We are collecting our 8 week old pup this weekend and have bought a crate for crate training that can also be used in the car. We are planning to put her in the crate for the car journey home (45 minutes). I was thinking of putting some small treats in there too and a toy. She will have a blanket with mum and littermates’ scent on it.
It has occurred to me that she won’t have had any chance to get used to the crate and so putting her in there could add to her anxiety (strange car, strange people, etc) and undermine future crate training, making it harder for her to view it as a place of safety.
Do you think this will be a problem and are there any better ways you would recommend to keep her as safe and unstressed as possible during the car journey?
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RolandBark · 18/05/2020 13:46
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