Kody has always been a fan of staying in his crate when I leave the house. I'm a good crate trainer. He gets a special treat every time I leave and he needs to go in the crate so when he senses I'm about to leave he runs into the crate without even being asked. These are crate only treats, I wouldn't call them "high value" treats, but he's used to them when it's crate time. He didn't spend much time in the crate if I was home, which is fine with me. But then one day things changed, and that's what this post is about.
Today Kody and I faced our biggest challenge yet. Right outside our back door five construction workers were making repairs to the siding and the fences. They were hammering on our walls and using nail guns. They were ripping down fences and dropping them on our patio and they were climbing up ladders. We were in quite a situation... this is our story.