Puppypeoplenj
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Hi!
Orca is a great puppy! He's active and curious and loves to cuddle and give kisses. We've greatly improved on car rides (Yesterday we took a trip and he actually took a nap!) I do have some concerns, though, and I realize I might be being ridiculous so I figured I'd pose them here.
Okay, potty training. He's doing fairly well with the liquid part. The pooping is a disaster, though. This is 7 am on day 3 and I've already cleaned up two poops. Almost every time he's pooped since we brought him home, it's been in the house, either in his crate or on the floor.
With the crate, I understand because the first night he just got so worked up, I don't think he could control it. But every other time, it's like he's walking along and oh! there's some poop falling out of his butt! It's like he doesn't even notice.
I know the general advice is to take him out more but at this point he's going out every hour, and even every 15 minutes. I just can't seem to catch the timing, no matter how often we go out. If we're inside for 10 full minutes in an afternoon, those are the minutes he chooses to poop in the house.
I know it's only day three but when we picked him up the breeder told us how well the other puppies were doing in their new homes, and how three or four hadn't had a single accident in the house in the week they'd been home, etc. So I guess I feel extra bad about it.
Concern #2: Separation Anxiety? He freaks out if he's confined and I'm not in sight. He pitches a fit if he's in the car with the rest of the family and I run into a store. The first night he was in his crate in my daughter's room (right next to ours) and he got so upset that he pooped himself. I came in and sat by the door and...problem magically solved. It's not the crate, it's the "Mama's gone!" panic. (I slept next to his crate last night and we had a perfect night, no crying and no accidents in the crate!)
Again, I know it's so so early, and he's not even 12 weeks yet, so he's still a baby, but...any advice?
Orca is a great puppy! He's active and curious and loves to cuddle and give kisses. We've greatly improved on car rides (Yesterday we took a trip and he actually took a nap!) I do have some concerns, though, and I realize I might be being ridiculous so I figured I'd pose them here.
Okay, potty training. He's doing fairly well with the liquid part. The pooping is a disaster, though. This is 7 am on day 3 and I've already cleaned up two poops. Almost every time he's pooped since we brought him home, it's been in the house, either in his crate or on the floor.
With the crate, I understand because the first night he just got so worked up, I don't think he could control it. But every other time, it's like he's walking along and oh! there's some poop falling out of his butt! It's like he doesn't even notice.
I know the general advice is to take him out more but at this point he's going out every hour, and even every 15 minutes. I just can't seem to catch the timing, no matter how often we go out. If we're inside for 10 full minutes in an afternoon, those are the minutes he chooses to poop in the house.
I know it's only day three but when we picked him up the breeder told us how well the other puppies were doing in their new homes, and how three or four hadn't had a single accident in the house in the week they'd been home, etc. So I guess I feel extra bad about it.
Concern #2: Separation Anxiety? He freaks out if he's confined and I'm not in sight. He pitches a fit if he's in the car with the rest of the family and I run into a store. The first night he was in his crate in my daughter's room (right next to ours) and he got so upset that he pooped himself. I came in and sat by the door and...problem magically solved. It's not the crate, it's the "Mama's gone!" panic. (I slept next to his crate last night and we had a perfect night, no crying and no accidents in the crate!)
Again, I know it's so so early, and he's not even 12 weeks yet, so he's still a baby, but...any advice?
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