 They don't like to poop where they pee
Hi there, not sure if this has already been mentioned because I only skimmed the previous replies, but my dog trainer told me that doggies don't like to poop where they pee. This has been borne out by my experience with Sport. He is housetrained, and prefers to go outside, but we keep a pad handy as well since he's also pad trained. (I like knowing that he can go *anytime* he needs to.) At 11 months, he continues to pee on the pad at least once most days, but he hasn't pooped on the pad for months.
Our trainer advised us to keep separate pads for pooping and peeing, but that didn't really work for us. He just poops outside which works fine since he is on a regular schedule of pooping 2x a day, once in the morning and once in the evening.
Hope this helps! |