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Originally Posted by jjl720 I apologize for the length of this, but am frustrated. I have owned my 5 month old Max for 1 month. The breeder told me he was littter pan trained. The first week he went everywhere but the litter and went in his crate at night. This is the first puppy that I've ever had trouble training. THe vet told me to buy a larger enough crate for the pan, his bed, and food. At the same time I decided to train him to the outside even though I live in an area with significant snowfall. As soon as I started him outside(he did well the first week) he started using the litter pan with 100% accuracy. Now he is still 100% with the pan, but will go outside and pee and poop, and then come in and pee in the pan again. He'll pee 3 times in an hour and a half. First, I am taking him to the vet to see if he has a UTI. My question...how do I get him out of the pan and outside 100% of the time. I can't yell at him for using his pan since that is what is was trained to do. I thought I could deal with the litterpan situation, but don't know. I have a 6500 sq ft house and don't want pans and the smell throughout. Will he ever be able to run to only one or two pans in the house? He is very tiny(2 lbs 9 oz. with a full weight to be about 3 lbs.) I don't want to risk kenneling him for vacations but it also makes it hard to travel to relatives. I don't want him messing their houses if he can't relieve himself outside. He still has not been able to hold it in overnight more than a couple of times. He is never in the crate more than 5 hours. I am afraid to put him in a smaller crate. I don't want to regress to him messing his bed. I know he is probably getting mixed signals for where to go, but winter is coming. Can I train him to go in his litter in the garage on bad days and outside on good? Should I learn to live with litter pans? He's a wonderful little companion, but I want him to be accepted everywhere I go, so his potty habits need to change. Sorry I hope you didn't fall asleep reading this l..o..n..g.. post. Thanks |
Hi: I am having prety much the same kinds of problems with my year old Zena. She has never been pad trained or litterpan trained. I do use a crate but I was advised not to buy a large one as they will go in one area and sleep in another. She has never gone in her crate. She alos will go outside then come in and go in the house. I have learned to walk her for a bit bring her in wait about 1/2 hour and take her back out. It was suggested to me that I keep her attached to me when she is out of the crate by her leash. Maybe wishful thinking on my part but this seems to be having an effect. She has started to bark or act up when she wants to go out. Problem is she wants to go out every hour os so and I to live in a cold, snowy climate. Good luck