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Mike and Nano · 06-24-2009, 02:42 AM

Well it's 330am and I'm quite tired from our 2nd night of ignoring him in his crate.

Brit put him inside at around 1130pm and kind of passed out in the other room. So I figured she would be waking up a couple hours later to take him to the bathroom, which at the same time, I was falling asleep from a nasty headache I acquired earlier in the afternoon.

4 hours went by and I woke up (9 minutes ago) and Brit wanted me to check on him. I kind of was upset realizing how late it was so I went into the master bedroom where he is setup with the cloth over the crate and found a few poops OUTSIDE of the crate again.

He somehow aims outside of the wire frame and poops land on the outside of the crate (luckily), but now I'm worried his wire crate is too large for him, or he has some type of separation anxiety that is making him poop when no one comes to his aid.

Mind you, that he has done this the last time we ignored him and left him in the crate for over 3 hours (at 10 weeks he probably should be taken out ever 2-2.5 hours) and now I'm more frustrated since he apparently has Giardia, but no symptoms of it.

Should we try the smaller kennel cab?

06-24-2009, 02:42 AM	#10
Mike and Nano Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 16	Well it's 330am and I'm quite tired from our 2nd night of ignoring him in his crate. Brit put him inside at around 1130pm and kind of passed out in the other room. So I figured she would be waking up a couple hours later to take him to the bathroom, which at the same time, I was falling asleep from a nasty headache I acquired earlier in the afternoon. 4 hours went by and I woke up (9 minutes ago) and Brit wanted me to check on him. I kind of was upset realizing how late it was so I went into the master bedroom where he is setup with the cloth over the crate and found a few poops OUTSIDE of the crate again. He somehow aims outside of the wire frame and poops land on the outside of the crate (luckily), but now I'm worried his wire crate is too large for him, or he has some type of separation anxiety that is making him poop when no one comes to his aid. Mind you, that he has done this the last time we ignored him and left him in the crate for over 3 hours (at 10 weeks he probably should be taken out ever 2-2.5 hours) and now I'm more frustrated since he apparently has Giardia, but no symptoms of it. Should we try the smaller kennel cab? __________________ Nano - Yorkie/Maltese Mix "He's only going to be 7 pounds?!?"