A sudden shock as Mercutio squeezes one out in the house
Hi,
Does anyone have any theories as to why Mercutio came in from the yard and pooed on the living room floor?
He also had a pee by the front door the other day.
No warning or walking in circles. No whining. Just a sly pee and poo.
Does this mean that he is not properly toilet trained?
Is he upset about somthing...
I couldn't get angry at him for the pee cause I didn't see him do it.
The poo he did right infront of me just at the moment I turned my back to go and do the washing up. So I didn't actually catch him in motion.
But, he didn't seem to know he had done anything wrong...
Any ideas?
Cheers
Does anyone have any theories as to why Mercutio came in from the yard and pooed on the living room floor?
He also had a pee by the front door the other day.
No warning or walking in circles. No whining. Just a sly pee and poo.
Does this mean that he is not properly toilet trained?
Is he upset about somthing...
I couldn't get angry at him for the pee cause I didn't see him do it.
The poo he did right infront of me just at the moment I turned my back to go and do the washing up. So I didn't actually catch him in motion.
But, he didn't seem to know he had done anything wrong...
Any ideas?
Cheers
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my lab went outside to potty, i saw him potty and when i let him back in, he walked over my feet and peed on my feet
he used to poo in his bed too, after poo-ing outside.
dont know what caused the behavior, but it happened only for a couple of times and then he stopped.
i assumed he did it out of spike cos we had punished him by keeping him confined in the crate earlier that day(he was in there for 20mins) for pottying all over the living room and carpet.
I put this occurance on Facebook and a friend of mine that lives in the same city as me said her Shiba did the same thing this morning too!!!
Freaky!
Possibly Mercutio would prefer going on a walk to do his business instead of just being sent into the yard.
I agree with Dave, growing pups make mistakes - Tsuki did - but they grow out of it. And they might as adults if they are ill or something. It happens.
But be consistent, perhaps walking him instead of yard time will motivate him to have a 'movement' so he's empty by the time the walk is over? That works with our dogs.
Maybe Mercutio needs a potty place other than his yard?
Yes, Mercutio is still 8 months old. He's young, so I hope that it's just an iscolated incident.
When he poops on walks I always say "good poo poo" He doesn't seem to be listening though. Just that "Can't you see I'm working here!" face.