Deb, this is too funny! My husband has trying to get Kody to close his own door too He puts himself in his crate a few minutes before he thinks we're leaving for work. He'll go in, lay down, and stare at us. I can call him to come out, but he looks at me like I'm crazy. It's so funny! Of course he knows he's getting a baby carrot before we leave, but even if we don't give to him he just lays there being totally content with his "home".

Thats awesome! I found it funny that cali would do that on her own when it was bed time, but not that i moved her crate into my room, she doesn't do it anymore.

Oh that is funny he trys to close the door himself..

I wish it was that easy with Blaze we have to bribe him to go in but first we have to take him out..

He only has to use the cage when are both gone and that is not very often.

I can't imagine this. Appa still runs away when he knows it's crate time. Once he realizes he's not getting away from it he walks in with his head hung low and depressed.

Thor does the same thing. When we put our shoes on he will go in his cage and if we do not move fast enough he will yell at us. He knows his cage is a good thing and when he goes in he gets a treat also.

rileyflorence wrote:

I can't imagine this. Appa still runs away when he knows it's crate time. Once he realizes he's not getting away from it he walks in with his head hung low and depressed.

Awww... poor Appa

Oh man, thats just so cool...
I read somewhere that AKC scores huskys low for intelligence (due to their single mindedness/stubborn and independence)..
For the few years we have had our boy, i have thought its such a crock..
I know ours is smart, and this is another example..
Now if he can just slide the bolt across....

Must add that nanook, loves his cage..goes in on his own accord, its his turf as it were..

Thanks you
I think he is very smart and huskies in general. I think the big issue is their attention span it does not take long or much to distract them.

NOOO.... No bolt action...lol If he knew how to get it locked then he would get it unlocked. Then he will get out and eat something...lol He will probably figure it sooner or later.

I think he already trying to figure out how to roll down the car window. When ever I go to push the button he watches with his head tilt like "oh I see how you are doing that. It's pretty funny.

rileyflorence wrote:

I can't imagine this. Appa still runs away when he knows it's crate time. Once he realizes he's not getting away from it he walks in with his head hung low and depressed.

Niko does the same thing. Of course, we've had to move his crate outside because he was scooting it around the house (no tray in the bottom) and scratching up the floor, walls, and trim, so now we have to chase him around the yard to get him in the crate.

Aspen puts herself in her crate as well. The first time she did it, I put all three in the breezeway, where the crates are, but I left them loose in the room since i just wanted to do a quick clean up and when I went to go let them out, she was in her crate with the door shut! Then last night when it was time for bed, instead of going to my room she put herself in her crate and I couldn't get her out so I let her sleep there last night. She really likes her crate!

lol i love this video! Thor is so smart

Thanks everyone