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Originally Posted by coroth  Hello!! I have had Lexie for two months exactly tomorrow and from day one she has had a little problem which has now become a big problem. She poops in her kennel. Not only does she poop but she then proceeds to walk around in it and it gets EVERYWHERE! I've tried Comfort Zone (the spray) which is supposed to calm down separation anxiety. I've tried making her cage smaller so she doesn't have much room to walk around...and that just made the mess seem worse. I've tried an x-pen and she just jumped out. I've tried putting her in our bathroom and she would poop in there and walk around leaving little poop footprints everywhere. I've tried putting her in my laundry room (bigger than the bathroom) and putting up a baby gate so she wouldn't feel locked in and she just jumped out. I don't know what to do. My family and I are getting tired of coming home and having to give her a bath EVERY DAY. My sister and dad are starting to threat that they will just keep her in her kennel until I get home. I leave for school at around 12 noon and my sister is home at 1:30/2:00 p.m. so it isn't like its a long time!
I've thought of doggy daycare but they are WAY too expensive. I can't pay for doggy daycare only working 2 days a week while I go to college. I AM IN NO WAY SUGGESTING I'M GOING TO GET RID OF HER, BECAUSE THAT IS DEFINATELY NOT AN OPTION!!!! I love her with everything I have... but it needs to stop.
I don't know what to do! HELP!! PLEASE!! |
I had the xpen and used it all the time, but, we decided to let Ginger(almost 7 mos) start sleeping with the other ones..Well, every morning, I was getting up to pee and poop on the family room carpet, so, i went to TSC and bought a huge cage on sale for $79, I started putting all 4 dogs in it..well, one of them was peeing and pooping in there every night..so, started weeding them out, keeping one out each night, until I had one left, ginger..So, I decided instead of cleaning up dog crap every morning, I would put a pad in there..so, now, she's back in the cage with pad..I don't know whoever said they don't like to soil where they sleep, some dogs just DON"T care..