Im sorry to hear he that. If you think it's worth trying again, here's how we trained our dog to enjoy his crate.
We have one of those plastic top crates where you can separate the top from the bottom. We took the top off and put a nice crate pad on the bottom. Then we used that as his bed. I don't remember how long we did that. Since he was a little puppy at the time, we put the crate/bed in our bedroom enclosed it behind a small puppy pen so he wouldn't roam during the night. (we were still potty training at the time so I think that's why we had the puppy pen up too).
Then after he got used to it, we put the top back on but kept the crate door off. (that was removable too). Then after a while we put the door on and he still loved his crate.
We eventually put his crate in the living room. Now, we say go inside and he jumps in. We then close the door and put a towel on the front to keep out the sun in the morning. |