I have a 9 week old German Shepherd that I just got yesterday, I take her outside to eliminate regularly, almost every 30 minutes or so and she produces.
Today I took her outside, let her roam around for about five minutes and when she did not produce I put her in her crate and went to the bank. Not more than an hour later I returned to find that she had eliminated (feces) in her crate. I did not punish her due to the fact that I have read that you do not punish the dog if you do not catch it in the act or shortly there-after. I took her outside, she did not eliminate, I gave her a bath and put her in the clean half of the crate (a large crate with a divider.)
My question is primarily: if she does do this again, do I allow her to wallow in it and suffer? Does this teach her a lesson? Or do I proceed as I previously had?
2007-09-19
13:02:09
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