Reddit mentions of Petnation 614 Port-A-Crate Indoor and Outdoor Home for Pets, 36-Inch

A crazy rabbit lady I know :) uses a medium soft side crate in the back of her car for two +12lbs Flemish giants. She has it set-up like a mini x-pen. Before she use one of the folding wire dog crates. She uses the carrier to transfer them in and out of the car.

This is the crate I've used for all of my dogs. You can scroll down to see their size chart based on pet size.

For your dog's size, the crate likely won't fit under a table (unless it's like a kitchen table, lol) but it should go nicely in a corner.

I second the pop-up crate!

One of my dogs has this exact issue, except it escalated to the point where if I so much as shifted my weight sitting on the couch while he was trying to sleep across the room he would jump up, yelp, and rush to bite me. Our vet cleared him of any medical issues (if this is a recent development for your dog I recommend a visit to the vet for a check-up just in case!) so it was definitely a behavior issue.

Our behaviorist recommended pretty much what you're doing with the treats —except taking it a step farther and tossing a treat at him every time we planned on moving— so that method definitely couldn't hurt. However, since my dog was so reactive and it was hard to predict what tiny movements would set him off, we had to try other methods.

What worked for us was setting up a safe space for him in the living room and practicing interrupting his sleep a few times a night by getting up and excitedly rushing to the crate and asking him to go to bed, then delivering treats when he was in the crate. This way, instead of reacting to my movement he refocused on going to bed (this was a cue he knew really solidly before starting this method, so your mileage may vary if your dog isn't solidly crate trained) and was excited about the treats. He picks up behaviors quite fast, so after a few days he was putting himself to bed whenever something interrupted his sleep. I continued to reward him consistently whenever he chose to isolate himself instead of reacting for the first few weeks, and now I reward the behavior on a variable schedule. We haven't had a bite since!

Using the popup crate instead of a normal crate has been great because I can bring it with me when we go on trips and I don't have to worry about him causing any problems. I have this crate and put a cheap foam bathmat from Costco inside for comfort. It was the cheapest popup crate I could find when I decided to buy one, and I liked it so much that I got a second one to keep in the car. It folds flat, has grommeted tabs on the bottom to stake it down when camping, and we haven't had any issues with tearing or durability.

My dog is around 50lbs. I recently purchased this travel crate:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0018MM8RC/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1478186965&sr=8-1&keywords=travel+crate

I really like it so far. She seemed to fit nicely in it, it is very easy to pop up and light weight. I'm only 107lbs so I needed something easy to carry on my own. It should be able to fit in my tiny Honda. Haven't actually tried getting it in the car yet but it's a lot smaller than her home crate so I'm sure it will.

I picked up this one for Apollo.
Port-A-Crate
It was more than big enough for him at 1.5 years. I usually toss in his little bed and he sleeps in there. It also folds up extremely easily. That is a great positive when we take him to stay with our parents.

If you can get her in a kennel. Vets use big towels and big thick gloves and sedative drugs to sedate in carriers often. Maybe a carrier with a very big opening might work. Good luck.



https://www.amazon.com/Parkland-Pet-Portable-Foldable-Removable/dp/B01E7PHXR6/ref=mp_s_a_1_14?keywords=soft%2Bdog%2Bcrate&qid=1573442976&sr=8-14&th=1&psc=1


https://www.amazon.com/Petnation-Port-Crate-Indoor-Outdoor/dp/B0018MM8RC/ref=mp_s_a_1_13?keywords=soft+dog+crate&qid=1573442976&sr=8-13