Hey everyone. Just stumbled upon this site and been reading for the past hour and so much great info! I have a question though I wasn't able to find an answer for. About 2 weeks ago my girlfriend and I picked up a (at the time) 4.5-5 week old Husky/German Sheppard X puppy. The owner said the mother was getting overly aggressive towards them and wanted to get rid of them before something happened. I know they shouldn't be removed before 8 weeks, but didn't sound like the owner had a choice, and it is the exact mix we were looking for.
So here is our situation, we live in a huge 3 bedroom apartment with lots of room. During the night we kennal her, and she whines when she needs to go out, we get up, let her out, and then she goes right back in and back to sleep. Which is awsome. We both work a 9-5 mon-fri job and we let her roam around the apartment (minus the bedrooms/bathroom). She has a few accidents since I can't come home until lunch time to let her out, but that is expected at her age (i think ) The big problem we are having is when we are home, she will go behind our backs (sometimes literally, like 5 feet away) and start pee'ing/pooping on the floor!!!
We take her out about every 1.5-2 hours at the latest, sometimes more.. give her lots of priase when she does her business outside, and nothing if she goes out and doesn't do anything (we watch her for about 5-10mins).. We are mainly wondering, is this normal for her to have these accidents? Happens about 4-5x a day, and even if we let her out, she will sometimes do nothing, come in and 3 mins later, pee on the floor!
When she does go in the house, we tell her sternly "NO!" and carry her outside immediately. This is getting very stressful for the both of us because it just seems like she isn't learning. Any help with what we can do? Have also tried puppy training pads on the floor in our kitchen, and the spray.. nothing HELP US PLEASE!!!
So here is our situation, we live in a huge 3 bedroom apartment with lots of room. During the night we kennal her, and she whines when she needs to go out, we get up, let her out, and then she goes right back in and back to sleep. Which is awsome. We both work a 9-5 mon-fri job and we let her roam around the apartment (minus the bedrooms/bathroom). She has a few accidents since I can't come home until lunch time to let her out, but that is expected at her age (i think ) The big problem we are having is when we are home, she will go behind our backs (sometimes literally, like 5 feet away) and start pee'ing/pooping on the floor!!!
We take her out about every 1.5-2 hours at the latest, sometimes more.. give her lots of priase when she does her business outside, and nothing if she goes out and doesn't do anything (we watch her for about 5-10mins).. We are mainly wondering, is this normal for her to have these accidents? Happens about 4-5x a day, and even if we let her out, she will sometimes do nothing, come in and 3 mins later, pee on the floor!
When she does go in the house, we tell her sternly "NO!" and carry her outside immediately. This is getting very stressful for the both of us because it just seems like she isn't learning. Any help with what we can do? Have also tried puppy training pads on the floor in our kitchen, and the spray.. nothing HELP US PLEASE!!!