How often should a 1 year old or older dog go?
In terms of peeing and pooping.
Now that I am back home for the summer I am dealing with Kelly refusing to pee or poop in the backyard. She only goes when we go for walks, play at a friends place, or at the dog park. Sometimes when the entire family is busy until dinner time, she holds it the entire morning and day without disturbance and when we let her outside into our backyard she just doesn't go. Sometimes she doesn't even go outside. Now on days that we cannot walk her or talk her to play, she does indeed go in the backyard but she lags it out to 10 -11 pm.
I know this is a bigger problem amongst other breeds, and I did read about this with the Shibas but I had no idea it was this extreme. Any advice or opinions on this matter would help a lot. Thanks.
Now that I am back home for the summer I am dealing with Kelly refusing to pee or poop in the backyard. She only goes when we go for walks, play at a friends place, or at the dog park. Sometimes when the entire family is busy until dinner time, she holds it the entire morning and day without disturbance and when we let her outside into our backyard she just doesn't go. Sometimes she doesn't even go outside. Now on days that we cannot walk her or talk her to play, she does indeed go in the backyard but she lags it out to 10 -11 pm.
I know this is a bigger problem amongst other breeds, and I did read about this with the Shibas but I had no idea it was this extreme. Any advice or opinions on this matter would help a lot. Thanks.
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Try putting her on a lead and taking her out into the backyard. I do it with Koda. Also, you could hire a dogwalker during the week.
Nola, who is just over a year, goes more often. She generally poops twice a day (once in the AM, once in the PM) and pees 4-5 times a day depending on activity level and temperature.
Some Shibas refuse to use the bathroom in the yards if at all possible. It sounds like Kelly would rather not soil her territory. You may need to take her on a few quick walks during the day to see if she will go.
The 2 new girls I have had here for training this last few months are a different story. Neither of them went for the first 2-3 days, pee or poo, and this last girl wouldn't poo at all for about 5 days until she finally exploded in a Petsmart (it was embarassing, but at least she didn't do it in her crate). We went to Petco 4 days later and she did it again. Talk about stubborn, but they refuse going on walks, and really don't want to go in their new yard. They chose the furthest corners of the yard to go (behind trees, under shrubs) and bury the messes with leaves. Oddly, I think Alona is sort of waiting until we go to Petsmart again...
Its like he has diarrhea, but only on walks, never any other time.
As most of you probably remember she's always been stubborn and picky about going.
I know it sounds a little disgusting, but did you think of maybe leaving some of the poop in an area that you want Kelly to go (and maybe mark it off so that no one else steps in it). Sometimes the presence or smell of their own poop can encourage them to poop in that area.
If you read my post again you'll likely find the answers to your questions.
Due to our work schedule, Tank doesn't get to go out again until 3:30 or 4pm but he usually poos & pees again during this walk. Sometimes, the walk can last up to an hour before Tank goes potty. I've noticed that we can sometimes speed up the process by running with him - lots of movement usually can get Tank's little system going. :P
At night, Tank goes on a walk again around 8'ish and sometimes he poos other times he doesn't but he always pees.
Shao New is 9 months, we do 5 walks a day (2 in the morning 6am/8am, one at 4:30, 7pm and 9:30pm)., 30-45 min each, and she poops 2 -3 times a day--also she only peed once in my parents back yard, never pooped there and refuses to pee there now since it's her digging / pear snatching playground.
We set up a new walking schedule and shes going 4-5 times now (including once or twice in our backyard when we play fetch or some other active game.)