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Originally Posted by Vernayjustice  Hello:
So I adopted this little girl approximately three weeks ago. She is Pee Pad trained. She will go pee on the pads but not poo. She'll only go poo on my yellow designer rug and it's getting to me. I need for her to please stop. I need help with this one. Any suggestions would be very helpful!
Thank you in advance!!
FYI... She's 15 months old. |
Congratulations on your new little girl! BIG, BIG changes in your little baby's life these last 3 weeks, leaving her former home, going to a new one, new 'pack', possibly missing old friends/family, having to learn what you expect of her. No doubt she's very uncertain of life right now. Even older, perfectly housebroken dogs will want to chose pee/poo spots for themselves to help themselves feel more at home when they come into a new home so even they have to be largely re-trained in that situation until they establish appropriate potty habits. I'd make it easy on both of you and remove the yellow designer rug for the time of re-training or at least bar her access to it while she being shown the ropes at how it works at your house.
Baby girl is just seeking a spot she feels most comfortable to poo and right now, it's your precious rug! Later, you can very carefully and with much oversight re-introduce the rug after she's made herself some new habits of where to poo and those habits are long-ingrained in her psyche. But for the time being, I'd make it totally impossible for her to get to my designer rug.