Quote:
Originally Posted by PismoBeachLover  Hi, thanks for the reply...
He is on a feeding schedule, he's been on the same schedule as my other 4 yr old yorkie female. they have a small portion at breakfast, then a small portion lunch and a small portion at dinner. He gets plenty of exercise as well, he's adapted well to the schedule of the house. we go for walks during the day at the beach or the neighborhood and after dinner, we walk them again. we play during the day and I take them with me when I run errands or go shopping in the car. He has plenty of attention. he's part of my daily routine.
he is in a cage for 7/8 hrs at night. just like my other yorkie. that's about the amount of time we're sleeping. he's never had a problem before.
He did however recently mate with my female. we considered the option of breeding and she was in heat, so they attached last week. since then, this has happened...could it be due to the breeding? but it started before he even was bred...
he is a house dog, he's been outside the last two days because I'm out of patience and resources...not thinking the outside is much of a punishment at all either...it's more a reward than anything else.
To top it off, we gave him a bath after his episode again today, washed his crate, set him back in there after he ate as a "punishment" only to find more poop 20 mins later...what's the deal???
any other ideas on what I'm doing wrong here??? |
Just wondering but Buster always seems to need to poop about 20 minutes to 1/2 hour after eating. Perhaps instead of putting him in a crate you get an pen or gate him in the bathroom after eating if you can not take him outside after dinner. I would worry about leaving him outside all day because of birds of prey, or Yorkie thieves. Does he have shade?
Buster is pretty well trained but he still has accidents indoors. Someone called it the Yorkie factor. Best of luck!