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Originally Posted by JennaPenny  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.
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I'm thinking it has something to do with her messing in it. She does whenever she is in there for more than like an hour. I guess she just gets so stressed and lets loose. It's a morning routine to clean our her crate.
We did try crating her in our room. From a dresser, on the floor, in the corner, and on our night stands right next to our heads. But in our experience, knowing we're in the same room and she can't be snuggled up on us makes it worse for her.
I feel like i'm all out of options and i just have to deal with a messy crate and a really sad puppy whenever she goes in, until she's potty trained. But i don't want to admit it. It just breaks our hearts to see her like that when she knows it's bed time