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Originally Posted by Deuce  I'm confused, you're putting her in a crate with pee pads?
Have you had her spayed yet? if not this may curb the marking behavior.
Some dogs are better without having an indoor option for peeing, i.e. trained to go soley outside. I say remove the crate option all together since she has it confused for a place to potty, and start all over again just like she is a brand new puppy.
Oh, and since I stopped putting Rizzo in his crate at night and letting him sleep in bed and he sleeps later than I do, when he was waking me up between 530 and 6 to let him out. When you leave her in the ex-pen is she using the potty pad like she should? How much do you feed her? That could be affecting how often she is pooing. |
No pee pads in the crate. Only in the x-pen during the day when I cannot supervise her free time.
She was spayed at 7 months old. She eats a little more than 1/4 of a cup once a day (and no snacks) and I moved her feeding time to 7am because she would poo overnight. She still does that but with the crate she seems to try to hold it til 6 am. Even if she poops at 11pm she most times will poop in the crate during the night. That is about 7 hours between pottys. And she poops about 3 additional times during the day.
Before I started with the crate I would let her stay in the ex-pen at night with a pee pad. Because she is one who walks as she poops she would walk all around the x-pen and on top of her bed, etc. And sometimes in her water bowl. Gross I know. I'm worried that she is just disgusting and I won't be able to change that. What's your best guess?