I you need her to be in the crate, try using it once she knows, "Stay." After she knows that, you can use it to get her to be in crate and get a reward. " Sometimes they figure things out. Dinky has never been one to go into to his crate to rest or just on his own.
Now at age 5, he is starting to go there to rest or sleep. I attribute it to our recent move. |