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 Horsey Gene Carrier
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | Is his stool normal or loose? Loose, there is a stomach issue, fix that then progress with the kennel training.
What are you feeding? If it is a lower grade puppy food, then most of it will be coming out the south end.
If his stool is normal, then you are feeding to much in the afternoon, cut that eveneing meal down.
Make sure you are on set schedule with him.
If he is barking being a nuscence (sp?) then correct the behavior. Cover the crate and get after him by thumping the crate and give the command 'quiet' or what ever you want to use. You will have to do this multiple times until he gets the message...it may take several repeats every night for a few nights until he understands.
If he is barking because he really needs to go out, then see my first part of this comment.
Consistancy is the key (with however you go about it) and what how you treat him now will continue into his adult hood. | |
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| kasaj2000 - 2014-04-26 6:45 AM
Is his stool normal or loose? Loose, there is a stomach issue, fix that then progress with the kennel training.
What are you feeding? If it is a lower grade puppy food, then most of it will be coming out the south end.
If his stool is normal, then you are feeding to much in the afternoon, cut that eveneing meal down.
Make sure you are on set schedule with him.
If he is barking being a nuscence (sp?) then correct the behavior. Cover the crate and get after him by thumping the crate and give the command 'quiet' or what ever you want to use. You will have to do this multiple times until he gets the message...it may take several repeats every night for a few nights until he understands.
If he is barking because he really needs to go out, then see my first part of this comment.
Consistancy is the key (with however you go about it) and what how you treat him now will continue into his adult hood.
His breeder has them on a very nice dog food, the problem we've found (continued diarrhea & weird behavior) is the food is too high protein for him, too rich so causing his stomach upset. He's with one of his brothers till he feels better. On a rice/chicken/yogurt diet and slowly switching him to new food. | |
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Location: Bennett, CO | I see a lot of things that might work if approached differently.
I know it seems odd to start here- But I think a big part of your problem begins with feeding. Im not sure what "too high protien" you are dealing with, and there are considerations for large breeds... But I feed a 28% food for the lifetime of the dog (But I have/raise performance Field Trial and Hunt test Labs) , but try to stick with one food.... But the dog needs a feeding schedule. Dogs are not meant to be grazers like our horses. They are meant to eat meals...Pups under 6 mo get fed 2-3x per day. It natural for them to eat quickly a meal, and then wait. If the dog does not clean it up in 30 minutes, put the bowl away. FEED THE DOG IN THE CRATE. this is essential. it makes it a safe spot that they want to go in, and it gives them short 30 Min or less training sessions. after 30 min, you take them outside for a big play (and poop) the idea is to get the bowel movements also on a schedule, that is related to their meals.
It is quite important to remove a bed, and toys from the crate. especially if he is pooping in there. he can have a milk bone or other quick and small (even my big dogs get a mini milk bone at bed time) trat like the beggin strips at bedtime. this will make clean up of poop easier, and the objective is, he cant poop in the crate and get away from it.
Moving onto next question.... What size in the crate? this relates directly to him pooping in it.. It needs to be large enough that he can stand and turn around and lay down... no bigger.. if He poops, he is IN it....
I agree with the pup playing with other pups and dogs isnt always great. Is it possible for you...just for a little while... to crate him when you go to work, and let him out over your lunch period..crate again until you get home?- this time in their safe crate leads to lots of good things even if it feels odd.. The dog will learn that the crate is their spot, and it is safe.. they can relax in there.. they come out of the crate ready to poop, pee and PLAY... even if it just for 10 minutes... give them a good play...
Crates take a little initial effort, but are lifetime tools for your dog. If he is pooping in your crate, he will poop in your bed, your truck or your kitchen..... the first step to ending all of this is making the crate his space.
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Location: MI | I know you've gotten a lot of advice, and it's better to stick with something to be consistent so probably don't change anything now. FWIW, I've generally had my pups in a crate in my bedroom/by my bed, then I know if they need something (taken out in the middle of the night, if they start to whine after they've been quiet for a while). I spray a water bottle at them and tell them 'quit' if they don't 'be quiet' when it's bedtime. | |
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