At first Ella hated her crate but she loooves it now. I just never let her out while she was crying. I would talk to her when she cried and would tell her "its ok" in a firm, but nice, voice (no gooey baby talk like she was getting rewarded).. Then as soon as she stopped even for a second I would say good girl and give her a treat. After doing this 3 times, on the 4th time that she got quiet I would let her out to play. I guess she learned that bein quiet was a good thing. |