Strands#265 Did You Hear That?
Quizzes & Puzzles5 mins ago
Thank you for all your advice. I don't feed him in his cage, just outside it. When he's in there, it's with all his toys, bed and the radio on. However, if I give him his kong filled with something, I've noticed he won't entertain it until I come home and he is out of his cage, in his bed infront of the fire.
I have wondered whether if I remove his wee pad, will he just go regardless, or will he hold it?? I have the same problem when he goes in the car, because there is a wee pad in the boot with him, he always goes to poo and wee!!!!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.Okay it sounds like he is not going potty before you take him somewhere or put him in his crate, unless you leave him for too long. Like I said before dogs who use wee pads, as you all call them over there, don't have to learn to HOLD it because they always have a place to go at the first inkling that they need to go, then as they get older they finally are able to hold it because their bladders and such are bigger, but I know older (1-5 yr olds) dogs that can't hold it for more than a few hours, they always are going and it's usually not allot just small amounts,. Pups need to learn/develop the ability to hold it. Also if they have a med problem it is hard to hold it, get them checked.
You may be dealing with seperation problem( or he may not have been crate trained correctly check out, pdf, to make sure you did all the steps needed)http://www.hssv.org/LIBRARY/PDF/Behavior/crate_training.pdf also, they sometimes wee and poo when left alone it is a panic response, check out this pdf to see if this is the case
http://www.hssv.org/LIBRARY/PDF/Behavior/SeparationAnxiety.pdf
You need to re-train if you have already tried to train him..if you haven't taken the time to train well enough he is not trained. Go to where I said before if you do not want to there then go to: http://www.hssv.org/LIBRARY/PDF/Behavior/housetraining.pdf
What you put in their kong has to be something they truely LOVE and don't get normally, this makes it a treat for them, also exercise is the key when leaving them.