 Inconsistency
Hiya, I'm a new member and joined to help myself with bringing up my new Yorkie puppy. I've had him for about 2 weeks now, he's 10 weeks old, and my problem at the moment is that he is inconsistent in where he 'relieves' himself.
What I mean by this is I have newspaper down on the floor in the kitchen and at the front door and also in my bedroom. He stays in my bedroom at night and sleeps on his own bed next to mine on the floor, and usually when I wake up he has left his mess on the same bit of paper in the corner.
However, at times during the day, he will just pee/poo on the floor and not bother with the paper.
At first, I found his usual spot for pooing was at the front door, so I put paper down over there and this was fine for a good few days as he kept doing it there, but now I'm finding that he is just crapping all over the show, some times on the paper, some times not. I haven't ever made a fuss about it though or shouted at him for it because as I understand it, you're not supposed to shout about it.
Can anyone offer me some advice please? I really don't want to have any problems with him when he's older, I need to nip the problem in the pub immediately but as this is the first puppy I've had I could do with some outside experience and advice.
Also, he is obviously teething as he is constantly chewing anything in site. It's not such a big problem at the moment, because he's usually ripping up the newspaper I put down so it's not such a big deal, but he goes for my fingers an awful lot and I wonder if he will grow out of this.
Many thanks,
Matthew |