Well, what am I doing wrong?
Ruckus is nearly six months old. I have had him for maybe a week and a half now. His owners before me had him peeing on the paper, and poop outside. After he ate a meal they would put him in the pen to poop. Also he was outside in a pen at night, and when they were gone.
He has been using the paper religiously until now. I was trying to get him to go outside so I would stop him mid stream on the paper and put him out. Well, the only thing that did was cause him to not use the paper at all. I was planning on taking it up anyway, but i still dont understand why he wouldnt use it.
So, we dont even use a paper anymore. But listen to this... I caught him in the act peeing in the floor, and stopped him mid stream. I took him outside for a half hour and he didnt do anything! I brought him back in, and then the first thing he did was pee in the floor. I had my bad turned putting up the leash, so i didnt have time to stop him. This has also happened with pooping. I will catch him in the pooping position and take him outside for nearly an hour and he will not poop! So I bring him back in, to turn my head for a second and see he is in the middle of pooping on the floor.
I have put newspaper outside, and thats not working either.
Please keep in mind that this is my first dog. I do work with dogs and spend most of my life with them, but I have never had to deal with any potty issues...
also the times I take him out to potty are:
after eating and drinking, after napping, before and after crateing, before bedtime, and after I wake up (we dont crate him at night because he stays int he bed with us the entire time) and I take him out if he starts sniffing around. I also been taking him out every 30 minutes to an hour, and he still will not go. He will actually hold it until he cannot hold it anymore if he has to potty outside?
Am I doomed to have a paper potty dog only? I dont like the idea of that, but I can live with it. I know they have lots of options out now, and soon I will be moving to chicago, and I bet I will have a high rise apartment anyway.
lol i know that sounded like I am trying to take the easy way out, but I do really want him to potty outside only, and I am willing to work to get him to do that. But i can live with it if he wont do it
Ruckus is nearly six months old. I have had him for maybe a week and a half now. His owners before me had him peeing on the paper, and poop outside. After he ate a meal they would put him in the pen to poop. Also he was outside in a pen at night, and when they were gone.
He has been using the paper religiously until now. I was trying to get him to go outside so I would stop him mid stream on the paper and put him out. Well, the only thing that did was cause him to not use the paper at all. I was planning on taking it up anyway, but i still dont understand why he wouldnt use it.
So, we dont even use a paper anymore. But listen to this... I caught him in the act peeing in the floor, and stopped him mid stream. I took him outside for a half hour and he didnt do anything! I brought him back in, and then the first thing he did was pee in the floor. I had my bad turned putting up the leash, so i didnt have time to stop him. This has also happened with pooping. I will catch him in the pooping position and take him outside for nearly an hour and he will not poop! So I bring him back in, to turn my head for a second and see he is in the middle of pooping on the floor.
I have put newspaper outside, and thats not working either.
Please keep in mind that this is my first dog. I do work with dogs and spend most of my life with them, but I have never had to deal with any potty issues...
also the times I take him out to potty are:
after eating and drinking, after napping, before and after crateing, before bedtime, and after I wake up (we dont crate him at night because he stays int he bed with us the entire time) and I take him out if he starts sniffing around. I also been taking him out every 30 minutes to an hour, and he still will not go. He will actually hold it until he cannot hold it anymore if he has to potty outside?
Am I doomed to have a paper potty dog only? I dont like the idea of that, but I can live with it. I know they have lots of options out now, and soon I will be moving to chicago, and I bet I will have a high rise apartment anyway.
lol i know that sounded like I am trying to take the easy way out, but I do really want him to potty outside only, and I am willing to work to get him to do that. But i can live with it if he wont do it