8 month old still has accidents in crate (NEW)
I saw this thread:
https://www.askmehelpdesk.com/showth...ight=dog+crate
And I am a bit disappointed (and concerned) that there was no resolution.
I have the same problem with an alternative bullbreed that goes in her cage almost every night. I will try something new (all mentioned in the above thread) and they will work for a few days, then back to the old habits. I have a job that is getting more and more intense, and Im afraid Im not going to be able to go home during my lunch break in the next few months anymore to let her out, leaving her for 8 hours during the day which is unacceptable at this point because then it will guarantee that she will have an accident. (she has a hard time going 4 hours w/o an accident)
I thought she would be at least crate trained by now, and was hopeful for her being house-trained by now as my other 2 dogs were at 8 months (and had full run of house).
My other 2 dogs are VERY attention needy, and become depressed when I focus all my time on the puppy, so I try to integrate playtime with the 3 of them. (although the puppy does get an xtra 1-2 walks a day, or course)
The puppy actually doesn't play much with the other 2, and prefers to lay on the couch and watch. Its tough to get her to play, and when she does, she usually winds up biting my older male, and making him angry, as opposed to going for the toy.
This is my current schedule Ive been sticking with for the past 2 months:
1.) Walk at 800am & feeding at 830am
2.) Walk at 1230pm
3.) Feeding at 630pm & walk at 7pm - playtime, etc... (out of crate all night)
4.) Walk between 1200am-100am
5.) Crated overnight
In addition, my fiancé is a nurse, and is home 2-3 days during the week, so at this time, the puppy is out of her crate during the day - in other words, she doesn't spend THAT much time in the crate. In addition, she doesn't have accidents in the house for the most part (2 in the past 2 months, of course when you'd walk out of the room for 3 minutes to use the bathroom). She only has accidents at night, from midnight/1am to 8am. I even tried getting her out earlier at like 7am, and that helped a bit, but that got old as well.
The puppy doesn't always relieve herself on the late night walk; I have sat out there for an hour on PLENTY of occasions, and she just sits down every time I stop walking (or even pause).
As you can tell, this dog is frustrating me to no end. I invested a lot of money in this dog to breed her, she developed demodectic mange, and I had to have her spayed. She is 10-15 lbs under the normal weight she should be at, so I don't want to feed her less because she is in a growth spurt (finally) and I want her to keep growing as much as possible (she gained 7 lbs during dec-jan, and another 3 this past month). She is such a nice and loving dog, or I would have gotten rid of her when she had the mange, since she is no longer an asset to my program. I am keeping her strictly on love, and that relationship is starting to be strained by my patience wearing thin.
Any advice would be appreciated with utmost sincerity
AJ
Sharing a bit of experience
Work all day long, and needless to say, it took my pup until about 6 months of age to be fully potty trained so that I can leave him outside the kitchen (behind baby gate).
For a long time, my pup had no accident while we were at home, until he was home by himself. He would not go where he should go & pee, made a mess everywhere. Until we found the best thing in the world:: "dog walking service"!!
Our dog walker
::not only let our dog go out in the middle of the day - taught him to hold in and always go outside the house;
::interact with other dogs/people - dog and people friendly;
::no more separation anxiety - he somehow knows someone is coming to take him out to play;
::most of all, drain his energy out by the time we get home!!
I read many places, a tired dog is a happy dog. I really have to say, my pup is a high energy pup, and dog walking service really changed a lot. On the days when he was taken out, he would sleep through the night - too tired to even get up!
I would strongly suggest anyone who has hyper or separation anxiety dog to try dog walking service.