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[quote=Anonymous]We've had our dog for almost a year, and she's about 2 years old.  When we got her, we always put her in her crate when we left the house and at night while sleeping.  She was still very much like a puppy and would chew on everything, so it was necessary.  We also felt it was good for her to feel "secure" and have her own space.

We have always put some treats into the crate when we put her in there so that she knows it's a nice place to be and that it's a good thing to go into her crate.

Starting about 4 months ago, she got increasingly less desirous to go into her crate.  We call her over, and she obviously knows that she is expected to go into her crate but doesn't want to.  We've ended up usually going over and picking her up and putting her into her crate, which worked fine for a while because she would not fight it when we put her next to the crate and would just walk in.  Now she tries to back away even when we put her down right in front of it and there are treats inside.  She never growls or anything but just clearly doesn't want to go in.

She did throw up in her crate overnight one time (although this behavior started before that happened).  I'm not sure if that's related or not.  I don't want to force her into the crate because I feel like then it's not a "nice" place for her to be, but there isn't much of another option right now.  Luckily, she's only about 35 pounds -- if she were bigger, I couldn't pick her up.

At night, she's frequently more inclined to go into the crate without any forcing.  She seems tired and ready to retire to her crate to sleep.  Sometimes she's a little hesitant but much less so than during the daytime.

We can't leave her out during the day because she will usually find something small to get out that she's not supposed to have (usually doesn't really chew on it but gets it out and plays with it a bit and may leave some teeth marks but not due to purposeful chewing).  I'm a stay-at-home mom, so our schedule is different each day, but she's never in the crate for particularly long (maybe 5-6 hours at the absolute max on a very unusual day -- usually more like 3 hours or so).[/quote]

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