We do most of our work outside or upstairs in my house. There is much more room in the basement and I wanted to do some shaping today so off to the basement we headed. A couple of weeks ago we had gone to work in the basement, I had done one exercise and noticed that Iggy spent the rest of the time in the crate, around 30 minutes, panting. Usually Iggy is fine in the crate lies down and watches or even sits and watches but no panting. I was on the elliptical for a lot of that time and wondered if maybe that was what was causing the anxiety.
We head down I put him in the crate. Got all set up let him out and tugged. I thought he was a little off but wasn't really paying attention, my focus was on the shaping we were going to do. We worked on going around a bucket, I think it went well. After about 8 treats back in the carte we go. After about 5 minutes I brought him back out and he was started to get very agitated. You can tell because he loses the ability to tug and starts using his paws and swings his ass into me. Did a couple of treats worth of shaping and put him away. Again brought him out 5 minutes later and he was a mess completely unable to tug and wired. I put him back in the crate and figured I would just let him settle down, in an hour he lied down once I rewarded he got up and that was it he panted the entire time.
@#$% I have been thing why. All I can think of is we used to train down there last winter when things where not going so well and that is the association he has. Other than that nothing has ever happened and even with the training before I wasn't like I would take him down and beat him. Must remember what I tell my students why doesn't matter all that matters is how to fix it.
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