I am now so in love with our new little boy, Valken, that I can hardly see
straight - but - I am not sure how to do this right so any advice you all can
give is very very appreciated.
Here's what's going on.
We've got an ex-pen set up for him in the family room...his bed is at one end
with his food and water and at the other end of it is a puppy pad for him. He
spends the night in there (and is fine with that) and is in there when I'm out
of the house et. Otherwise, it's open and he can come and go...and poop on his
pad (which he does many times when he's in overnight). But - when he's out and
about he really likes to poop on the edges of a couple of rugs..or any other
place that he thinks is interesting. Fortunately we have wood floors. ( he will
go and pee on his pad in the pen) I put a 2nd pad down in another room where he
likes to race around on the rug. He dragged the pad around and played with it -
entertaining but not what I had in mind. Later I found that pad wadded up in
the middle of the rug. He'd pooped on it...and on the edge of the rug. Hard to
tell i f this is progress or not. The times I've caught him about to poop,
took him to his pen to do it - he didn't do it there - he did it when he went
back out. A couple of times i've caught him about to do it but he couldn't stop
so he pooped and then would try to eat it. I assume to hide the "evidence". He
doesn't get yelled at or disciplined after the fact. Also, we don't seem to be
on any schedule where he eats and then 10 minutes later he poops.
Sorry this is so long but I wanted to give you all an idea of what's going on
here and I am a total neophyte at this. What I'd really love is for him to use
the pads if he's inside. If I need to put one in every room that's ok. If I
have to redo his pen and make even more space between his bed and pad I'll do
that. But at this point, I'm not sure what to do.
Thanks.
Megan Burleson
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