Maggie again wouldn't leave her crate in the morning. She walks in with no problem at night, she seems eager to go in, but she never wants to leave. We've had to physically lift her out of the crate every time.

We think she was always safe (not necessarily comfortable) in a cage, but probably didn't associate leaving the cage with positive experiences. We're thinking about trying a bed at night for her to sleep on and minimize her crate time. We'll go buy a bed this weekend and see how that goes...

She also still won't walk from upstairs down to the main level to go outside. When coming back in the house she'll walk right through the main level and back upstairs with very little difficulty now. Of course she wants to head straight for her crate then (we have to keep the door shut to keep her out of it).

Also when coming back in the house she stops right inside the door. She's pretty tentative at first with any change of scenery. We're hoping to take advantage of this behavior so while she's stopped inside we wipe her paws down before heading into the rest of the house. If we can keep this habit going long term, that would be great.

We also got a few more inches of snow last night, so at least for now it's a little softer and less icy outside. I'm working from home today so I'm thinking about taking her out for a real walk over lunch instead of the back yard. We'll see how that goes...