Hey, guys! It's been a while since I've been on here...but I'm back and looking for a little advice. I've moved to another apartment and potty training is going well except...
...Chewie is crated all day while I'm at work...nothing I can do about it. So from about 7am-5pm he's in there. This may be where I'm going wrong. I put a water bottle on the crate (the kind meant for rabbits or ferrets) so he can sip during the day because 10hrs is a long time to go without water. He is constantly peeing in his crate. I have to bathe him every other day because he gets pee all over himself and smells like a dumpster.
Before I leave for the day and when I get home, we go outside and he'll potty...usually #1 and #2. Sometimes he'll leave the #2 for when I get home. He never poops in his crate (knock on wood).
My friend that has potty trained all of her weenie dogs this way recommends that I put him in this teeny tiny crate. Like a travel crate with absolutely no room to move so he doesn't have a way to get away from the pee. Supposedly he'll eventually stop peeing in the crate. Is this cruel or a good idea? Should I remove the water bottle so he has no way to build up a pee reserve? I have no idea how to proceed
Also, I'm sure this is just part of the long potty training process, but even when we go outside to potty, Chewie must save a little bit back so he can pee on a wall or poop in the corner (both things have happened twice) He literally lives in this regular wire crate except for rare times when I feel like he can be trusted for a few minutes without copping a squat or hiking his leg to pee on the wall ...everytime I've brought him in after an outside potty, he's doing something within minutes of me turning away for 2 seconds
Sorry for the novel, but I have to make up for the month I haven't been on here, LOL!!!