To encourage this, place her food bowl in the
very front of the crate, allowing her to eat even if she keeps her body outside the crate.
Repeat the exercise, getting closer and closer to the crate as your dog seems more comfortable, until he or she is able to take treats from you while you're sitting right in
front of the crate door.
Some had bitten their bars so incessantly that blood from their mouths coated
the fronts of their crates.
If, after a week, he is still too hesitant to go in, then use the treat enticements and a calm voice to talk to him as you pick him up and put him in
front of the crate, petting him and talking to him.
There are several methods you can try to stop this; you can try to rap on
the front of the crate and say a firm «No» (do not say «quiet», as that is another word association for vocalization).
Another good option is a crate water bowl that can be attached to
the front of the crate, making it harder to spill.
She was not crate trained but very treat motivated so we would throw treats in her crate and she would dance around
the front of the crate and put her head in and out, trying to figure out how to get the treats out of there.