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Pooping outside THEN inside....need help! Our 11 month old yorkie is doing well with peeing outside only but, for whatever reason, poops inside after he poops outside! After he does both outside, we praise him (after each) and bring him in. Then, often, we find that he poops on the back of the couch, on the couch, etc. Today, he did both outside and was in the bedroom with me playing on the bed while I got ready. I turned around to check on him and he was pooping on the bed! My husband is getting very frustrated and I myself don't know what to do! Should we start crating him as a "time out" for 15 min or so when he does this? We always tell him "No!". We tried picking him up immediately when we caught him in the middle of it and taking him straight outside, but he NEVER poops then....he just starts running and playing. :confused: |
how old is he? what do you feed him? |
I wouldn't use crate as a punishment. If he's been pooping right after he comes inside from just pooping... why don't you just stay outside longer, OR when you bring him back inside put him in his crate (not as a punishment - just so he doesn't go in the house). or have him on a leash while you're inside so you can keep your eye on him 24/7. Don't let him out of your sight! Too much freedom at too young of an age! Set him up for success! That's what I did w/ Jackson. He had his accidents of course but I set up him up for success by not allowing him out of my sight when he was not confined. I was very diligent and if he didn't go outside, it was back in the crate for another 20 minutes, then we'd go try again. He would get 30 mins of playtime after coming inside in the mornings but I was watching him 24/7. if you can't keep your eye on them, they need to be confined :) I learned this when I had Jackson in my bedroom as a pup, I literally looked down at my phone for maybe 10 seconds to read a text, looked up.. and was peeing on the floor! |
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I totally agree. If you put him in his crate to punish him, he'll associate the crate with a negative connotation, and you don't want that. Like Brit said, stay outside with him longer. My Sasha always poops twice in the morning when I first take her out, not neccesarily right away though... sometimes I have to stand out there for 10 minutes waiting for her! I know it's frustrating, but you have to do what you have to do, or just crate her when you can't keep an eye on her at all times. Good luck! |
Thanks for the replies! For the first question, he is 11 months old. We feed him Canidae All Life Stage dry food, which is what he has always been on. I definately don't want him having a negative association to his crate, as he enjoys it as his "home" now and we've had a rather long road getting there. We stay outside with him at least 15-20 minutes. If he doesn't do both, we crate him (if we're leaving) or crate him about 15 minutes then take him back outside to try again. The main problem we're having is knowing how long is the right amount of time to stay outside. I have no way of telling when he may need to poop once and that be all or need to twice. You speak of him having too much freedom being that young, at what age do you think he'll be capable of enough bowel control to have more freedom? I'm not clear as to what ages are associated with what classification for puppy, adult, etc. I've tried searching for this, but haven't found any really clear results. For an update, we have left him out while we've been gone ~4 hours the last 2 days and he has done great! Only once he had a little bit of an accident. We were really proud of him!:D |
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I can only speak from personal experience but Jackson began having free roam of the house at around 5 months old. He wasn't 100% potty trained BUT... he still to this day has never had an accident while we weren't home or chewed or got into anything (when we ARE home, was a different story.. lol). I don't know if I was just lucky, or just really diligent with his training. I got him when I was on winter break so I had 3 full weeks to really dedicate to the potty training. I don't really know the ages either. I mean mentally, most 11 month old dogs are still "puppies.'" I know most people feed puppy food until 1 year old and then switch to adult food... but smaller dogs are often done growing before that. I'm fairly certain that any dog over 7 years old is "senior." Maybe? Heck, I don't know lol. |
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