Pooping habit
Hi fellow Shiba-friends
I got a Shiba pup after doing long research on what breed to get. Shiba is our first dog. my kids have named him Frost for he is white/cream and we got him in spring *while it still snowed here in Mpls*.
Frost is a great pup now close to 5 months, we got him at 8 weeks. absolutely no issues in housetraining. he has learnt - come, site, stay, off, handshake, rollover, leaveit, drop it, wait (little bit) etc in just 3 months. we take him on 20 minute walk in the morning. evenings he is free in yard (with us present) or we will go for walk. I have invisible fence installed and he has adjusted very well.
Now frost is 17 lbs, well built, energetic and trim puppy. Very social and active.
However I have a very strange problem wrt his popping habit. Before the fence got installed, he will poop in the yard or poop when we went for walk (morning and evening). Now that he is free morning/evening in the yard after food (3/4 cup of chicken-rice neutrisource food twice a day), he does not poop consistently after meal. Sometimes he does not evern after 1 hour. Then when we go for walk, he will poop.
If he does not poop in the morning, then I will take him for a walk - he will poop. In the evening, if he does not poop, I am trying not to take him for walk. But then I am always worried about two things. 1. he will poop in the house 2.Next day he will have more difficulty in pooping.
did you have such an issue? Am I doing anything wrong? Any suggestions are most welcome.
long live Shibas!
I got a Shiba pup after doing long research on what breed to get. Shiba is our first dog. my kids have named him Frost for he is white/cream and we got him in spring *while it still snowed here in Mpls*.
Frost is a great pup now close to 5 months, we got him at 8 weeks. absolutely no issues in housetraining. he has learnt - come, site, stay, off, handshake, rollover, leaveit, drop it, wait (little bit) etc in just 3 months. we take him on 20 minute walk in the morning. evenings he is free in yard (with us present) or we will go for walk. I have invisible fence installed and he has adjusted very well.
Now frost is 17 lbs, well built, energetic and trim puppy. Very social and active.
However I have a very strange problem wrt his popping habit. Before the fence got installed, he will poop in the yard or poop when we went for walk (morning and evening). Now that he is free morning/evening in the yard after food (3/4 cup of chicken-rice neutrisource food twice a day), he does not poop consistently after meal. Sometimes he does not evern after 1 hour. Then when we go for walk, he will poop.
If he does not poop in the morning, then I will take him for a walk - he will poop. In the evening, if he does not poop, I am trying not to take him for walk. But then I am always worried about two things. 1. he will poop in the house 2.Next day he will have more difficulty in pooping.
did you have such an issue? Am I doing anything wrong? Any suggestions are most welcome.
long live Shibas!
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I stick to this schedule as religiously as I possibly can. They know it almost better than I do. If they don't go when they have the opportunity, that is their choice and will hold it until the next time. I think your pup will behave similarly.
BTW, welcome to the forum!
Frost is on strict schedule. 6AM go out to pee, back home , have food, go out in the backyard and play, then for walk.
afternoon go out to relieve, come back inside and play/train/kong with biscuit. In the evening 6PM food and then play in backyard for 40 minutes, then again out ay 9PM. We try to follow schedule as much as possible. When we are home he is free in home (other than when we are having dinner) and we take him out regularly every 2 hours to relieve.
He seems to be pooping after food 90% time now and he has marked a corner side of the backyard as his "toilet". So I seem to be lucky that he is pooping in the backyard.