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    Darcie Miller Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Feb 20, 2006, 10:42 AM
    Puupy pooping in crate
    I have a 6 month old yellow lab female. She has been doing great in the crate training department. She never had an accident in her crate until after I had her spayed. I had this done in the beginning of January. She pooped twice in her crate the night I brought her home. The vet said she had a stressed stomach from the surgery. She pooped twice more in three days. I took her back to the vet, she had to have 2 shots and be put on special food for a couple weeks. She recovered and was doing very well. Two weeks ago she pooped AND peed in the crate. NEVER PEED BEFORE! She pooped again last night too. She always cried or barked before when she needed to go out and I always got up to let her out no matter what time it was. She does good when I'm home at sitting by the door when she needs to go out. I took the divider out of her crate to give her more room, I don't now if I need to put it back in? I watch her at night to make sure that she's pooped before I put her bed. Do I need to put her on a schedule for eating? I was feeding her once in the morning and at night around 5-5:30. Any help would be appeciated!
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    Feb 20, 2006, 11:19 AM
    Are these fairly soft stools? If so, she could have a virus or something. Might check with the vet. There are several things that can cause soft stools and more urgent bowel movements. That would not suggest she has decided she is too big of a girl to stay in the crate as sometimes happens.

    You could also try putting the divider back in. If it works, it would be an easy fix, but I don't expect it to.

    Since she is 6 months old, you could cut back to one meal in the morning.
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    Feb 24, 2006, 10:56 AM
    I have a four month old retriever that pooped constantly in her kennel... all we can figure is it was too big and she didn't take to well to us not being near her at night. We put her kennel in a corner in our bedroom and now she doesn't make a peep. She use to go out 2 times a night and have accidents and now she looks forward to going upstairs. She enjoys the security I think. We let our dog eat 3 times a day... eating late seemed to help also... she eats as late as 8 pm then she goes in the morning. Hope I helped, I know how frustrating it is

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