When Chewie got sick with that double whammy and accidentally had a mess in her crate (OUR fault, too- we weren't fast enough in figuring out she was in distress because she didn't want to go in it) She took a very sudden disliking to her crate and would scream for about an hour before I gave in and took her out.
What worked was dragging the crate into our bedroom at night. Now she hops in there no issues for bed time most nights. Other nights she hears "Crate up!" and she'll go in after that. We also put a nice comfy cushion and a newer snuggle bed in that also helped. We have a smaller one that if she's feeling really insecure we'll put her in that which is up by my side near my head, but it's very rare she'll want that one.
Hope this helps. |