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Hello all!! I have been reading this forum for a little while but this is my first post.
We have an 8 month old Dalmation/Hound mix. We have had him for about a month and a half. We have created a potty spot in the yard for him. We dug out some grass and put a layer of sand and then a layer of stones (just like they have at his daycare).
He was going on the stones without issues. He is housebroken very well. We had one pee-pee accident with him in the house the first week we had him (our fault), but since then he has not had an accident in the house.
After he goes outside on the stones we give him lots of praise. We used to give him a treat every time he went potty outside along with the praise, but after 2 weeks, we started to treat a little less (Still tons of verbal praise though!!).
About a week ago, he started to be very apprehensive about walking onto the stones. It was almost like he was afraid of something. We can get him to stand on the stones if we lure him with treats, but he will not potty. He just stands there and looks at you. As soon as you take him off the stones and onto the grass, he will potty on the lawn. He is not having this issue at daycare. He will go potty on the stones at daycare without any problems.
After standing on the stones for a few minutes - he will try and get off the stones. He doesn't even really want to go on the stones in the first place. We have had to lure him onto the stones with treats. Once he gets on the stones - he simply will not potty.
I have no idea why he is doing this. Any ideas?
AmyLou
We have an 8 month old Dalmation/Hound mix. We have had him for about a month and a half. We have created a potty spot in the yard for him. We dug out some grass and put a layer of sand and then a layer of stones (just like they have at his daycare).
He was going on the stones without issues. He is housebroken very well. We had one pee-pee accident with him in the house the first week we had him (our fault), but since then he has not had an accident in the house.
After he goes outside on the stones we give him lots of praise. We used to give him a treat every time he went potty outside along with the praise, but after 2 weeks, we started to treat a little less (Still tons of verbal praise though!!).
About a week ago, he started to be very apprehensive about walking onto the stones. It was almost like he was afraid of something. We can get him to stand on the stones if we lure him with treats, but he will not potty. He just stands there and looks at you. As soon as you take him off the stones and onto the grass, he will potty on the lawn. He is not having this issue at daycare. He will go potty on the stones at daycare without any problems.
After standing on the stones for a few minutes - he will try and get off the stones. He doesn't even really want to go on the stones in the first place. We have had to lure him onto the stones with treats. Once he gets on the stones - he simply will not potty.
I have no idea why he is doing this. Any ideas?
AmyLou