Diesel needs a trim!

Hannah D

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Hannah D

If he goes #2 in his crate while I'm out, better believe he's going to step in and play in it.

 

YUK!  You shouldn't be allowing this to  happen.... it will make house training him much harder.  It is also distressing I think, for a dog to have to soil near to his bed.  Unless the dog was from a puppy mill and raised in his own muck, this goes against the grain of his instinct and is very unpleasant for him.

 Well how do I stop it? We both work during the day so he's alone everyday from about 12-4 if no roommates are home either. He's going to have to go to the bathroom at some point some days? How else is he supposed to go?

It's not near his bed. He has a play crate during the day thats much bigger to hold his toys and stuff in so he can move around more than his smaller crate he sleeps in at night.

A bit OT, but let me put it this way:   When I first bring a puppy home I take him out very very frequently to toilet, especially before confining him.  And he is never confined for too long.  His crate is just big enough that he can rest comfortably in there, but no bigger.  His natural cleanliness instinct stops him from toileting on or near his bed.  As he settles in, gains more control over his bodily functions and lerans to LIKE being in the crate I extend the time he is in there for.

If he has to be left for longer than I think he can hold it, then I ensure he is confined in a dog proof and easily cleaned area with room to move about and I ignore any accidents.

If you are are doing the same and he is just peeing in the enclosed area (but not in his crate) then don't worry - he should outgrow this in time.

If he is toileting in his crate  then I think the set up and/or his schedule needs to be looked at so that he can toilet in the proper place and keep his den clean.  For example, dogs will usually defecate after eating or exercising, so it is possible to engineer it that they do their business BEFORE being left.  A dog walker could also be considered to let the pup out until he gains more control.

The more times he eliminates in the right place, the faster he will be house trained.  On the other hand, the more times he does it in the "wrong" place, the slower and more confusing (for him) the process will be. 

If he is a mill puppy, or if he has poo-ed in his crate several times and got used to it, then he probably isn't disconcerted by his own poop anymore, but it will make housetraining harder.  That's why I suggesta change to his schedule, or a dog walker, to make it easier for him and to make him "clean" faster.