My 7-year-old Golden will jump into his car crate at home from the comfort of our garage, but not at our destination when we are ready to head back home. If I use portable stairs (which I have and have used because it’s easy and I like it for his joints), he goes in easily at any location. He is new to a car crate so I feel it’s just a weird concept so far for him maybe?
If I keep using stairs in different locations to build consistency, will that teach him the routine and help him eventually jump in without them? Or am I creating a dependency on the stairs.
I am okay with him using the stairs to jump out, but it would be nice to have him hop in on his own. Let me know your thoughts! God forbid if there is a time I forget the stairs, I want him to have confidence to jump in especially because I am pregnant and cannot lift his 70lb self lol. We’ve been working on this for a few weeks so far for reference!
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