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[mighty_aphrodite]

Max is lying in his crate.  I am shocked.  Truly shocked.  I guess he just needed time.  I took up the rug I was putting his food on and stuck the food in his crate instead.  I figured that would force him to go in there and get used to it.  And it worked!  He's been going in and out of the crate for a minute or two at a time for about half an hour now.  Good dog!

But he's a Jeckel/Hyde dog.  As soon as you praise him for going outside/lying in his crate, etc, he immediately starts nipping/chewing things/barking.  I am hopeful that he will grow out of it.  All I can do is praise him verbally, because he doesn't seem to like the treats I got him.  He does, however, seem to....

Now I catch him chwing the bathroom rug, which he has drug into the kitchen.

Anyway, he seems to like whole grain cheddar goldfish, which I suppose won't hurt him.

It's been a good day, despite the heavy loss the Iowea Football team just took.  Because I got veal spaetzle.  And it was good. Tomorrow I get to collect a puppy poop sample for the vet.