I am by no means an expert; I just wanted to let you know that Chewie is one of those dogs that has never peed OR pooped-except for a handful of times- on a walk. she can hold it for hours, too. She will sometimes go right away, other times wait for a long time and then go to the pee pad. She still has issues, but not nearly as many. The issue that is consistent is RIGHT when waking up. Even with pads out. The thing that's always been strange is it's not a lot, just a little, and always upstairs where hubby doesn't see her. She'll then go straight to the pad and pee a ton about 30 minutes later. She also easily gets startled, and there has been at least twice where she's startled going potty and hasn't gone- usually poopie- for at least 4 hours, sometimes longer. This is when it's obvious she needs to go.
I think you're very correct about startling and privacy. Chewie is one of those dogs. |