Author Topic: deucing in kennel (Read 5447 times)

vandeman17 · « **on:** February 21, 2011, 12:50:58 PM »

So my dog has started crapping in her kennel the past week or so. She never did it before but started doing it every day.

I lock her up before I go to work, about 7:45 and then I let her out about 5:15 when I get home. The kennel is 10 feet long and 5 feet wide with an igloo in it. Any suggestions on how to get her to stop?

jackelope · « **Reply #1 on:** February 21, 2011, 12:51:57 PM »

Don't leave her in it for 10 hours a day and expect her not to poop if she needs to??
Just a thought.

bobcat · « **Reply #2 on:** February 21, 2011, 12:52:31 PM »

Stop feeding her?

rasbo · « **Reply #3 on:** February 21, 2011, 12:54:59 PM »

its her way of saying ten hrs in a locked up kennel sucks...mine wont crap but after ten hrs away she craps..Im sure she was prairie doggiong until she just had to let it go

vandeman17 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 21, 2011, 12:56:16 PM »

Ya, 10 hours is a long time and I wish I could do different but until she gets older and it gets warmer outside, she has to stay in there while I am gone to work.

jackelope · « **Reply #5 on:** February 21, 2011, 12:59:17 PM »

Then I would say you're gonna have to live with cleaning up the poop.
Not trying to be rude...don't take it the wrong way, but it is what it is. She needs to be able to poop so she does.

rasbo · « **Reply #6 on:** February 21, 2011, 12:59:24 PM »

Quote from: vandeman17 on February 21, 2011, 12:56:16 PM

Ya, 10 hours is a long time and I wish I could do different but until she gets older and it gets warmer outside, she has to stay in there while I am gone to work.

well,no problem with them being in there,but they just gotta do it...Ive left mine in there for a few days and she damn near stacks her poop,always as far from the igloo as she can get in a 10x10

vandeman17 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 21, 2011, 01:01:58 PM »

Quote from: jackelope on February 21, 2011, 12:59:17 PM

Then I would say you're gonna have to live with cleaning up the poop.
Not trying to be rude...don't take it the wrong way, but it is what it is. She needs to be able to poop so she does.

I am not taking it the wrong way at all. Just wasn't sure if someone had something they did. I wish that she would deuce when I let her out in the morning before I leave. I put her out for about a half hour while I am eating breakfast and showering. Why can't she do it then and then go again if she has to when I get home? haha

Curly · « **Reply #8 on:** February 21, 2011, 01:08:02 PM »

You could get up earlier in the morning and take her for a walk to get her to go and see if that makes it so she can hold it all day.

RAMSFAN · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2011, 12:08:37 PM »

I agree with Curley, get up just a bit earlier (if possiable) take her for a walk, see if she'll go then.
If not, try and feed her earlier in the morning that way she can work that food out before she goes in her
kennell. Not much else you can do.

Special T · « **Reply #10 on:** February 22, 2011, 12:13:24 PM »

My dog normaly sleeps in his crate in the house.. He Blew mud allover in it the other night... I'll trade your cleanup for mine!

vandeman17 · « **Reply #11 on:** February 22, 2011, 12:18:25 PM »

Quote from: Special T on February 22, 2011, 12:13:24 PM

My dog normaly sleeps in his crate in the house.. He Blew mud allover in it the other night... I'll trade your cleanup for mine!

Haha no thanks but thanks for the offer. That is one thing I have been lucky about so far is they have been solid logs so the clean up is pretty easy. Only thing worse then when a dog has the splatters is baby poop. That could be the most revolting smell out there!

Happy Gilmore · « **Reply #12 on:** February 22, 2011, 12:36:44 PM »

If she has a 5' x 10' run, why shouldn't she poop in it? put some cedar down and clean up once a day? no big deal. That's a long day without a pooh. I can't go that long.

Try feeding her dinner a little earlier. If you feed morning and night, feed a little more at night and less in the morning. She might get on schedule again.

Just my first thought. Mine hold it often but, I don't expect them to not go all day if they need to go.

vandeman17 · « **Reply #13 on:** February 22, 2011, 12:43:41 PM »

Quote from: Happy Gilmore on February 22, 2011, 12:36:44 PM

If she has a 5' x 10' run, why shouldn't she poop in it? put some cedar down and clean up once a day? no big deal. That's a long day without a pooh. I can't go that long.

Try feeding her dinner a little earlier. If you feed morning and night, feed a little more at night and less in the morning. She might get on schedule again.

Just my first thought. Mine hold it often but, I don't expect them to not go all day if they need to go.

The kennel is in my garage so I smells if it sits in there while I am gone to work. I have thought about the feeding schedule idea but she is such a picky, dainty eater that she doesn't really have a routine. I even tried the put the food down for a few minutes and then take it away if she doesn't eat it and it didn't phase her.

GoldTip · « **Reply #14 on:** February 22, 2011, 01:30:18 PM »

Not sure why, but my dog (8 1/2 year old choco lab) almost never poops even in his outside kennel, which is covered with cedar shavings and is a 10x10. I clean poop out of his kennel maybe one time every 2 weeks, and no it's not stacked to the ceiling, maybe a shovel full in that amount of time. He gets out of the kennel and screws around for a few minutes then ehads out back. He just likes pooping out back and avoids even pooping in the actual mowed area of the yard. Just got lucky I guess. One thing I could recommend for your problem is playing fetch with your dog for 10 minutes before heading to work in the morning. That always seems to work one outta my dog for sure.

vandeman17 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 22, 2011, 01:39:09 PM »

Quote from: GoldTip on February 22, 2011, 01:30:18 PM

Not sure why, but my dog (8 1/2 year old choco lab) almost never poops even in his outside kennel, which is covered with cedar shavings and is a 10x10. I clean poop out of his kennel maybe one time every 2 weeks, and no it's not stacked to the ceiling, maybe a shovel full in that amount of time. He gets out of the kennel and screws around for a few minutes then ehads out back. He just likes pooping out back and avoids even pooping in the actual mowed area of the yard. Just got lucky I guess. One thing I could recommend for your problem is playing fetch with your dog for 10 minutes before heading to work in the morning. That always seems to work one outta my dog for sure.

That is funny because my folks choco lab is the same way. I don't think I can remember the last time she crapped in her kennel and she has been in there for 12 hours straight before. She is the same way in that she likes to go out back into the woods or pasture to do her busn.

Special T · « **Reply #16 on:** February 23, 2011, 06:32:07 AM »

Finally brought the dog back in to sleep in his crate... NO MUD!

Noting worse than cleaning up dog crap in the house.

Birdguy · « **Reply #17 on:** February 24, 2011, 04:07:22 PM »

Quote from: GoldTip on February 22, 2011, 01:30:18 PM

Not sure why, but my dog (8 1/2 year old choco lab) almost never poops even in his outside kennel, which is covered with cedar shavings and is a 10x10. I clean poop out of his kennel maybe one time every 2 weeks, and no it's not stacked to the ceiling, maybe a shovel full in that amount of time. He gets out of the kennel and screws around for a few minutes then ehads out back. He just likes pooping out back and avoids even pooping in the actual mowed area of the yard. Just got lucky I guess. One thing I could recommend for your problem is playing fetch with your dog for 10 minutes before heading to work in the morning. That always seems to work one outta my dog for sure.

Our two year old lab is that way as well. He will hardley ever poo in the kennel and will not poo in any mowed area unless it is covered by snow. We trained him to "potty" almost on command as it seems to pay off on long rides in the car. Now when we let him out at night before bed we say potty and he does his thing. Works great. Sounds like getting up a bit earlier and a bit of fetch would help out. Changing the feeding times would be a good idea as well, if you feed her a certain amount perhaps feeding her during the day would allow her time to eat as well as get to business done before bed and then be ready first thing in the morning. Good luck.

andersonjk4 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 25, 2011, 04:12:16 PM »

I have a 10'x30' gravel dog run that my dogs stay in all day long. I trained them to only "potty" (1 and 2) in their dog run. It was very easy to do and only took about two weeks before they had it down pat. And this way I don't have to worry about land mines in the yard and dead spots in my grass. Teaching a dog to go on command is very useful, and seems to be very easy to teach them. I would suggest trying to teach her the "go potty" command, so she will go in the morning before you kennel her up for the day.

vandeman17 · « **Reply #19 on:** February 25, 2011, 04:39:00 PM »

She has learned the peeing part no problem and will pee on command but its the crapping that she hasn't learned. Yesterday she actually crapped in the corner of her kennel then somehow moved her bowl from one side of the kennel to the other and ran it through the crap.

timber tiger · « **Reply #20 on:** February 25, 2011, 04:57:27 PM »

hey just an idea hear but could you put the dog on a chain then open the door of the kennel or even take it off so it wont snag then she or he can go at there own leasure ?

timber tiger · « **Reply #21 on:** February 25, 2011, 04:58:34 PM »

oops just seen it was in Ur garage sorry

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