Staying in one place doing #2 potty? How?

[Malteluv]

So far Kaya has been doing fine and she is at the point (or so I thought) where we no longer have to remind her to go on the pads.

Here is the big question: When she goes #2 she has a tendency to walk while she is doing so. For example she will go on the pad first and continue to walk off the pad while still doing #2. At all times there are two pads next to each other for her to go on. I realize that after she has used a pad say maybe 2-4 times, she refuses to use it again (and I am talking pee) and I know that once she poops on a pad no matter the size or if you dispose of it without it leaving a mark on the pad she refuses to use that pad again. So is there a way to get her to stay in one place when she goes #2???

When I happen to see the poop I clean it up, spread new pads and place her on the pads to reinforce her memory but when hubby sees the poop on the floor instead of the pad he goes ballistic and wants to change her place to sleep! Someone, anyone, please help at this point I am desperate! Hubby's reasoning is: why can't she just stay on the pad to poop especially if she has started there? Why does it end up on the floor? HELP??

[Evey]

Shadow walks a large circle when she poops. She has done it her whole life. I seriously doubt you are going to be able to get your dog to stand still to poop. Some dogs are just like that. If it is an issue you need to put down more pads to cover a bigger area or try to get her outside to go.

[Macawpower58]

Same hear, I have one dog that always leaves a trail. I also doubt you can change this behavior. Perhaps you could build a small box and keep the pads inside, kinda like a big kitty box. The sides would have to be low, and your dog willing to walk inside it.

[Ltlpistol]

Some dogs just walk while they are doing it. Cookie has always walked while urinating. She does this funny little crab scuttle leaving a trail about 4 feet long!

[Malteluv]

Thanks to all those who answered. I am not surprised by the answers since they were basically the same and it is exactly what i thought. Now here is the hardest part - how to tell hubby to just deal with it!

[Ltlpistol]

Just let him read this thread! LOL

[katiem]

Levon also walks and goes #2 at the same time. Also if you watch him go he will stop, walk away, and then wait until you turn around and stop looking at him to start going again.

Your husband is just going to have to realize thats that the way she is, and that it probably wont change.

[lindsayanng]

what about training your dog to go outside?? then it will never be on the floor!

[Malteluv]

what about training your dog to go outside?? then it will never be on the floor!

I, actually we but more me (of course), have been doing just that especially since I recently adopted her from the shelter about April this year. So far she has adjusted nicely but not without a few potty incidents. I don't mind cleaning up after her but it is hubby that I have to reign in, he is worse than she is, whew! I am now at the stage where the pads are at the front door and outside the door of the room where she sleeps with Yuki. I have gotten her to go potty outside quite a few times but to me her accidents are getting few and far between. I just wish hubby would lay off since he is stressing me out. Anyway, since I am a fighter when it comes to my dogs, I will forever be on their side so..... (shoulder shrug). Am I right or am i right?

[Ltlpistol]

Unfortunately I've never heard of a dog that was pad trained getting to the only outside stage. Good luck with that.

[theresa92841]

Unfortunately I've never heard of a dog that was pad trained getting to the only outside stage. Good luck with that.

Every puppy I ever had transtioned fine.

[Husky06]

what about training your dog to go outside?? then it will never be on the floor!

I agree, I don't like the idea of training a dog to use the bathroom on a pad or on newspapers. I mean where did dogs go to the bathroom before they lived inside...

[SweetPea]

I agree with the above.. i heard pad training and then transitioning to outdoors is very difficult... I always wondered why people pad trained in the first place if they eventually wanted their dog to go outdoors? (not being sarcastic! A serious question) I mean.. is it because of the pad maker's marketng ploys?

CoCo is my first real dog, and the first dog I ever house trained....I did a lot of extensive reading before bringing her home, and I heard of all the above cons as well...

However...kind of a funny/not funny story... I got a free sample of a wee wee pad once in the mail...but like I said, Never intended to "pad train" her...however, I kind of forgot about the pad and the pad fell off my bed and of course under my bed...so the entire time I'm thinking my dog's house trained completely...she was peeing on the pad alright...and all under my bed.... I didnt even realized until she got into the habit of it! We only solved it when I switched rooms, (I moved into the basement, so two stories down.) thorougly removed my bed and cleaned the heck out the carpet under it and kept my old room door closed for a bit until she "forgot."

CoCo never had the opportunity to poop in the house... so we never had a number 2 accident inside..except once when she had coccidia and giardia and had a nasty bout of diahhrea everywhere.... :eek:

[Julia423]

I mean where did dogs go to the bathroom before they lived inside...
Oh, Husky, you silly guy! They went ANYWHERE they wanted... :D ...which is why some people paper train.

I never used standard papertraining techniques - I sort of made up my own version. Max was the hardest to train. If he peed in the house, I'd soak a bit of it up into a piece of paper. Then I put the paper outside the door near where I was hoping he'd pee. My training was to let him out at very regular intervals and/or when he began to exhibit behavior indicating the need to go. He would go over to the little scrap of paper, sniff it, and pee. I only used it a couple of times during his first two days at the house. It helped to get him focused during those early 48 hours or so.



Good luck to you Malteluv. And by the way...Chico is my dog who walks and poops. Strange.

[Hobbes1]

Haha, Misha not only walks while she goes #2, she does so in a full sprint! No lie, there have been times during our daily runs where, mid-stride, stuff will start flying out her back end! At this point she stops abruptly, usually in the middle of the street, to finish her business. Of course her sudden stop usually causes me to manuever wildly on my skates in order to stay balanced. Fun stuff!

I don't understand some of the other comments regarding pad training. Hobbes was on the puppy pads for the first few months we had him. We slowly got him used to going outside but the pads were there just in case. After about 3 months he stopped having accidents and we took the pads away with no problems.

[Husky06]

Well, I think that they should just make, doggy toilets that are put onto the floor, and that have plumbing....and teach the dogs to go over that. What do you guys think? lol....

[Julia423]

Well, I think that they should just make, doggy toilets that are put onto the floor, and that have plumbing....and teach the dogs to go over that. What do you guys think? lol....
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