I have, I hope you will bear with me.:gaah
 
Woodbender said:
We have NO luck at all actually enticing her into the crate although she does eat there. She ALWAYS has one foot out for a quick getaway. We typically have to pick her up and (as gentle as possible) place her in it. That's not normally a smooth operation. I will confess, I could use some help with that if anyone has suggestions. :rolleyes2:
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Tim, do you have room in your house for a x-pen instead of a traditional crate? The x-pen will give her move room, not feel as confining, but still have the benefit of limiting her to a specific area of the house when you aren't home. This is the one I have for my dogs when we go to agility trials, MidWest Gold Zinc X-Pen. The picture shows it set up as an octagon but most folks I know set it up as a square, including me. I wanted to throw this out there as a possible option to the crate Claire may be more comfortable with. (Obviously it's not meant for use in the car.)
 
Hanne said:
Now I know that Claire has so many bad experiences, but I thought you and your wife tackles in a wonderful way, and have achieved so much.

From what I understand (google translate) so you train her to the crate because you want to take her on the road with you.

As you may know, I do not like crates indoors and only using crate in my car.
Therefore, all my dogs learned to sit in crate, in the car, and it does not take very long before they have seen the light, we come with mom when we sit there.

When they get a little older I can not have the car door open before they jump in and want to bee there all day.

Minnie jumped today, for the first time, into the car and into the crate all by itself. :lol:

But have you trained Claire to the car ??

If you are driving the car, so your wife's can sit close to the crate, and talk to her, first without the doors are closed and without starting the car.

Go forward with very small steps until she can handle small short trips in the car, think it's the most important thing you can do, it does not help with the crate if she does not feel completely safe in the car too.

Hope I have not misunderstood your post, if I have, I hope you will bear with me.:gaah
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I may have been unclear. The crate is in the house, not the car. We need (eventually) to get her more used to time in the crate. One time we went to church and came home to see the floor was quite torn up where she was trying to claw her way to follow us. So this is as much for her protection so she does not injure herself. On our road trips we would have to bring the crate with us to have in the hotel room so that my wife and I can go to dinner etc and have her safe and secured in the room.
Actually she is okay in the car. She lays in the back seat. I doubt very much that she would tolerate a chest harness to buckle in to the car seat belts. (she has flesh indentations after many years of being in a harness that was too small.)
 
I could never crate my one rescue. We tried and he would just wig out completely when the door was shut. Once he clawed his paws bloody. After that I promised him he would never have to be crated again.

If he had to be restricted, I put a gate up to keep him in the kitchen, or he went in an xpen. The xpen wasn't as stressful for him, I think because it was bigger and more open. It made things difficult at times but I learned to work my way around his issues. The crate anxiety was one of many issues that poor dog had. Someone sure did a number on him.

Anyway - can you try putting her in the crate for very short periods of time at first ? Maybe when you feed her in there try closing the door and going in the other room for 5 minutes. Or even start with 2 minutes and build up the time slowly. Maybe she got stressed from being in there for too long. When you come back to let her out, give her a small high value treat, a piece of chicken or cheese. Make sure she knows you have the treat before you open the door. Have her sit then treat her. If she knows she's getting something yummy maybe she won't feel the need to go blasting out the door.

With dogs like this, sometimes you really need to break things down into teeny tiny little steps and take lots of time to build their confidence and make them more comfortable in a situation.

It will come, just take your time.
 
Tim, this is the one that I have and absolutely love for indoors. I've recommended it to others who have also been happy with it. You can buy extra panels if you want to make it bigger but it's perfect for even a full-grown Sheltie. Ruffles was in it until just about a month ago. You can use whatever you'd like to cover the floor (I use those rubber interlocking squares for kids' play areas) and there's plenty of room for a bed and toys. I like this because it's easier to manage than a metal x-pen which tends to slide around on floors. Claire might not feel so confined in something like this. The only drawback might be if you think she'd jump out.

http://www.amazon.com/IRIS-Indoor-O...F8&qid=1427853155&sr=1-2&keywords=dog+playpen
 
Ann said:
Tim, this is the one that I have and absolutely love for indoors. I've recommended it to others who have also been happy with it. You can buy extra panels if you want to make it bigger but it's perfect for even a full-grown Sheltie. Ruffles was in it until just about a month ago. You can use whatever you'd like to cover the floor (I use those rubber interlocking squares for kids' play areas) and there's plenty of room for a bed and toys. I like this because it's easier to manage than a metal x-pen which tends to slide around on floors. Claire might not feel so confined in something like this. The only drawback might be if you think she'd jump out.

http://www.amazon.com/IRIS-Indoor-O...F8&qid=1427853155&sr=1-2&keywords=dog+playpen
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Ann that looks perfect! The door opening is lower and like the x-pen the top is open so we might coax her in with breakfast for a while to get her used to the idea. I like the idea of the interlocking foam playroom tiles. GOOD IDEA! I really don't think she'd jump out. If she was younger maybe but she's older than her "Rescue" paperwork says she is.
Upon further review of the product Ann,. is that door opening comfortably tall enough for a girl who's 16" at the shoulder? She's not ROUND but let's say comfortably poofy. Would that door size be an issue?
 
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Woodbender said:
Ann that looks perfect! The door opening is lower and like the x-pen the top is open so we might coax her in with breakfast for a while to get her used to the idea. I like the idea of the interlocking foam playroom tiles. GOOD IDEA! I really don't think she'd jump out. If she was younger maybe but she's older than her "Rescue" paperwork says she is.
Upon further review of the product Ann,. is that door opening comfortably tall enough for a girl who's 16" at the shoulder? She's not ROUND but let's say comfortably poofy. Would that door size be an issue?
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I'm going to start using "comfortably poofy" to describe myself. :lol:
 
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