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crate training I know a lot of people ask about this, but our situation is unique I guess. Chip is 100% crate trained. Smokey on the other hand, is our rescue, and is very anxious in a crate. He ends up having diaherria and pees everywhere in it because he gets so nervous. We had been leaving them out in the open, but they were shredding paper, getting into trash, tearing up my underwear, and just basically throwing a party when we were gone. We tried an experiment though to see how Smokey did with Chip in a crate alone. We tried it a couple times a couple weeks ago for about 30 minutes each and they were fine. We tried it again and left them alone in the crate for 3 hours. The problem is, Smokey thinks it's okay to go to the bathroom in the crate. He did poop in the crate, but since it was hard, we think he just needed to go. How do we retrain a dog that already thinks pottying in the crate is okay? HELP! |
Make sure you go back to it for the most part unles you are watching him. Only take him out for potty breaks. Or if you are in the same room to watch him. When he figures out he is in there all the time that isn't his bathroom its his home. He should stop. Sometimes its like small children we have to go back to square one. Take hime out and reward him for going to the potty outside not in his crate. Put him in there at night time as well. |
Two things that worked well for a friend was, put something of yours such as a dirty piece of laundry in the crate. This will give a sense of security. make sure the crate is just big enough for the dog to stand up and turn around and put a small amount of food in there, typically a dog with not poop where he eats. Good luck |
I'm having a similar problem and posted a question on the 23rd but no one has responded to my inquiry. Maybe it was too long. Did you say you put them in the same crate together? I'm worried they might hurt each other, because we've only had our 4 month old female since Dec. and can't always tell when they are playing or brawling. Trying to decide whether to get 2 crates. My original question was titled "2 Crates???". Hope you get somemore advice so I can check it out. |
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