Through the Seasons

Very Important Pets

Here are our little VIPs in their brand new kennels.  When we got the crates out of the shipping box we acted excited and happy (as if we got them a new toy) and let them explore as Jonathan assembled each one.  They easily went right in (and stayed) on their own and we rewarded them with treats.  We even shut the things up without any fuss.  So far, so good.

Now we have them sitting in the living room floor with their favorite blanket in and around the openings.  Every once in a while they’ll look (actually smell) them over, get in, come out…  Hopefully they’ll associate them with a positive experience and do well on the entire trip over.  The plan is to close the dogs up in the kennels every once in a while to get them used to that and eventually we even want to move the kennels around with the dogs in them.  By the time they’re ready to be shipped over, they should be okay with the whole process. 

In fact, Theo just went into Teddy’s crate, dug himself a bed, curled up, and went to sleep.  Awww…  I’m feeling better about this already…