When I started leaving Rocky in his crate downstairs he hated it, so I tried leaving him in the kitchen, he hated the door shut, so now he has the run of the kitchen/hallway with the livingroom door shut and a baby gate on the stair so he can't get up. He is fine with that. We leave him up to 4 hrs and he never pees or poos in the house........ he has been like this since about 4 months old (he is now almost 7 months old).
He may have hated being locked in the laundry room with the door shut.
By 6 months he should be able to go 3 hrs without going to the toilet, I would not use the puppy pads, it will confuse him.
Hope you fine a solution.
PS If you use a bigger crate and he has rooms to move around and play, then i don't see any problem with it. He seems to be happy as he's not crying or messing! |