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shacca · 07-06-2008, 05:07 PM

Hello and HELP!
I'm almost at my wits end. I have an adorable little girl (spayed) who has just turned 4. I have only had her for a year now. I adopted her from her breeder when she was 3. Before coming to live with me she lived with a family of 4 adults and anywhere from 4-10 pups I gather. The house she lived in had a doggie door for the pups to get out to the backyard and grass and pee pads indoors for bad weather. OK, so my little darling seemed to adapt really well initially, once she got used to me and my adult son she seemed fine. However I live in an apartment and she is also home alone from 7am - 5:45pm daily. I walk her in the morning, as soon as I get home and then usually before we go to bed. She is pretty eratic, sometimes she will pee and poop outside every time, other times she will only pee outside and then poop within 5 minutes of us getting upstairs, usually in front of the front door!. I expected one or two accidents but now I realize she must be peeing on the carpet a heck of a lot because now I am able to see the stains on the carpet - A LOT OF STAINS. I gather she knows that's the front door and is the way out coz 80% of the pee stains are by the front door. (now the carpet is older somehow the stains are showing up more - my landlord is going to be upset....I'll definately have the carpet steam cleaned). I always have plenty of pee pads around the apartment but that is like 25/75.... 25% on the pad 75% on the carpet. She is obviously a bad aimer because when she poops on the carpet it is usually about 6 inches away from the pad.
I get it that the little darling has a bladder the size of a walnut and to expect her to wait from 7am - almost 6pm daily is probably impossible ..... but the stains and smell on the carpet are really getting me down.
I am thinking about crating her during the day (but realize she would HAVE to pee in her crate because of the length of time and somehow that seems mean....) I brought a gate and leave her in the laundry and bathroom during the day- which she must HATE because she spreads her food all over as a show of annoyance at me and since she is so little (5pound) I had to tape up the slats in the gate because she somehow squeezes through. Anyway.... once I'm home and on weekends, she is clearly still peeing on the carpet when I'm not watching her.....My only other option might be puppy diapers......

Any ideas?

Sharon

07-06-2008, 05:07 PM	#1
shacca No Longer a Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Ohio Posts: 2	4 year old little girl with a bad habit - HELP! Hello and HELP! I'm almost at my wits end. I have an adorable little girl (spayed) who has just turned 4. I have only had her for a year now. I adopted her from her breeder when she was 3. Before coming to live with me she lived with a family of 4 adults and anywhere from 4-10 pups I gather. The house she lived in had a doggie door for the pups to get out to the backyard and grass and pee pads indoors for bad weather. OK, so my little darling seemed to adapt really well initially, once she got used to me and my adult son she seemed fine. However I live in an apartment and she is also home alone from 7am - 5:45pm daily. I walk her in the morning, as soon as I get home and then usually before we go to bed. She is pretty eratic, sometimes she will pee and poop outside every time, other times she will only pee outside and then poop within 5 minutes of us getting upstairs, usually in front of the front door!. I expected one or two accidents but now I realize she must be peeing on the carpet a heck of a lot because now I am able to see the stains on the carpet - A LOT OF STAINS. I gather she knows that's the front door and is the way out coz 80% of the pee stains are by the front door. (now the carpet is older somehow the stains are showing up more - my landlord is going to be upset....I'll definately have the carpet steam cleaned). I always have plenty of pee pads around the apartment but that is like 25/75.... 25% on the pad 75% on the carpet. She is obviously a bad aimer because when she poops on the carpet it is usually about 6 inches away from the pad. I get it that the little darling has a bladder the size of a walnut and to expect her to wait from 7am - almost 6pm daily is probably impossible ..... but the stains and smell on the carpet are really getting me down. I am thinking about crating her during the day (but realize she would HAVE to pee in her crate because of the length of time and somehow that seems mean....) I brought a gate and leave her in the laundry and bathroom during the day- which she must HATE because she spreads her food all over as a show of annoyance at me and since she is so little (5pound) I had to tape up the slats in the gate because she somehow squeezes through. Anyway.... once I'm home and on weekends, she is clearly still peeing on the carpet when I'm not watching her.....My only other option might be puppy diapers...... Any ideas? Sharon