Thanks to all the folks with their advice on what to do about my berner boy being afraid to go into his crate. After missing 3 meals, eating rather rapidly in the crate and then missing 2 meals he has not missed a meal since. He has also started to relax more while he's in there eating - no long gulping as fast as he can and his tail is no longer plastered along his underbelly but now hangs normally. I am not closing the door at this point - that will come later down the road once the crate has become more of a friend. I do place treats in there randomly so that "checking out the crate" has some yummy rewards. I'm glad we were able to break through on this issue though there is more work to be done!
===== Cindy Buhner and Paws (the BARC boy) Help a good cause www.barcinc.com __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com
