Registered: Nov 2008
Location: washington
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Does anyone have a dog that poops and pees in their own dog house. I do and it is gross. I have cedar shavings in there that I change every couple days. I cant figure out if she is just really lazy or what.

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Registered: Jul 2008
Location: Catawissa,Pa
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lol, i dont have a dog that does this but all i gotta say it gotta be god offly cold out side lol

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Registered: Nov 2008
Location: washington
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Its not even that cold here yet.

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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: MI
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How big is your dog house?

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Registered: Nov 2008
Location: washington
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Large plastic Petbarn same as all my other dogs, maybe go to smaller house.

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Registered: Jun 2008
Location: Kinmundy , IL
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It is probably the cedar shavings causing it some dogs cant resist going on them

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Registered: Mar 2004
Location: Bunn, NC (Near Raleigh)
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Take away your dogs food bowl, clean the house out and begin feeding the dog by throwing the food right in the house by the handful, several times a day small portions. Most dogs will not pee/poop in the house anymore after doing this...most dogs not all. I guess they begin to see the house as their food bowl.
You might need to do this for a week or so to get it to become habit, then stop.

I had a litter of pups that I had to hand raise, they all had this problem, something about mom not cleaning up after them or something and they never learned the right way????

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Registered: Mar 2008
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Even if you start putting there feeding bowl in there house. They sould stop.

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Registered: Nov 2008
Location: washington
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I was putting her bowl in her house to feed, maybe put food right in house but what about her eating the shavings with food.

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I would make the doghouse as small as possible. Also maybe switch to straw bedding. If this dosn't stop her from going then I don't know what else would.

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put its food in there and they should stop right away they want to eat it would be like putting a big mac in the comode not good so to them they go outside then dose that make sence

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Put the dog in as small of a house as you can. Now I meen small just big enough that it can get in it. Make sure he can not stand up at all.

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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Taberg, NY
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MY PUP WAS DOING THAT SO I DIVIDED THE DOG BOX IN HALF SO SHE DIDNT HAVE THAT MUCH ROOM AND SHE QUIT IMMEDIATELY

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Registered: Apr 2006
Location: Lewis, Indiana
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I had a couple beagles that used to do this and I was told by an old timer to spray pledge in the box and they would stop. Not sure why but I used the pledge furniture polish and it worked.

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Registered: Oct 2008
Location: Vicksburg, Michigan
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Well, If your dog pees in its hut and it pees on the Cedar shavings it lets off fumes that arent good for your dog to breath in, I learned that in animal science. It lets off fumes that create residue in its lungs and could kill it.


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I had a 3 month old pup that would do it... took out the wood shaving a few months ago and were throwing hand fulls of food in there and it made her stop.

It started getting cold and I put straw in there and now she is peeing in there again... guess she likes! I cant figure it out.

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Registered: Mar 2006
Location: Massachusetts
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...the dogs is going to go in a place where it wont splatter on their legs etc... so they find a grassy area over a road, the shavings or straw or doggie bed in the house, crate dog box etc.... to go potty....
I've never had dogs live outside so I honestly don't know how to get around this in winter weather when you need bedding for warmth... but during warm weather you can try avoiding bedding and feeding on the floor of the house etc...
It can be very difficult to "fix" this... You'll notice with house dogs they will run to a rug, carpet etc... to go pee instead of on the bare floor most of the time too... I actually figured this out working with horses... had one who would ALWAYS walk INTO the shelter to go pee.... till we made a sand pile out side for him....then he only went inside the shelter if the weather was REALLY bad.... this horse would hold it forever if he was on the rubber mats in the barn, the road etc... and tried hard not to splatter his legs...
Hope you all get solutions! Best of luck, Heather

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Registered: Oct 2007
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I have a rabbit beagle that won't crap in his kennel so i have to keep him on a chain. the kennel is 5x8 stall with wood floors and has a house inside. crazy little dog

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LIGHTLY spray amonia in the box that may help.

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