How to stop dog scratching new soft travel crate and tearing it?

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I just purchased a soft travel crate for Rogue as we are traveling to my new place of work in a few weeks. He does really well in his regular crate since he is crate trained. However, in the soft crate, he scratches it a lot for about 2 min and then settles in. How do I stop the initial scratching so he is comfortable and doesn’t tear it up? Pet's info: Dog | Great Dane | Male | neutered | 3 months and 11 days old | 160 lbs

Dr. Strydom, DVM · Accepted Answer

Hi there. Rogue is adorable!! Thanks for the photos! I would suggest you try putting him in the crate with a REALLY good treat for small periods of time each day. Start with only 5 minutes and then each day increase by a minute or two. When I say a REALLY good treat I mean one like a Kong with stuff inside so that #1, it is a good experience for him to be inside the crate from the moment he gets in and #2, it will occupy him for some period of time (instead of a small bite of a treat he eats in one second). https://www.kongcompany.com/101/kong-101/ Hope this helps. Best wishes.

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