Disliking car crate - anything I've missed?

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Henry has taken slightly against his car box, and has been staging sit down protests when asked to hop in:rolleyes: I can generally bully him in using my best daughter of an NCO voice, but I'd much rather get him to like it and be able to ask rather than have to tell.

So far I have:
Rewarded him for getting in with a treat;
Taken time to sit with him and give him a snuggle once he's in, rather than just shutting the door immediately;
From this evening on, he will be fed in the car for the next few days / weeks, as needed.

Without wishing to type all the details out (my RSI is playing up) he has to get used to this, for his safety, so the crate does need to stay. There is comfortable, familar smelling bedding in there which is dry and soft. He has on other occasions been reluctant to get into the car, but he's never been carsick and is a good traveller.

Anything I am missing, any other tips to get him hopping in happily?
 
is it more the action of jumping in he doesnt like perhaps? Could his hips be playing up again?
 
I don't think so V, as he is happy to leap on people (:o), the sofa, and even into the crate when his dinner was in there:rolleyes: I think he dislikes the fact that his view is curtailed, but he was getting his view by jamming his head around the side of the dog-guard so that is just too bad!
 
I don't think it's particularly slippy but it's certainly a possibility - I'll see if I can get anything non-slip to put in. Thanks:)
 
Abe use to be like it.
He wanted to stick his head out the window but seeing as I drive an f150 the front seat would be his only option and that is not safe at all.
 
Henry loves sitting in the front seat, but I don't love arriving at work covered in pawprints, and let's not even go into the time he decided to jump into my lap halfway down the road...!:eek: He went through a similar phase when I started putting him on the back seat, I think it's the sulks to be honest. The boot is a better option though as he doesn't have to twist as he jumps up (my car is a 3 door model).
 
Make going into the crate a preliminary to something he really likes -- like going for a walk or even having a boisterous game!

I used to take pups down the field for training in the truck (yep, I'm lazy!) as then I could take one out one at a time to do stuff they like.

After a week of this, they realised to get out hunting, they had to go into the truck first and they'd be crazy wanting to get in! It cured any travelling problems pretty quickly, too.
 
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