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Originally Posted by kisstina272 When Puppie is in his crate he whines bad.(Are all rotties whiners?) My husband doesn't like to put him in the crate. When he is in his crate unattended he goes to the bathroom and rolls around in it.
I could never get rid of him he is family, I just get frustrated and don't know what to do with him. Sometimes we'll have him out for hours and he won't go potty but as soon as we walk in the door he goes and goes and goes.
We def need to keep him in classes but he wants to play with other dogs. |
Why doesn't your husband like to put him in the crate? A lot of people think its mean but it really is not...do a search on crates and you will see that there is a lot of backup on the positive sides of using crates. It is a whole lot better than him getting into trouble, thats for sure! If he is peeing in the crate and then rolling in it the crate is probably too big. They usually will not soil their "den" but having said that if he doesn't spend much time in there then he probably does not think of it as his "den". Whining...ignore it...if they figure out that when they whine you let them out then they will keep doing it. What ever works to get their way right?!
As far as peeing when you get in goes, make sure you are giving him a chance to actually go pee before you go in. If he has been busy running around he might have forgotten to go because he was too busy having fun! Also work on giving a command to pee. I tell Kyla, "go pee" and she will go within a few seconds of me saying that (my brother uses "get busy"). I did not get her until she was already over a year old so its not too late to train to do this. Just take him outside and say it when you think he is ready to go...as soon as he starts to go then say it again and then praise praise praise!! He will catch on that it is a good thing to do when you tell him to...and it gets him good attention rather than angry attention!!