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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sounds behavioral. When my dog was a puppy we crate-trained her. She was fine for awhile, but when she was about 6 or 7 months old she started vomiting every time I went to put her in the crate.

I had a great animal behaviorist (Yody Blass in NOVA) come out and assess the situation (after I checked with my vet to make sure the dog wasn't sick and that the issue was behavioral). She had me stop crating the dog at night and give her a dog bed to sleep on. Then she had me move the crate from the bedroom down to our kitchen, where there was a big window the dog could look out of while crated during the day. I was skeptical but ... it worked. No more vomiting!

So, you could either 1) consider trying something similar to what worked for us, or 2) consult with Yody or another good animal behaviorist. [/quote]

This is great! I haven't thought of a behaviorist.  This is along the lines I was thinking of. Some sort of step down/step up training...but I don't know what to do in this case.  I leave calming music on, have a quiet routine before I leave, but I'm out of tools in my toolbox.   I will check her out.  Thank you! [/quote]

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