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Originally Posted by ballinchaldo91 My 1 year old yorkie mix is 12 pounds. He is giving us the biggest problem with the crate. He always uses the restroom in there. It is small enough for him to just lay down and turn around. We thought that maybe he uses the restroom to come out of the crate, so a trainer gave us an idea on when he uses the restroom in his crate to simply ignore and move to another crate. So what hes thinking is whewn i go in this i crate i am just goin to go into another crate. That method didnt work for us. Has anyone had this problem and found a solution? Also, even when his bed is in the crate he will go on that too. I always clean the crate with simple solution cleaning solution and let it soak into the crat pan for 15 to 20 minutes, so im pretty sure all the urine smell gets out of their. Also he does get out quite a lot throughout the day and i some times he might go outside and we will bring him back in and place him in the crate and go again. Please help me because today i actually thought he was learning but he went in the crate 3 times today. My mom keeps knagging on me to get rid of him but i told her it's not that simple and i will not get rid of him even if he is like that for the rest of his life. So please any methods that worked for you guys with crates and your dog goin to the restroom in thier would be highly appreciated. My dog is also not housetrained! Thanks for all your help |
It could be that your dog is not housetrained because he has spent his entire life in a crate, and has never been giving the chance to learn.
I'd pee in my crate too if it was my only chance of getting let out.
If your mother had kept you locked in a closet all your life, you probably would not be house trained either.
I normally try to discourage people from rehoming their dogs, but in this case, i agree with your mother.