Originally Posted by jfeefamily  Since this mornings post, he has peed again in his crate - even after walking him outside in his area, and around the block. Ugh! I feel like I'm failing.
He didn't come from a pet store, but I do believe he came from a halfway breeder. She had him in a x-pen. She told me when I initially came to look at him he was doggie door trained to go outside, so when he came home I knew I had to teach him where the door was, and where I wanted him to go out. However, what I didn't know until the day I picked him up is that she kept him in an x-pen, and trained him to pee in it. She said, he won't pee on the carpet, but he does go to a corner of the pen and pee and poop. SO....finding puddles in the four corners of our rooms is interesting. Especially since I have hardwoods, and carpets...he pees around the carpets on the hardwoods. She also initially told me he was up to date on all of his shots, and when I picked him up, she told me he was two shots behind. SO, might as well have been from a nonbreeder as she didn't uphold the standard that most breeders do.
I am staying consistent with him. I feed him, and set the timer for 20 minutes, usually he goes in about 30 minutes or so. This way we are already outside. However, they say to feed them 3 times a day, at 3/4 of a cup total. He never finishes a dish of food, even when I take it up after 20 minutes. I feel bad, like he isn't getting enough food, but I'm training, so I have to stick to it right??
We are going camping in our RV next week, and I know it's going to be really challenging with Shamus doing this stuff all the time. We asked the so call breeder if she would hold him until we got back from our vacation, because of the potty training, I didn't want to disrupt it, but she insisted he was trained, and it would not be a problem, and that she would not hold him. Yeah right. I should have gotten on this forum before picking him up, and I would have known that there is no possible way a 5 month old could be completely potty trained. |