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My puppy poops in his cage!

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Participants in this thread:	dsantos_07 kathymcgrady athetford Kelly Dunbar
dsantos_07 1 post	Hi, I don’t know what to do! I have a 5 month old boston terrier and since day 1 in my house he poops and pees in his cage. I also have a 4 year old yorkie. I don’t feed the puppy after 6 pm, and take him out prior to going to bed. And no matter what when I wake up in the morning, there’s poop in the cage, and he steps all over it…I don’t know what else to do, I’m almost giving up. Please help
kathymcgrady 14 posts	Hi, I think you should crate train your puppy. Here’s how http://dogtime.com/housetraining-crate-training… Hope this helps.
athetford Charlotte, NC 2 posts	Is the crate too large? The dog is suppose to have enough room to turn around, lie down and stand up properly. Any other room could be considered wasted space to your dog. Therefore, he/she could be using that wasted space as their “potty area”. Hope this helps!
Kelly Dunbar Berkeley, CA 39 posts	I agree that the crate may be too large. Or…. Is this only happening overnight? If so, you may simply be asking him to hold it too long. At his age and with his history the first thing I would do is shorten the amount of time he is in the crate overnight – Even if that means setting your alarm for earlier than usual. I would recommend starting with 6 hours tops and if successful, lengthen the amount of time each morning by 3 -5 minutes. If he has an accident set the clock back 5 minutes again. By following this method (and making sure his crate is not too large) you should be able to break him of this habit within about two weeks to a month. Getting up earlier than normal is a pain, but well worth in the long run to have a clean house and crate trained pup. BTW, you can put him back in his crate with a food-stuffed chew toy after he does his business successfully outside and go back to sleep until your normal waking hour. Lastly, don’t forget to reward him with a high value treat and lots of praise right after he goes in the right place.
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