We have a almost 5 month old puppy (one week from being 5 months) and we got her when she was 3.5 months. once we got her home we immediately started the crate training process. We fed her meals in the crate, did crate games where we would reward when she went in herself, etc. She was sleeping through the night with no problem and no complaints, during the day she would be in there Mon-Wed for a few hours from when I left to when my husband got home (usually only a few hours max).
However, she just started this new thing where she will eat in her crate and go and grab toys from her crate with no problem but she refuses to go in when its bed time or when I have to leave in the morning. I have tried to continue to play the reward crate game with her but sometimes she will do it and other times she wants to be no where near the crate. She has also started to loudly cry in the crate at bedtime for like 5-8 min and then sleeps. I have also started to leave surprise treats in the crate when we are home so if she goes in she gets a reward.
She has to be in the crate as I don't want her getting into things (she is teething) as well as because we have cats and I don't want her chasing them since her breed has a high Prey Drive. Once I get her in the crate she will usually cry for a little (like 10 min max) and then she settles and sleeps most of the day. I just don't know what else I can do. I don't want her to end up hating the crate.
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