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My dogs have always been crated since pups but I`m trying to help a friend and need some insight. This is a 14 month old female German Shepherd. great dog, great temperament. When the family is at work she destroys things. When they tried crating her she would hurt herself in the crate by shoving her nose under the door and pulling it back, etc. I lent her my vari-kennel #500 since there are no sharp edges or wires. She has never had a crate used for punishment and goes right in. Some time during the day she is going poop and getting it all over. When the owner gets home she is laying down and calm.It`s been 8 days now. When they put her in they do it without a lot of fanfare and just quietly slip away. They are gone maybe 7 hours after that she has run of the house till the next morning.Her crate time is 9AM to 4PM. She is fed once a day at 4:30PM. I`ve never bought into the separation anxiety thing but something during the day is causing her to go ballistic.Any insight or ideas would be appreciated.
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What's her morning exercise routine? Is that the only time of day she poops? If so, maybe the pooping can be accelerated by giving her a VIGOROUS half hour or hour (as much as possible, hour or more is great but no formal running) of exercise before crating for the day. If she can clean herself out before getting crated and she's had a big workout she'll probably sleep through the whole day.
Can someone stop home during the day to let her out? Maybe hire a pet sitter/dog walker?
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My dogs have always been crated since pups but I`m trying to help a friend and need some insight. This is a 14 month old female German Shepherd. great dog, great temperament......
Can they (1) walk her with her power-walk before they leave her, leaving her tired and also maybe pooped-out, and (2) someone stop in midday and let her out for potty?
You say she is left calm and is calm when they return, but something happens in between. Maybe she's on schedule to poop right in that 7 hour slot and does not like to have to go in the crate?
I understand she's 14 months old, and normally a dog of that age could be crated for 7 hours, but if her poop time is, say, 10 a.m., that could be rough.
Maybe on the weekend they could also try seeing when her poop time naturally occurs, and then adjusting the mealtime accordingly?
I would think it was the mailman or something except for the poop.
I guess the crate-pooping and the getting it all over in a fit of some sort could be unrelated, but if they are related, then a schedule change and the good walk in the morning might do it.
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What's her morning exercise routine? Is that the only time of day she poops? If so, maybe the pooping can be accelerated by giving her a VIGOROUS half hour or hour (as much as possible, hour or more is great but no formal running) of exercise before crating for the day. If she can clean herself out before getting crated and she's had a big workout she'll probably sleep through the whole day.
Can someone stop home during the day to let her out? Maybe hire a pet sitter/dog walker?
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Thanks. It seems like when they put her in she`s ok. At some point she gets agitated and starts banging and having a fit. Then she has loose diarrhea(also seems to smell of anal gland discharge). After that she seems settled. They had tried the crate at 6 months but a camcorder showed her going ballistic in the crate.
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