The crate training method that sounds backwards 🤯 I stopped putting food IN the crate. Here’s what I discovered over the years when the food was gone, the crate crying began. Every single time. My last group I documented everything without using food in the crate. Now this group I am tweaking the process. Here is what I’m doing instead: Short intervals in crate → let them out → reward calm behavior OUTSIDE → repeat Why this works better: ✅ They learn being calm in the crate has value ✅ No depen