| Different Crate Issue
Greetings All ~
For those who recall my issues with my nearly 5mo old Weimaraner's stomach or should I say diarrhea problems, we have successfully pulled through that with flying colors. He's back to pooping twice a day again and the stool is apparently normal. So thank you to all who contributed helpful tips on how to deal with this problem I was having.
So since you all were so brilliant with that problem, there's no better place to go for the problem I'm having now. I have two crates, one is for the Jack Russell that lives here which is placed side by side to another crate sized for a large breed dog. In as much as this crate is quite large, it ain't no kennel that my baby can freely move about in. He has plenty of room for stretching out, standing or sitting upright. However, unlike the JR who's door is left opened, so that she can go in & out at will, I absolutely need to lock the door for my Weimy because if I don't, I won't have a house when I return.
Weimies, have serious separation issues inherent it seems because even when I go into the bathroom, he starts to cry until I come out and he won't leave the door area until I come out.
So my question is this without going into too much detail, I don't feel good about leaving a dog of this breed and size, in a crate for several hours a day partly due to him needing to move around. Currently he stays in my computer room which he feels he's sharing with me. When he gets in trouble, he runs to this room as if it is his sanction. Because of this, I don't want to take away any feelings of safety from him, so when he pees on the floor and runs into thsi room, I don't yell at him nor do I seriously scold him. There is another area of empowerment that I allow him to have, which is a bag of treats by our back door. When he successfully communicates to me that he has to go out and he does his thing, I know he feels he did the right thing and when we come back inside, he normally sticks his head in the bag and pulls out a treat fro himself. I don't refuse him of this because it appears to me that he basically gives himself a treat for getting it right. But when he doesn't get it right and pees on the floor and out he goes, when he comes back in, he walks right by this bag as of he knows he didn't earn it this time. Strange as it may be, I don't prevent him from treating himself. Although I limit it to one treat only. | 
