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Hello Everyone,
I recently got a maltese puppy. He is 10 weeks old now and has been with me for 2 weeks.
I am still trying to train him to go potty outside but not matter what I do, it really doesn't work.
So when I got him, I had him confined to a small area with a bed and training pad (Wee-wee pad). Eventually I opened the confinement area to about a 15x15 ft room (its half of the living room pretty much) and he doesn't have a problem with peeing or pooping anywhere other than the wee-wee pad. About a week ago, I got a crate and I started to leave him inside and take him outside to pee.
He doesn't seem to have any trouble holding it in for >3-4 hours now, esp. at night. I haven't let him sleep in there the entire night yet, and usually do get up to let him out around 2am (with an alarm, as he doesn't bark much).
When I let him out, he won't go pee outside unless there is a pad outside. He just wanders around looking at grass, sniffing and eating everything in sight (grass, dirt, rocks). And yes, I do know that he wants to pee because when he came inside, he pe'ed an entire pools worth.
Pooping is even worse. He just won't poop outside. Can someone help me out?
I don't want to crate him too much but if I let him out, he just keeps on peeing indoors and I want to try him to go outside.
Also, I am a little concerned and would like to ask, when I do crate train him, do I allow him to run around the his area with a wee wee pad in the corner? Or should I confine him to the crate pretty much the entire day other than when hes playing and eating?
Thanks a bunch! Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
I recently got a maltese puppy. He is 10 weeks old now and has been with me for 2 weeks.
I am still trying to train him to go potty outside but not matter what I do, it really doesn't work.
So when I got him, I had him confined to a small area with a bed and training pad (Wee-wee pad). Eventually I opened the confinement area to about a 15x15 ft room (its half of the living room pretty much) and he doesn't have a problem with peeing or pooping anywhere other than the wee-wee pad. About a week ago, I got a crate and I started to leave him inside and take him outside to pee.
He doesn't seem to have any trouble holding it in for >3-4 hours now, esp. at night. I haven't let him sleep in there the entire night yet, and usually do get up to let him out around 2am (with an alarm, as he doesn't bark much).
When I let him out, he won't go pee outside unless there is a pad outside. He just wanders around looking at grass, sniffing and eating everything in sight (grass, dirt, rocks). And yes, I do know that he wants to pee because when he came inside, he pe'ed an entire pools worth.
Pooping is even worse. He just won't poop outside. Can someone help me out?
I don't want to crate him too much but if I let him out, he just keeps on peeing indoors and I want to try him to go outside.
Also, I am a little concerned and would like to ask, when I do crate train him, do I allow him to run around the his area with a wee wee pad in the corner? Or should I confine him to the crate pretty much the entire day other than when hes playing and eating?
Thanks a bunch! Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.