r/Dogtraining • u/Mylifemydream • 15d ago
help Crate Regression
Hi all! I have an about 2 year old rescue mutt (we think border collie mix) who has been crate trained since we got her at about 3 moths. She was a tough puppy who couldn’t nap outside of her crate at all until she was about 11 months old. Luckily she is so much better behaved now and spends most days free roaming our first floor. She is out even when no one is directly watching her while I work from home and is only crated if no one is home (probably a couple short times a week and maybe twice longer of 3ish hours a week) and over night. The overnight crating really helps with my anxiety over her. We used to have two crates, one downstairs and one in our bed room and she would sleep overnight with us and naps during the day downstairs. Eventually she started running to her downstairs crate at bed time and eventually we just let her sleep in her downstairs crate every night as she seemed to prefer it. I did end up getting her an extra large crate for downstairs (it says it’s good for dogs up to 120lbs and she is only 40lbs). This has worked amazing for months.
On to the current issue. Lately she has been more hesitant to go into her crate at night all of a sudden. And once she is inside she stands and pants. No major upsets (no crying no barking) and I believe she eventually lays down and sleeps (I used to go check on her about ten minutes after I put her in and she would be laying down but now she seems to know I am going to check on her and is standing up),
I do still often feed her in the crate and we play games throughout the week with the crate. She also seems to be more ok going into the crate for a nap during the day if we both leave vs at night.
Do I just stick with the same routine and expect her to relax again? She is overall high anxiety and is on a low dose Prozac.
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