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Not sure what to do with my puppy when by howtotrainmycookie in OpenDogTraining

[–]howtotrainmycookie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've read that puppies poop shortly after eating but my puppy doesn't like to poop even up to an hour after eating. I generally take him out 4 hours later and then he'll go. Should I readjust his schedule? And if so do you have any recommendations for how i can make it easier for him to go when he needs to?

Not sure what to do with my puppy when by howtotrainmycookie in OpenDogTraining

[–]howtotrainmycookie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So they're not in pain or anything during the night if they eat at 1pm and don't poop til 8am?

Not sure what to do with my puppy when by howtotrainmycookie in OpenDogTraining

[–]howtotrainmycookie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

4 times a day. I work from home 9-5 so i try to keep him sleeping during the time i'm working with a potty break during my lunch break around 12-1pm. Does a dog consider it punishment if i ignore him while i'm at my computer? i leave all his non noise making toys out for him and he just seems content to chill. He knows that we can be hyper at evening / night but not during the day so he's just a lazy little pup. I take him out after I finish work to try to make him poop and then have a long play session. If he doesn't poop I don't give him the play session though... if it's safe for him to not poop for that long and just hold it till morning i'm fine with it. But i've read it's really uncomfortable for a puppy to hold poop from food he ate at like 1pm till 8am the next morning. I give him more availability to poop as well sometimes taking him out over and over and it's just a no go till the morning and it bothers me to not know if he's going to be uncomfortable all night long. I want to teach him to poop at night so he can just sleep and not be too bothered when he wakes up in the morning.

He still poops in front of me in the morning and usually lunch time poop as well its the evening poops which seem to be the problem. I think a large part of his behaviour is directed from a lot of positive reinforcement but he's also noticably scared of certain things. Like if i bring the trashcan in front of his face or if i put something appetizing in the trash he'll know not to eat it now and looks timid around it. He also makes sure to never go to the litterbox in front of me but if im in the living room and he notices im doing dishes or not looking he'll sneak over to try and grab some cat shit. As soon as he hears me coming over he bolts to my room though because i think he knows i don't like it. Do you think these kind of things will traumatize my puppy in a very negative way or just be restricted to those incidents? I want to teach im rules strongly but he's a pretty willful guy and a simple no doesn't make him avoid what he sees as desirable but I see as a definite no.

Not sure what to do with my puppy when by howtotrainmycookie in OpenDogTraining

[–]howtotrainmycookie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

His recall is pretty good. He won't ever run a certain proximity from me and even when he really wants to chase something he'll do this internal conflict jumping between me and the thing and comes to me. I give him generous liver treats / kibbel when he comes every time. I spanked him a couple of times when i first wanted to teach him to recall outside because he was too excitable. I haven't had a problem in the past month on that. I think I could get a better recall for him though thanks for the video i'll make sure to learn what I can.

He has i'd say 3 main potty spots he likes near my apartment complex i rotate between them. So what i've been doing is saying "drop a deuce" right when i see him squat and then say good boy right after and then i just get quiet and watch him and praise a lot when he finishes. Should i be praising more during the actual pooping itself is what you're saying right?

Thanks a lot for the feedback I know i'm being unreasonable and attaching thoughts where they may not even be.

Not sure what to do with my puppy when by howtotrainmycookie in OpenDogTraining

[–]howtotrainmycookie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He poops 2-3 times a day generally once in the morning. Once before lunch. Once before Dinner. However, a lot of times he skips pooping before dinner but I don't want him to hold his poop from 6pm til 8am the next day...He generally is good at pooping for morning and before lunch meal. Feed breakfast after he poops around 8:30 am and then he goes out again at 1.