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Originally Posted by SamiNFurbabies  Izze is the same way... she steps in her poo in the crate. It's gross. She does the same in the bathroom. When I started putting her in my bedroom with Molly---she stopped pooping in the house!
With Izze, I leave her in my bedroom with Molly and there is nothing she can get to. She can't jump on my bed (too high).
I slowly left her--- 5 min, 10 min, etc... and now she is fine. I think that it helps that she has Molly.
Have you seen it's me or the dog? In it, she had those bed rails that would prevent the dogs from jumping up. She used it temporarily until the great danes learned. Maybe you should get those?
Maybe your baby has separation anxiety and he just needs you to slowly get him used to you leaving? It sounds like he loves you lots! This also means that he needs you to give him extra help. If you need any advice---we are here.
I have four dogs-- 2 pups, 2 rescues and we have had several issues over the years. I got my first dog when I was a young teen and she was such a brat. Chewing on everything...peeing everywhere. Luckily she loved her crate  She is now my most well behaved dog...and it was because I worked SO much with her. it was very difficult but worth it. And if you put the time and energy into Teddy---it will pay off bigtime.
Each dog is an individual and you need to find something that works for him.
Regardless, I would not tie him up when you are gone. it is dangerous. |
With teddy he's got A LOT better and I think he would get even better if I could get those pet zone thingiesthat go off and make a noise when the dor gets to close to them.. I would put it on the couch to train him to stay off of it. Just wish the dog smoke alarm(what I call it because it's what it looks like) didn't cost so much.
he was REALLY REALLY REALLY bad at his anxiety and he's gotten a lot better.. He still poops but I would rather it be on the linoleum then smashed in his crate that he cannot stand to be in when i'm leaving.. he never tries to dart out the door when i leave he just like to be by the door and roam around. He freaks out majorly in the crate to the point he was doing self harm to his eyes and when i left him out and just pushed in all the chairs he didn't seem to get into anything but I know he would climb on the couch(the fabric shows his paws). But he hasn't done anything to it other then lay on it with his chew toy with the zone thing I could stop that.
He doesn't howl and scratch at the door when I leave anymore.. before if I left he wouldn't eat until i came home now he eats.. he doesn't freak out when i go to take out the trash or get the mail. He's changed a lot and i thought he was at a good point but he has had a nasty couple of weeks behavorial wise and the vet said his peeing was probably just all behavior.. he's neutered he was nuetered as soon as he was old enough and recovered wonderfully(he wanted to play with dogs the next day).
Around the time with his behavior and peeing he also started whining fo rmy food which he has NEVER been given people food, he has however climbed and managed ot get some thats why i crate him when I eat it's what i did when I first got him(he use to BEG and cry for me to feed him my food) and it stopped. I also put him in the crate just periodically to get him use to being in it and he's fine in his crate if he can see me.. if he's by himself after awhile I'll hear him start crying and once he even started howling.
What's funny is my 2nd time meeting him from his previous owner(i bought him at 5 months, saved him from ending up in the yorkie rescue in VA) he took to me fast, started following me around and listening to me, he adjusted to me being his owner in a matter of days too and loved my husband on their first meeting. I do not want to give him up I just wish i had some help and yes I know there are classes but if I can't splurge for those zone things and training is over 100 bucks at petsmart it's just like "ahh" My husband is good with dogs and actually we taught him all of his tricks from a book and he was able to learn all of the tricks except paw right away(paw took a few months for him to get the concept). SO I know he's very smart and I still cannot believe he made me think he couldn't jump on the bed.(when I first got it I was laying on it and he was crying trying to jump on it and so I thought he couldn't and I told him no after he got to the point he started clawing at it with his paws).
Do you know where I can get those paw things?
i really don't want to sell teddy just the idea of not having him around is...not a normal feeling to me at all and the idea of someone walking off with him and the fact he plays with my neighbors dogs regularly and him not having uggie and lucy to play with would just be horrible to me..especially since lucy looks for him first whenever she comes out and so does teddy. I don't know what he's going to do if we have to move away from here.