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Right now we're at the "sitting in the lobby and watching people get on and off" stage of desensitization.
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Figure out a really high value treat, and then make that the "elevator only" treat? I know when we were crate training, ours did not want to go in the crate, and it took a bunch of practice, lots of treats when he got close to the cage and even more when he got in. Now he demands to have his nap at noon and bedtime at 9PM.
He loves his routines (he has dogtism), and the more we're able to do the same things the same way every day - food time, nap time, walk time, play time, bed time - the easier it is for him to roll with it when we have to change it up for some reason.