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Originally Posted by Beth3773  I had to run to the grocery store this morning so I put Paco in his crate. I was gone about 20 minutes and he pooped in his crate and then lays on it to hide it. That means he has to have another bath and he just had one last night for the same thing. He just pooped this morning so I don't get it. If I am home all day, he poops twice, once in the morning and once in the evening. Is this revenge pooping?
Two days ago, I bought a litterbox and some puppy pads to put in his crate while I am at work. How do I teach him it's ok to go in the litterbox after I have already trained him to go outside? I have to work and it's too far away to come home at lunch. I don't have a trustworthy neighbor to let him out and I can't afford doggy daycare or a pet sitter.
I am so frustrated I can hardly stand myself. Paco is my first Yorkie but I have never had this much trouble trying to housetrain a dog. I love him to death and I think he's a great dog. Maybe I am just PMSing today but still...HELP!!!!! |
Just wanted to comment that dogs don't like litter boxes that much, a litter box seems more like a bed to him. Dogs really hate to poop in the same place they sleep, and will do almost anything to avoid this. People have trained dogs to go in litter boxes, but it takes some time. Crates should not be too big if you are actually trying to crate train, there should be only room enough for him to stand and turn around. Then you take him out of the crate and place him on the pee pad. This works really great during the nighttime. If he's left for long periods in the day, some people put the crate in a bathroom or x-pen, and place his pee pad outside the crate with food water, and toys, the crate would just be used for sleeping. I tried placing a pee pad inside Joey's crate because it was a large crate, and it just didn't work, he would pee on his blankets and sleep on the pee pad. As soon as I used a smaller crate he was "trained."