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Originally Posted by LucyNTuckersMom  Help! I'm on my last straw here. Lucy just turned 1. She has been fairly housebroken for the most part since age 3 or 4 months. She has begun this week to poop in her crate at least once a day. We've been taking her more frequently outside as a result. She always urinates outside, and has pooped outside once in awhile this week. She is crated for night time and while we are away during the day-either for work or running out for errands. I am so tired of cleaning up poop and the dog, it is unreal. I don't know what to do. We usually come home to the poop (after it's too late) and in the mornings, she barks AFTER she has pooped. I think she has somehow gotten it in her head that it's ok to do this. She shares a divided crate with Tucker, and we have moved the divider to give her a very small portion, which I have heard might help, but she still manages to do it. I thought maybe we weren't giving her enough time outside to do the poo poo dance and go, but we have intentionally stood there longer than normal to wait and hope, and she looks right up with that "I'm done" look.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
Teresa |
When she goes outside, are you out there with her, and do you make sure she has gone poop for sure before letting her back in?
Chloe potties on demand. We go outside on a leash. I say, "go pee pee," and she squats and pees usually within 1 minute or less of my saying that (she just has to find the 'right' spot.) After she pees, I say "go poop." That takes her longer to find the 'right' spot, but she poops within abou 3 minutes of my saying that. When she's done, she gets a "good girl" and we go inside.
Make sure you're with her and that she has done her business for sure.