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Originally Posted by luvmy3  I tried this the other day: Spike went out, then had some "free time" in the kitchen with me watching. I saw him start to squat so I yelled NO and ran him outside. Well, he looked around, rolled in the grass, chewed on his leash, you name it, no poo. We went back in, he again tried to go on the floor! Same thing, I ran him outside, and he did everything but. We walked around, tried to get him to remember what he was doing, no luck. Then I put him in his crate. He cried for a few minutes, but got quiet. I took him out 15 min later, and he pooped in his crate. What am I doing wrong? What is your schedule like? How often does he need to go out? BTW- I was told he was 10weeks old when we got him. I looked over his paperwork, and he was JUST 8 weeks when we picked him up. Isn't that earlY? So, I guess he is 10weeks now.
Thanks for the advice. I've never trained a puppy this small. If we can't get it in a few weeks, we are considering puppy college 
Liz |
He is really young. Don't get frustrated yet, because you might have a few weeks of it to go.
I subscribe to the crate only big enough to stand up, turn around, and lay down in. It's worked for all my dogs. It helps teach them to "hold it". BUT Coby pooped and peed in his crate daily and nightly for the first few weeks no matter what we did or how closely we scheduled, got up in the middle of the night, etc. I just didn't get frustrated (hard when all you're doing is cleaning up crates and puppies!) and just kept training..... I knew he didn't like it any more than I did, because he would poop so tightly in a corner that I don't know how he did it in such a tiny crate and then would lay as far away against the door as he could - he'd actually FALL OUT when I opened the crate he was so tight against the door. After a few weeks, we woke up one morning with no accident in the crate and he's been fine ever since. Most likely, yours just has to mature. Have patience and determination!!