Confined in the crate while eating - we did it!

We quickly made it to the point of closing the door behind Kuma while he eats in his crate. After he finished eating last night and this morning, he was visably tense and anxious... I'm not sure what he would have done if the crate door would have been opened. Both times, we waited until he relaxed and lays down - this can take awhile. Then we let him out of the crate - so far we haven't had any postponed episodes... so it may be working! I'm not sure if this is a long term solution or not - can we feed him enclosed in his crate for the rest of his life? Will he have episodes with other things (kongs, training, etc)....I'm not sure. It will be interesting to see how this works!