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Have a pup that won't load in dog box

I have a young wipeout bread female and she will not load in a box she will just put her front legs up on tailgate and not try to jump even I've tried to get her to jump but won't. Anybody have any suggestions of how to fix this

Any way to break dog of this

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Start feeding her in the box. If she wants to eat she will jump in.

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Let the dog box be her house.....bedding on 1 side, put feed and water in the other. after a week or so, put box in truck, put feed in box, she will get hungry enough!!!!

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sometimes

that far of a leap is a little intimidating. I'm assuming the dog is old enough to make the jump. If you can find a spot in your yard were it will cut the distance from the ground to the tailgate a little take a piece of hot dog let her smell it and throw it in the box. To each his own but this method has worked for me.

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Originally posted by Hightower
that far of a leap is a little intimidating. I'm assuming the dog is old enough to make the jump. If you can find a spot in your yard were it will cut the distance from the ground to the tailgate a little take a piece of hot dog let her smell it and throw it in the box. To each his own but this method has worked for me.

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Just pick the poor thing up and put it on the tailgate!

I have one that won't jump in either. But that SOB will jump 6 feet high while he is jackin the tree.

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Do not make loading a painful experience or you will never get her to load.

Do not pick her up and put her in, unless you want to do that the rest of her life.

My dogs have to load and I generally have them loading as pups. They have to be taught. The good news is once they learn that getting in the truck means they are going hunting, they are glad to jump in.

Here's how I do it. I take the dog box out of my pick up and then park the truck in a low place in such a way that the tailgate might only be a foot off the ground. After I have the pup leading well, I just lead it up into the bed of the truck, giving some kind of verbal command as I do it. Once the dog has stepped up in the truck bed, I praise it. I lead it out of the truck bed and repeat. Soon the dog is wanting to get in the truck to receive that praise. Loading has become a pleasant experience for them.

At that point, I start parking the truck so the tailgate is higher and keep repeating until the tailgate is normal height. At some point I will stop stepping in the bed myself. Then, I'll put the dog box in and start with the tailgate low.

Once the dog knows how to do a particular step, but refuses, they need some discipline. Most dogs, at some point will come up to the tailgate and want to turn away, or they will jump on the tailgate but refuse to go in the dog box. They are testing YOU. This is when they need to know its not their decision, its yours.

Loading is no different than any other training a coonhound needs. Put them in a position to be successful and praise them when they are. If you get to a step they can't do, then back up to the step where they were successful and repeat. Discipline them when they know and are able to do the right thing but are just being stubborn.

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Originally posted by John D
Do not make loading a painful experience or you will never get her to load.

Do not pick her up and put her in, unless you want to do that the rest of her life.

My dogs have to load and I generally have them loading as pups. They have to be taught. The good news is once they learn that getting in the truck means they are going hunting, they are glad to jump in.

Here's how I do it. I take the dog box out of my pick up and then park the truck in a low place in such a way that the tailgate might only be a foot off the ground. After I have the pup leading well, I just lead it up into the bed of the truck, giving some kind of verbal command as I do it. Once the dog has stepped up in the truck bed, I praise it. I lead it out of the truck bed and repeat. Soon the dog is wanting to get in the truck to receive that praise. Loading has become a pleasant experience for them.

At that point, I start parking the truck so the tailgate is higher and keep repeating until the tailgate is normal height. At some point I will stop stepping in the bed myself. Then, I'll put the dog box in and start with the tailgate low.

Once the dog knows how to do a particular step, but refuses, they need some discipline. Most dogs, at some point will come up to the tailgate and want to turn away, or they will jump on the tailgate but refuse to go in the dog box. They are testing YOU. This is when they need to know its not their decision, its yours.

Loading is no different than any other training a coonhound needs. Put them in a position to be successful and praise them when they are. If you get to a step they can't do, then back up to the step where they were successful and repeat. Discipline them when they know and are able to do the right thing but are just being stubborn.

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My dogs ride in them front seat...but my brother and his.friends used to get a running start and pretty much throw the dog in them box by, he collar after a couple times the dogs loaded up by themselves..

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i pick them up and load them at first. then they start putting their front feet on the gate and i help them and then they jump up. they learn that getting in the box means going hunting.

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I have a dog that never learned to load her entire life. Whe was just a small English and I had to pick her up everytime. I now have a 1 year old English I just bought with the same problem. 1 year old isn't too late to teach them this is it?

I have one that will load right up in the truck til its time to go hunting, once she is on the tailgate and has her collars on, she will jump down and won't go back up. you have to drag her with the leash.........very frustrating.

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Re: Have a pup that won't load in dog box

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Originally posted by bstew
I have a young wipeout bread female and she will not load in a box she will just put her front legs up on tailgate and not try to jump even I've tried to get her to jump but won't. Anybody have any suggestions of how to fix this

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Originally posted by giverson
Start feeding her in the box. If she wants to eat she will jump in.

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Originally posted by bigdog061
Let the dog box be her house.....bedding on 1 side, put feed and water in the other. after a week or so, put box in truck, put feed in box, she will get hungry enough!!!!

Paul

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Originally posted by John D
Do not make loading a painful experience or you will never get her to load.

Do not pick her up and put her in, unless you want to do that the rest of her life.

My dogs have to load and I generally have them loading as pups. They have to be taught. The good news is once they learn that getting in the truck means they are going hunting, they are glad to jump in.

Here's how I do it. I take the dog box out of my pick up and then park the truck in a low place in such a way that the tailgate might only be a foot off the ground. After I have the pup leading well, I just lead it up into the bed of the truck, giving some kind of verbal command as I do it. Once the dog has stepped up in the truck bed, I praise it. I lead it out of the truck bed and repeat. Soon the dog is wanting to get in the truck to receive that praise. Loading has become a pleasant experience for them.

At that point, I start parking the truck so the tailgate is higher and keep repeating until the tailgate is normal height. At some point I will stop stepping in the bed myself. Then, I'll put the dog box in and start with the tailgate low.

Once the dog knows how to do a particular step, but refuses, they need some discipline. Most dogs, at some point will come up to the tailgate and want to turn away, or they will jump on the tailgate but refuse to go in the dog box. They are testing YOU. This is when they need to know its not their decision, its yours.

Loading is no different than any other training a coonhound needs. Put them in a position to be successful and praise them when they are. If you get to a step they can't do, then back up to the step where they were successful and repeat. Discipline them when they know and are able to do the right thing but are just being stubborn.

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if you must force the dog into a box try pushing him backwards. it's harder for him to resist going backwards.

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Peanut butter crackers

I use the low tailgate method with pups (a few times). If they find a peanut butter cracker in that box a few times, you'll have a hard time keeping them out of the box. I also use these to teach them to come when I call them. When training a pup, me and that pup eat a lot of peanut butter crackers.
Careful though, they can hear you opening the rapper of the peanut butter cracker a 1/4 mile away, sometimes they come running in. Open them in the truck with the windows up. :-0

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