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06-22-2009, 09:04 AM | #1 |
Donating Senior Yorkie Talker | We have a crate pooper Our new puppy, Trezzi, is a great little guy. I love his disposition self-confidence. He seems to be adjusting well to his new environment. However we have several potty issues with him. First, Trezzi seems to be able to hold #1 for forever. We try putting him on his pad every hour, and sometimes wait for 15 minutes, but he doesn't go. We especially try catching him after he eats and after he plays. But he can hold it for a really long time. And then, 5 minutes out of the pad, he goes and pees right by the food He knows where the pad is, and he knows what he is supposed to do there. Sometimes he goes there on his own and urinates without any problems. We had a breakthrough though in the last couple of days, and it seems he started getting it. So I am hopeful we'll be having less incidents every day. Second, we have a major problem with #2. Two days ago we closed Trezzi in his crate during the day for about 2.5 hours. We left the house to take Lulu to a dog park. When we came back, Trezzi's crate was covered with poop. He had a soft stool (we've been dealing with soft poop due to the fact he's eating a mix of wet+dry food) on one side of the crate, and diarrhea on the other. We felt terrible for the little guy. We felt so guilty he was closed in his crate and had to go. And we figured that he probably was stressed out, and this is why he went in his crate. I am working from home, so during the days my babies are always under supervision, fenced off in the kitchen, and have access to their potty pad. But it happened again tonight. We put Trezzi on his pad at midnight. He was there for about 10 minutes, but he didn't go at all. We brought him in his crate to our bedroom, where he sleeps with us. His crate is placed on a chair, right by my side of the bed to make him feel more secured. At 1:30 am I woke up smelling an awful smell of poop and hearing him moving in his crate. Trezzi pooped in his crate again I took him down, cleaned his crate while he was on the potty pad, and after 10 minutes of being on the pad he pooped again. I am not sure why he pooped, as he ate last around 7 pm in the evening. I am upset because Trezzi wasn't even trying to make any sounds to wake us up and let us know he needs to go. He just pooped in the crate, right where he sleeps. And he loves peeing right by his food. I am planning to put a box in his crate, to limit him from being able pooping on the other side of his crate. And if it doesn't work, I won't have a choice but to keep him in the fenced-off area of the kitchen at night, with his crate open — so he can go and potty if he needs to. Please let me know if you have any ideas, experience, or advice to why might he be doing this, and other options to keep him from going in his crate. thanks, Nadezda
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06-22-2009, 09:34 AM | #2 |
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| What time did you feed him? I learned the hard way last night, that if you feed him too late, he won't have enough time to digest and will be forced to poop in his crate (or out of it somehow in my case). Make sure you're keeping him on a decent schedule where you can almost predict when he can poop. We try not to let him eat past 6pm (last night was different sadly). |
06-22-2009, 10:31 AM | #3 | |
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I am trying to do that. This is what we've done very successfully with Lulu, but doesn't seem to work with Trezzi so well.
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06-22-2009, 10:34 AM | #4 |
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| Yea, they seem a lot different than some other breeds. My gf always let her Cockapoo have food out all the time, but I think that is more for a mature dog. Even then, I'd like to keep the puppy on a schedule even after he gets a bit larger/older. I'm even tempted to take away the water while he's in the crate from now on after the pee/poo he left for me this morning =/ |
06-22-2009, 10:40 AM | #5 |
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| We have a crate pooper here but not a yorkie and not a mill dog. He is just to young to be left in the kennel for to long and needs to go out more often then we thought. not all dogs go the said 1/ hour after they eat and need to be walked longer to get them to go. JL
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06-22-2009, 10:44 AM | #6 | |
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06-22-2009, 10:47 AM | #7 | |
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06-22-2009, 10:54 AM | #8 | |
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As long as the place you take him is clean get him outside. take him out and about in your arms and pee pad him in areas that are less clean. one set of shots is enough to get them outside. soical skills are so needed 100 places, people, dogs ,things and sounds by 16 weeks for great soicalization. JL
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06-22-2009, 11:09 AM | #9 | |
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Trezzi is almost 13 weeks, and he's been with us only 1 week. I want to make sure he is well adjusted to be in our house and gains a bit more weight, before I take him outside.
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06-22-2009, 11:14 AM | #10 | |
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I have one that did not and she is 7 years old on prozac and lives a life of fear. I have on that is 18 months old and 70 pounds and kids scare him so bad he shakes. I returned on to the breeder at 100 pounds not mine that should have been put down. JL
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06-22-2009, 11:42 AM | #11 | |
Yorkie Yakker | What brand of food does he eat? I've found with certain brands they have to poop soon after eating which makes it easier to train. Jada eats Royal Canin and Ceasar. Have you tried a walk after he eats? sometimes that helps her go also. Good luck and keep us posted. Quote:
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06-22-2009, 11:43 AM | #12 | |
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JL
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06-22-2009, 11:45 AM | #13 | |
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The one thing we did with Lulu was to take her in her carrier everywhere, and it seemed to help a lot.
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06-22-2009, 11:49 AM | #14 | |
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makes a world of differnce. Just making sure as I hate to see these guys hurt as bad as I see some hurting do to lack of soical skills JL
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06-22-2009, 12:18 PM | #15 | |
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We do have 1 feral cat that comes around and hunts the birds, but that's about it. He's 10 weeks and has seen the outside world at least 3 occasions since we got him on the 12th. So it's okay for him to run around the yard and check things out and even use the time out there to poo/pee out there? | |
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