Puppy steps in her Poop..please help!

[Milo's Daddy]

I am a new member to this forum, I would like to say hello to everyone and I look forward to sharing an learning on this forum.

3 and a half weeks ago my wife and I got a 9 week old Male Maltipoo pup named Milo. He is extremely loving, smart and well behaved. He is learning very fast and is almost fully house trained. He occassionally has his accidents but he is coming along.

When I got Milo my friend and his fiance got Milo's sister Zoey.
My friend is on vacation right now and I am watching Zoey. Zoey has a habit of rolling and stepping in her poop. Every morning when I take her out of the crate she is covered in Poo..She has a wee wee pad in there and she uses it..but she always gets poo all over her. The crate is large enough so that she has room to play and sleep away from the crate. Milo is in the same size crate at night and he won't even eliminate in his crate he holds it through the night and first thing in the morning I let him out and he runs right to the wee wee pad and goes.

But Zoey every morning afternoon whenever...If she goes and I am not there to clean it up right away she gets it all over her and I have to clean her...

It is really disgusting, even Milo looks at Zoey when she does it as if he is very confused as to why she does this.


Can someone please help...I really am getting sick and tired of giving this smelly poop covered puppy a bath every **** morning.


I spoke with my friend who is Zoey's daddy and he said that she does it all the time every day...What can we do?

 

[girlbuffalo1]

I guess I don't understand why the dogs need crates big enough to have pee pads in them. At 12 weeks a normal pup should be able to hold their pee/poo throughout the night so I would recommend a smaller crate or partitioning off the crate and taking the the pee pad out. Put them out immeidately after taking out of the crate.

 

[Milo's Daddy]

I have tried that....she simply does not care...it doesn't just happen in the crate...

Example. Yesterday I woke up let them both out of there crates took them to the wee wee pad one at a time so they would not be distracted. Milo (my pup who does not have this problem) went number 1 and 2. Zoey did nothing.

I closed the door to the bedroom and was gone for 15 minutes she took a dump in the corner of the bedroom on the carpet, stomped and trampled through it and then jumped all over the walls and door leaving poo prints everywhere.
Now I can understand if she went in the middle of the room and then while they were playing she or he accidentally getting it on them. Put it was in the corner..far away from there toys, food, blankets and she still trampled through it...I think she enjoys stepping in it.

I don't know what to do.

 

[Milo's Daddy]

any help?

 

[girlbuffalo1]

I don't know

I don't know what the exact issue is with the stepping in the poo (what could be going on there?) but I think the issue is she should NEVER be going poo or pee inside at all unless there is absolutely no other options (ie you are going to be gone 10 hours during the day and cannot have someone let her outside).

The crate should be very very very small--small enough to just turn around and lay down. My dog honey (the small one in the pic) is 6lbs and her crate is the smallest wire one you can get and since she is not potty trained yet it is divided to arournd a 8inch by 12 inch space. Generally this keeps them from pottying in the crate. The must immediately go outside when taken out of the crate. If they play around outside and do not go--it's back in the crate--and then take them out in another 10 minutes and try again until you get a pee or poo!

While potty training pups should have someone staring at them constantly for the desired results--this way you can catch them in the act and take them outside. This means if you have to go pee yourself for 1 minute you either crate the pup or take them with you.

I do not know about the whole puppy pad thing--so perhaps someone has some ideas when using these? I just know they can get confusing to the pups if you eventually want them going consistantly outside.

 

[Herschel]

I have tried that....she simply does not care...it doesn't just happen in the crate...

Example. Yesterday I woke up let them both out of there crates took them to the wee wee pad one at a time so they would not be distracted. Milo (my pup who does not have this problem) went number 1 and 2. Zoey did nothing.

I closed the door to the bedroom and was gone for 15 minutes

I knew the rest of the story as soon as I read that you left for 15 minutes. This is your fault for giving her the opportunity to go to the bathroom in the house.

If you want her to stop this behavior, listen to the advice that has already been posted. Make her crate small enough so that she can only turn around/lay down in it. Most puppies do NOT like to go to the bathroom where they sleep.

Then, as soon as she wakes up, instead of sending the dog to the piddle pad, put a leash on her and walk her. I know it sounds crazy, but walking your dog is a perfectly healthy activity.

Chances are, as soon as you get outside, she will go to the bathroom. Give her a lot of praise and some treats and you should be well on your way to really house training.

By the way, I have a feeling Milo is going to start forgetting about the piddle pad. If you want to train your dogs to use those pads, be prepared for a lot of accidents. Heck, you could even by cases of Nature's Miracle!

 

[dogsarebetter]

you cannot leave a dog alone for a minute if you are trying to house break it

 

[Milo's Daddy]

According to two vets. My local vet that I use and my uncle whom is a vet as well as the breeder..They puppies are not allowed to go outside for walks or just to do there business until they receive all of there vaccinations. I was told that it would be another 2 months before they can be walked. So yeah thats why I am training them on a wee wee pad.

 

[Milo's Daddy]

I knew the rest of the story as soon as I read that you left for 15 minutes. This is your fault for giving her the opportunity to go to the bathroom in the house.

If you want her to stop this behavior, listen to the advice that has already been posted. Make her crate small enough so that she can only turn around/lay down in it. Most puppies do NOT like to go to the bathroom where they sleep.

Then, as soon as she wakes up, instead of sending the dog to the piddle pad, put a leash on her and walk her. I know it sounds crazy, but walking your dog is a perfectly healthy activity.

Chances are, as soon as you get outside, she will go to the bathroom. Give her a lot of praise and some treats and you should be well on your way to really house training.

By the way, I have a feeling Milo is going to start forgetting about the piddle pad. If you want to train your dogs to use those pads, be prepared for a lot of accidents. Heck, you could even by cases of Nature's Miracle!

Thanks alot there hershey!! If you had read my previous post you would realize that she is in the smallest possible crate and that and I have actually reduced the size of the crate.

And I know it sounds crazy!! But two vets have told me that the puppies cannot go outside for walks until they are finished with a series of vaccinations. So I am house training them on wee wee pads.

My problem is that my friends dog whom I am puppy sitting goes on the pad and immediately stomps through it. As if she enjoys the feeling of it.

I know you say most puppies do NOT like to go were they sleep. But most is not all and this one is the exception apparently. She loves her poop. lol

I am simply trying to get advice on what I could possibly do to stop this dog from playing with her poop.

Anywayze. Have a great day hershey.

 

[bubbatd]

I don't know your outside situation , but I've never known of a pup that can't go outside in their own yard after their first shots . Bet you're glad it's not your dog with the problem ! I agree with piddle pads though .... it's as hard to break dogs from them as it was to train them to use them . Good luck !

 

[~Tucker&Me~]

My puppy gets walked everyday and is always outside in the yard and he is 11 weeks. Since day one he was walked.

At this point, I would not be overly concerned. Just avoid places where there are lots of dogs (dog parks, LOL).

~Tucker

 

[MafiaPrincess]

Teaching a dog it is okay to go in the house is a recipe for disaster. Hard for the dog to understand anytime soon that that spot is fine to go and no other inside is. Many small dogs are hard to potty train reliably quickly using outside alone.

You may want to re evaluate using potty pads. They often are more trouble than good. As long as you avoid high traffic dog areas you should be able to go outside a little bit.

 

[Zoom]

Most dogs are fine to be walked after their second set of shots, which usually happens around 12 weeks of age. Before that, they are also perfectly fine to go in their own backyards and in areas where very few other dogs go. Start taking her outside.

My guess is she has started to equate rolling in poop with super special extra attention...and she loves the attention, so she's going to keep rolling in poop. Tether her to you at all times when she is not in her crate so she can't go off and poop in the house. Take her OUTSIDE every 30 minutes and praise like crazy for going OUTSIDE. DO NOT put her back into her crate until you have seen her poop outside, especially if you are going to be leaving for more than a few minutes.

 

[Milo's Daddy]

Thank you all for the recent replies. This is my second dog however my first dog was a family pet while I was still living with my parents. With my first dog my parents trained him so while it is my second dog I am very new to puppy training.

I greatly appreciate all of the help I have received here today and I look forward to sharing experiences and learning through this forum.

I think I am going to take the advice of the people on this forum and start taking them outside.

Since I have both puppies right now, I suppose I am probably better off taking them outside one at a time to avoid distractions.

Again thanks for the help.

-Louis

 

[bubbatd]

Anxious to hear how you're getting along !!

 

[Milo's Daddy]

Well I took both of them outside one at a time. Milo (my puppy) after exploring for a while, went number one and that was all after fifteen minutes.

I also brought Zoey outside after I brought Milo back inside. She Explored the yard for a while and I gave her 20 minutes last night and she didn't do anything.

Today I did the same thing in the morning, and Milo went 1 and 2 Zoey just went number 1.

So we are making some progress.

With regard to overnight in the crate. I made the crate larger last night, and I gave her room in the front of the cage to sleep with her blanket, and in the back I put her wee wee pad. She went on the pad and did not step in it.

So far we are making some progress.

 

[bubbatd]

How long are you keeping her ??

 

[Milo's Daddy]

How long are you keeping her ??

i have had her since monday, and she is staying with us until monday evening.