They are a year old and have pooped on their bricks ever since. In fact, they won't even poop in grass when we go anywhere else!They are fed on the 4's so to speak- 4 am and 4 pm. Yes, they are crated during the day and overnight, though with work schedules overnight is barely 5 hours. I do not feel bad for crating them- I know this is a controversial subject. I don't see how putting them in a tiny bathroom (and mine are) is better than a crate. And I still don't trust them to be roaming the house or even a gated kitchen for that long of a time. I would like to build up to leaving them in a gated kitchen for the day (we have cats and litter boxes, and so the roaming dogs would not work out). As for the night time, they will always be crated. Otherwise, I don't think I'd get any sleep. They love to bark at the cats walking by!
This morning was interesting. Lucy still has not pooped, and she's been up for 4.5 hours already. We went for a 45 minute walk in there to boot! I find myself dreading the return trip home from work
Teresa