We've had Dodger for 2 weeks. We keep him in my husbands home office, because my husband works from home and it gives Dodger company. Dodger is crated when he sleeps in the day and is out of his crate but confined to the room when he's not sleeping. That bit is going well. We've had few accidents in the room.
At night, Dodger goes to sleep around 11 and wakes up at 5 or 6 am, when we take him outside to pee. We *thought* things were going fine until this morning, when I put my head way inside the crate, I noticed he'd been peeing in the back of his crate!
I don't understand because he's really never been left alone in the house and we don't confine him to it for a long stretch, other than the 6-hour stretch at night.
Is there a way to remedy this and to stop him from eliminating in the crate?
2007-06-14 06:05:35 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
The crate should only be big enough for the dog to stand in and turn around.
If it is a lot bigger than this, it is too big and your dog will find a corner far enough away from what he considers "his space" and use it.
The remedy is to find a smaller crate, and if he's a puppy hang on to your current one when Dodger outgrows it.
2007-06-14 06:37:54 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
see my answer to the other person who's dog is doing "both" in the crate. You guys are doing everything right but it sounds like you have to reinforce the "go pee" strategy/routine. Do you have a crate divider to make his space smaller, or is he too big for that? If it's smaller he won't eliminate in his "own" space. Put the urinated-on-item up to his nose and say "no potty" then "let's go pee outside" emphasize "outside" in the way you say it. Good luck.
2007-06-14 06:10:08 · answer #2 · answered by sleepyhollow50 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
his crate is too big for him and that is why he is going in his crate a crate should only be big enough for him to stand up in and turn around in . Get him another crate only big enough like I said before and you should not have this problem . good luck .
2007-06-14 06:10:10 · answer #3 · answered by Kate T. 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Crate training can be really difficult for both you and your puppy. It takes lots of patience and time. There are some really helpful articles about crate training at www.DogChannel.com
2007-06-14 06:27:31 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋