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Originally Posted by viviansnickers  Hi Everyone..
Snickers the love of my life has got me so lost, depressed, and sad, I don't know what to do anymore. Really, he has been 100% potty trained for the last 1.5 months with 1 accident in the house since then (he pee's on duvet a few days ago--my fault!) Snickers is 8 months old and can't seem to hold himself while crated during the day. My husband comes home daily (for the past 3 days) with poop or pee in the crate. The crate is small and Snick is in there from 8:30am-11:30am. Only 3 HOURS!! Generally I come home to pee as well after his 2nd crating from 12:30pm-3:45pm again only 3 hours!! We don't know what to do anymore, Snick is small (3.4lbs) but shouldn't he be able to hold it?? Last month was good, this Mon and Tues were fine, but for the past 3 days he has daily had accidents in crate. He had a UTI in early Feb, and was treated and is fine, so no, it's not a UTI. Could the UTI be back?? Last week, we did try to let him be in the bathroom with babygate and he bombed...pee'd everyday on his bed or on the floor and NEVER on the pad we left. He does not get pads, he is outside trained. We think he has sep. anxiety but can't figure out why he will go in his crate and them have to sit in it. We DID get him from a pet store (prior to being educated.) What can we do?? Maybe the bathroom/babygate last week trail and now back in crate ths week was too much for him?? But he was fine this Mon/Tues!!
I hate the crate to begin with (guilty issues) and now I have more guilt that he might be rebelling that he is in there by peeing/pooping?? I don't think that can be. What about belly bands and keeping him in bathroom again? Or belly bands and crate? Another UTI? I don't think I can afford another vet visit and 300 dollar bill. He does not have UTI symptoms, holds it fine when we are home and ALL night (8+ hours)....I'm lost and almost had a panic attack when my husband told me he pooped again today and how is was all over the crate and even out of the crate!!
Any insight or advise is beyond appreciated....I'm so sad.  |
Here is what i learned from my vet, which was really helpful! Once they start going in their den, they wont stop. They no longer view it as a "den". You can either get a bigger crate, and put potty pads on one side, or give them free roam of one room with tons of potty pads.
Macy would NOT crate train after she pood her crate constantly!!! So we went the route with the bathroom full of potty pads, down to one in the end. I now have her potty pad next to her crate, which she uses religiously! It took about a month for it to click for her! Now when we are outside, she will actually go inside to her pad to do her business.
She rarely goes into her crate to sleep, and seems to be a much better, adjusted dog when allowed to roam. She now knows when she has done it in the wrong place... She sometimes squats, then looks at me and stops! (usually when her pad is dirty!)
Good luck!