Ten Minutes!

Two Eyes just spent 10 minutes in his crate! That's HUGE! Of course, we cheated a little- I fed him in his crate, so about five of those minutes was him eating the super-yummy food I had prepared for him. Then he waited patiently for another five minutes, and when I finally opened the door for him he waited until I told him he could come on out. It was still a little stressful for him- he shook off and ran in wild crazy-dog circles for a little bit before coming back for more.

I think having a dish in his crate weirds him out a little bit because he didn't want to go into his kennel with the dish there. He'll get used to it quickly I think, however. We also went from treating every 10 seconds in the kennel to every 15 seconds with no trouble.

After this success, I put him back in the kennel, and he ate for another minute or so before deciding he was done. He stayed in the kennel for five minutes, and then we were done! Someone came into the room at that point, and Two-eyes has been fine in the kennel if a crowd of people are around, so when people are around it's harder to work on his anxiety.