debjen, sorry your furbabe running off for the crate is too funny! I can see my girls doing that, great anecdote!
Sorta related to this topic, I found another item for food storage. My girls, especially Tessa won't play with toys outside of home so agility training has been difficult with the reward line. I bought the 'Tug It', stuffed it with liver/chicken/stinky stuff and presto! They'll drive through the obstacles now towards the toy, mind you they STILL don't grab the toy but at least they go towards it. I then take a piece out of the velcro meshy thing for them.
Here's the link for anyone interested
Tug Training Dog Device -"Tug It" to teach dog to tug.
I got the link from Susan Garret's blog, I just started her 2x2 method and can I say wow, entry is not a problem anymore. Gotta work on the weaving now.