I've never had a dog before, because I don't care for them, and don't want the responsibility. However, I'm now stuck with one. My daughter moved back in with my grandson, along with a dog and a cat, which she failed to mention when she asked if she could move back in. I don't think the animals should suffer because she can't afford her own place, so I allowed them to stay. Anyway, I never see the cat. She stays in my DD's room all day because she is scared of my cats. The dog loves me-why I don't know. When my daughter is at work, he plops himself down next to me.
So, the dog is in my laundry room, gated off from the rest of the house, so he won't poop on my carpet. He pees outside, but then poops in the house. When my DD stays out too long, he poops all over the place. I know people confine dogs while they're at work. What I want to know is, how does this affect the dog? Right now, he's barking, so I take it he doesn't like being confined. I will take him outside soon, but then he's going to have to go back in the laundry room if he doesn't do his business out there.
Any advice?
I'm with you toots, I don't do well with dogs. I know some people put their pups in crates when they are not home and at night.
He's going to have to get used to being confined. My dog is in a crate all day while I'm at work. He sleeps most of the time. Not sure if he's barking since I'm not home. lol We put him in the crate sometimes when we have company and we don't want him jumping all over everyone. It doesn't affect him. When we come home we let him out and he does his business. Hopefully your dd's dog will get used to your house and poop outside.
We had a daschund once that when we got him he was kennel trained. He stayed all day while we were at work in the kennel and then at night when we went to bed. I hated it, but if I didn't put him in there he would go on his own and stay there even with the door open...we gave him to an elderly gentleman who's dog had died. We now have a pomeranian, he stays in the den only if we are all gone. The floor in there is painted concrete so it doesn't matter if he has an accident. But he usually hangs in till someone gets home to let him out.
Is the dog a puppy? Even if he isn't maybe it's time to start from square one and potty train him like a puppy. This is from my breeder's website. Good info on crate and potty training..
No food or water after 7 PM, while crate training a pup, feed your pup all his/her meals inside their crate,
they will learn to run inside to be fed, also a pup won’t poop or pee where they sleep. I prefer a large sized cage type crate, so that if your dog wants quiet time you can cover it, also you can see your dog better in the cage type compared to the plastic ones, and the cage type are lighter and easier to carry.
If you are not crate training, I advise you to put a leash on your pup and tether the leash to your belt buckle, or tether your pup to the chair you are sitting in, you need to keep an eye on your pup at all times in your house so they don’t eat house plants, or go behind the chair to go “Potty”! Pups don’t like you to see where they go “Potty” if it’s in your house cause they know they aren’t supposed too, and if you should catch them doing “Potty” in the house, pick them up whether they’re finished or not and get them outside fast>like the house is on fire fast! You must make a big deal out of going “Potty” outdoors.
NEVER EVER put newspaper on the floor for your pup to go "Potty" on, they will then just hold it and wait till they come back indoors to go on the papers, if you know your pup has to go "Potty" and they are taking too long to go outside, then bring the pup back in the house, for like say 5 minutes.....then go back outside and your pup should relieve himself, that's called getting one over on the little bugger!
Should your pup whine and start circling around, that is an indication that your pup needs to go outside and go potty, while your pup is going potty outside say, “Go to the bathroom” or “Go potty” or “Do your business” some key phrase is helpful in reminding the pup to use the outdoors for his bathroom, you may also give him a treat, or use a clicker right as he’s relieving himself, he’ll get the message. Give your pup every opportunity to go “Potty” at the end of the night.
I should add that my dog is a German Shepherd, so the breeder is naturally recommending a large crate. The crate size would depend on the size of your dog.
DD needs to get him a crate (kennel) that is just big enough for him to turn around.
Confine him to the kennel. He'll be less inclined to mess in there b/c of the tight quarters, and he'll have a sense of security for having "his own space." (Think about it: early wolves and canines lived in small caves!)
If he barks/whines while in the kennel place a blanket over it so he can't see out. When he stops making noises, uncover him. He'll quickly learn it is better to sit quiet with a view than make noise and see nothing!
Confining isn't a problem, so long as when DD is home she pays proper attention to him. Depending on his breed, the needs may vary. But if he is usually active, she should make taking him for a walk or something part of her evening routine.
My daughter has a crate. It's very small. He's a small dog, but it seems so cruel to put him in there all day. He's a Yorkie-6 pounds. Is there much difference between the crate, and gating him off in the laundry room? At least with the laundry room, the cats can go in and visit him.
Quoting LilyofPhilly:My daughter has a crate. It's very small. He's a small dog, but it seems so cruel to put him in there all day. He's a Yorkie-6 pounds. Is there much difference between the crate, and gating him off in the laundry room? At least with the laundry room, the cats can go in and visit him.
My dd has a yorkie as well. They had all kinds of trouble getting him to poop outside. They found what worked best is to take him for a walk. He can't poop unless he has been walking for a little while. I guess walking gets things moving. Anyways, they schedule walks of about 10 to 15 minutes spaced out during the day. That has stopped all the pooping in the house.
I would just make sure he has something (toys/bone) to keep him busy and some water but he should be okgated in there. We have our puppy in a kennel at night when we sleep (we also did that to our last dog till she was grown enough to know not to pee/poop on the floor or jump up on us at night. It didn't seem to bother either of them as long as they had something to keep them busy when not sleeping.
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