I'm having problems with Kona going potty IN his crate and ON his dog bed, even when the bed is not in his crate. We've taken away his bed because I got tired of cleaning it every day. I mean it got to the point where after I cleaned it, I'd put it out to dry and he'd pull it down and pee on it. Now we just put one of the dog towels in his crate for something softer to lay on.
I thought dogs didn't naturally pee where they sleep? Granted, he's locked in his crate for 8 hrs a day since we work all day, but it's broken up in the middle because we hired the neighbors kids to let him out to potty and play with him and Hunter for a while.
Sometimes, we'll leave him out of the crate (but locked in one room) and he'll be great about not going in the room. But during the work days, we don't trust him to not chew up everything so we crate him.
He is crate trained...I can point at his crate and say "go to bed" and he'll go sit in it. I usually can close the door and walk away without hearing a thing from him. I say usually because he's learned the go to bed routine now - mom and dad go to work, mom and dad go to bed, etc. During those times, he's fine with it. But it's also somewhere in between those normal times that he pees in his crate.
My neighbor thinks it might be separation anxiety...because when they crate him again after they play with him that's when we've determined he usually goes (if he does). It's not every day, but it's enough that I feel like I'm washing him or towels all the time.
He also has a favorite poop spot behind the couch. Which is sort of my fault for not watching him close enough sometimes but sometimes I can't tell the difference between an "I have to go outside" sniffing around or a "Where's the treats" sniffing around. Even after he's already pooped outside.
What can I do to fix this? I've sprayed no go behind the couch and in his crate...and it seemed to work for a few days but he's done it again the last 3 days.
I thought dogs didn't naturally pee where they sleep? Granted, he's locked in his crate for 8 hrs a day since we work all day, but it's broken up in the middle because we hired the neighbors kids to let him out to potty and play with him and Hunter for a while.
Sometimes, we'll leave him out of the crate (but locked in one room) and he'll be great about not going in the room. But during the work days, we don't trust him to not chew up everything so we crate him.
He is crate trained...I can point at his crate and say "go to bed" and he'll go sit in it. I usually can close the door and walk away without hearing a thing from him. I say usually because he's learned the go to bed routine now - mom and dad go to work, mom and dad go to bed, etc. During those times, he's fine with it. But it's also somewhere in between those normal times that he pees in his crate.
My neighbor thinks it might be separation anxiety...because when they crate him again after they play with him that's when we've determined he usually goes (if he does). It's not every day, but it's enough that I feel like I'm washing him or towels all the time.
He also has a favorite poop spot behind the couch. Which is sort of my fault for not watching him close enough sometimes but sometimes I can't tell the difference between an "I have to go outside" sniffing around or a "Where's the treats" sniffing around. Even after he's already pooped outside.
What can I do to fix this? I've sprayed no go behind the couch and in his crate...and it seemed to work for a few days but he's done it again the last 3 days.