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puppy crapping in the crate
Posted on 4/30/15 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 4/30/15 at 12:37 pm
I bought a lab puppy about 5 weeks ago (was 11 weeks when I got her). Both my wife and I work, so most days there is no one home to watch her during the day and we leave her in the shed outside in a crate (wire crate with divider). We have the divider set so that she is pretty confined, but every Monday and sometimes during the rest of the week, she craps in her crate and then sits in it until I get home. What do I do? She won't pee in the crate, only pooping. And she doesn't poop at night in the crate when we're sleeping (well, only very rarely) or if we have her in the crate when we're home (which is not much of the time, but if we're both tied up doing something that keeps us from being able to watch her).
ETA: i come home at lunch every day to let her out so she's staying in the crate for 5-6 hours max.
ETA: i come home at lunch every day to let her out so she's staying in the crate for 5-6 hours max.
This post was edited on 4/30/15 at 12:40 pm
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Posted on 4/30/15 at 12:38 pm to gorillacoco
Normal issue with this is crate is too big.
This post was edited on 4/30/15 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 4/30/15 at 12:40 pm to gorillacoco
Go get a 10x10 dog kennel from HD or lowes and put her crate in it. If you have no yard, put wood shavings in the crate. She will still poop but it will contain the mess and make it easier for you to clean up
Posted on 4/30/15 at 12:42 pm to gorillacoco
If the crate is small, and she's still pooping and sitting in it, she might have a problem controlling her bowels, which could be a massive issue.
Posted on 4/30/15 at 12:52 pm to gorillacoco
My pup now 4months had a similar issue but it only lasted a couple weeks. I also have the same crate, and even making it smaller didn't help, because he would just sit in it. Just keep doing what you're doing and she should gain better control and eventually quit doing it. Obvious advice is to just reward her when she shits outside. Good luck dude, I really didn't enjoy it when my puppy was that young.
Posted on 4/30/15 at 12:53 pm to gorillacoco
Get a smaller one
Posted on 4/30/15 at 12:54 pm to Hammertime
You can make those wire crates as small as you desire
Posted on 4/30/15 at 12:55 pm to gorillacoco
Make her eat an hour or so before you leave. Most pups will have to poop within 30 minutes or so. Take her out a couple times before you leave. As she gets older she will be able to hold it longer but most puppies will poop within 30 minutes of eating unless they have some type of digestive issues or eat crappy food
Posted on 4/30/15 at 1:02 pm to gorillacoco
before you put her up does she poop?
or does she not poop, so you crate her in order to get out the house on time...
If she won't poop on her own before you leave...take a long blade of grass...the part that is more like a stalk going into the dirt...break off any dirty part and peel off the bottom blade leaves...then proceed to PIIHB a couple or three inches...she will want that out and then poop...My good friend and veterinarian I train with showed me that trick when we both were working our pups regularly...
or does she not poop, so you crate her in order to get out the house on time...
If she won't poop on her own before you leave...take a long blade of grass...the part that is more like a stalk going into the dirt...break off any dirty part and peel off the bottom blade leaves...then proceed to PIIHB a couple or three inches...she will want that out and then poop...My good friend and veterinarian I train with showed me that trick when we both were working our pups regularly...
Posted on 4/30/15 at 1:05 pm to Pepperidge
WTF
Posted on 4/30/15 at 1:06 pm to Pepperidge
I'd pay money to see that shite show 
Posted on 4/30/15 at 1:20 pm to shawnlsu
quote:
Make her eat an hour or so before you leave. Most pups will have to poop within 30 minutes or so. Take her out a couple times before you leave. As she gets older she will be able to hold it longer but most puppies will poop within 30 minutes of eating unless they have some type of digestive issues or eat crappy food
Also this. I'm often late because I'm outside waiting on my pup to take a shite. Throwing him the ball or anything to get him running usually does the trick pretty quickly.
Posted on 4/30/15 at 1:29 pm to PapaPogey
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I'm often late because I'm outside waiting on my pup to take a shite.
This is us. If I put her in the yard she'll spend an hour chewing grass and chasing bugs and then take a dump as soon as a put her inside. In the morning we've taken to putting her in a big pen outside on the concrete so she doesn't have any distractions. She generally poops pretty quickly in the pen, but sometimes even that won't do it. It's rare that I can get her to crap in the yard. Maybe I should focus on that.
Posted on 4/30/15 at 1:31 pm to gorillacoco
Just get her moving. Play fetch, take a walk, etc and she will work it out.
Posted on 5/1/15 at 11:48 pm to Pepperidge
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take a long blade of grass...the part that is more like a stalk going into the dirt...break off any dirty part and peel off the bottom blade leaves...then proceed to PIIHB a couple or three inches...she will want that out and then poop
I was ready to go to bed after throwing a dummy in the yard for a solid hour. Stuck a piece of grass up her butt and she crapped in less time than a rodeo ride. Posted on 5/1/15 at 11:52 pm to gorillacoco
If I had to shove a stick up a dogs arse every day so I can get to work on time, I wouldnt have a dog.
Posted on 5/2/15 at 3:21 am to Pepperidge
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take a long blade of grass...the part that is more like a stalk going into the dirt...break off any dirty part and peel off the bottom blade leaves...then proceed to PIIHB a couple or three inches...she will want that out and then poop
first time I have heard that onePosted on 5/2/15 at 7:23 am to shawnlsu
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r eat an hour or so before you leave. Most pups will have to poop within 30 minutes or so. Take her out a couple times before you leave. As she gets older she will be able to hold it longer but most puppies will poop within 30 minutes of eating unless they have some type of digestive issues or eat crappy food
This may work. I just went through housebreaking a puppy (male, 8 wk.old when I got him, took 6-7 weeks to train). While I'm home all day, his pooping is routine and mostly early. He poops within 5-10 minutes of when he first wakes in the morning, then I feed him around 9:00 and he poops within 20-30 minutes. I feed him again in the evening around 5:00, and sometimes he'll poop again a third time, sometimes he won't - though that one is more at random times. I didn't crate train him at all.
If small crate training won't work for you, I'd consider just going to a larger pen with one of those cleanable "grass pads" a reasonable distance away from the other end of the pen. If he has to poop in his restraining area, I'm sure he'd prefer that he's not sitting in it all fay - and you will too.
This post was edited on 5/2/15 at 7:24 am
Posted on 5/2/15 at 8:33 am to gorillacoco
Just remember to really praise the pup after it takes a crap outside.
We were housebreaking a small stray and he would poop in the house. Beatings weren't helping because when he would poop outside we didn't praise him. Once we praised him a couple of times he hasn't popped inside again.
We were housebreaking a small stray and he would poop in the house. Beatings weren't helping because when he would poop outside we didn't praise him. Once we praised him a couple of times he hasn't popped inside again.
Posted on 5/2/15 at 8:45 am to Pepperidge
Taking dog for a walk? The new list.
Leash. Check.
Plastic poop bag. Check.
Play toy for fetch. Check.
KY Lube. Check.
Leash. Check.
Plastic poop bag. Check.
Play toy for fetch. Check.
KY Lube. Check.
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