Goochina & Goochissimo
04-23-2002, 10:45 AM
Anyone who can help please...
My new little puppy Scout seems confused about pottying. He was in a pet store for several weeks, confined in a cage. No one wanted him because he was deaf... but now he is home with us. YAY!!!
Anyway, I think being in that cage for so long, where he had to poop and pee in his bed, has thoroughly confused him. Anyone else have this experience?
The first night, he pooped and peed IN OUR BED! EWWWW! He has gotten past that, and he now at least goes on the floor.
We take him outside after eating. We spend the whole evening out there. We exercise him and play with him, then we leave him alone. My other dog is out there with him, and he goes potty. We try and try and try, and for hours he just doesn't go. A very few times we have gotten him to go outside, and he goes as CLOSE to the patio door as possible. We still praise him for this.
Every time he goes in the house we try to catch him and take him outside... he won't finish outside! He waits and waits and waits again!
If we don't catch him, we show it to him, sign NO to him with a big frown, and take him outside.
He is crate trained during the day, and will even go in his crate!
Is this typical puppy (17 weeks/4 months) behavior? Will it just take a while to teach him? Is he not able to hold it all night?
I need suggestions.
My new little puppy Scout seems confused about pottying. He was in a pet store for several weeks, confined in a cage. No one wanted him because he was deaf... but now he is home with us. YAY!!!
Anyway, I think being in that cage for so long, where he had to poop and pee in his bed, has thoroughly confused him. Anyone else have this experience?
The first night, he pooped and peed IN OUR BED! EWWWW! He has gotten past that, and he now at least goes on the floor.
We take him outside after eating. We spend the whole evening out there. We exercise him and play with him, then we leave him alone. My other dog is out there with him, and he goes potty. We try and try and try, and for hours he just doesn't go. A very few times we have gotten him to go outside, and he goes as CLOSE to the patio door as possible. We still praise him for this.
Every time he goes in the house we try to catch him and take him outside... he won't finish outside! He waits and waits and waits again!
If we don't catch him, we show it to him, sign NO to him with a big frown, and take him outside.
He is crate trained during the day, and will even go in his crate!
Is this typical puppy (17 weeks/4 months) behavior? Will it just take a while to teach him? Is he not able to hold it all night?
I need suggestions.