Potty training has to be the hardest thing ever!! Meeko refuses to poop outside. It doesn't matter if its at a dog park (and others are doing it) or if its in a friend's backyard (she also has two dogs who do it there) or even out on our balcony. He will go pee pee on the pad on our balcony, but then comes right in and runs over to the inside "emergency" pad and poops. What gives?
His over all potty training is only going so so. I work with him on this all the time. When I am at work, he is crated. Once I get home, we run right out to the balcony and he pee pees almost immediately. However, on days I don't work, he pee pees whereever he feels like it. I think some of it is marking but not all. He will SOMETIMES go to the indoor pad on his own. He doesn't give any signs that he needs to go, so it is hard for me to know. I watch the clock after eating and drinking and playing and we go out to the balcony. BUT he just sits there looking around. (My BF calls him a "looky loo".) He is usually good about pooping on the indoor pad. He at least starts out on it anyway. By the time he does his business, he is two feet away. But he tries. He does sometimes leave me little surprises in other locations, but since I don't see him doing it, I can't say much to him.
Any help? |