April 19, 2011
Our puppy will pee and poop in its crate and seems very content to lay in it. What can we do about this?
Full Question:
One of us is on our way out the door. It's either my 4-month-old Shepherd or me. If left up to my wife she would keep the dog, so I thought I'd try contacting you once more for your help. I have followed your instructions on your video explicitly, and this puppy pees & shits inside more than out.Size of the kennel: a mosquitoes' hatband can't fit in there with the dog. Food up at 4:30, water up at 5:00. Outside at 11:00 and again at 6:00 AM. He's fine as long as we wake him up, but if he gets up 2 minutes before us, he pees in the kennel. If he wakes up 5 minutes before us, he shits in the kennel. He knows the word "outside" because when prompted he will always do something, even if just a couple of drops. His two meals a day are fed in the kitchen and if we're not standing there to take him out, he pees. If we are there to take him out, he pees, comes back inside and 1/2 hour later, pees again. This dog was whelped and raised inside the breeder's house and has never seen an outside kennel, yet he has no problem sitting and laying in His urine. I guess you got the picture. I've raised several other dogs, and never had a housebreaking problem this bad. Thanks in advance for your help.
Rick
Ed's Answer:
My gut feeling is that this breeder probably caused this. If the dog lived its whole life inside with the breeder - it probably had occasion to lay in its mess. If puppies learn this at a very young age it is hard to correct. When you stop and think about it, to them lying in dog poop is normal. They have done it since birth.
Our pups come out of the whelping box at about 2 1/2 weeks. The room they are in has paper on the floor on one side and rugs on the other with food and water in the middle. They go outside at 5 weeks. When they are inside they are paper trained (they actually train themselves). It's not uncommon for our customers to say that our pups only had 2 or 3 accidents in the house and that was it.
Maybe you need to make this dog an outside dog until its older. Get a chain link pen and put it up.
Our pups come out of the whelping box at about 2 1/2 weeks. The room they are in has paper on the floor on one side and rugs on the other with food and water in the middle. They go outside at 5 weeks. When they are inside they are paper trained (they actually train themselves). It's not uncommon for our customers to say that our pups only had 2 or 3 accidents in the house and that was it.
Maybe you need to make this dog an outside dog until its older. Get a chain link pen and put it up.
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