Mr Stanley Blue

JES72

JES72

Location
SW London UK
He’s beginning to learn not to attack my feet and legs at every chance.
toilet training isn’t going as well as I expected.
He is mostly indicating that he needs to go outside. But I’m finding it difficult to get him to go in his toilet area and not on the paving. If he is about to go and I move him he forgets what he was going to do and goes off to case a leaf or a twig.
He also appears to want to eat his poop 💩 I have managed to clean up after him quickly so he doesn’t get to it but certainly something I don’t want him to think he can do.
 
HAH

HAH

Moderator
Location
Devon, UK
Pooh eating is really, really common in young pups. He will grow out of it. So keep doing what you’re doing and pick it up as soon as you can and he’ll soon stop. You could also reinforce him leaving it with a ball or tuggy game immediately after he’s been.
Can you use a garden pen or barrier to make it easier for him to know where to go outside, and e.g. partition off the places you don’t want him to go? Don’t forget how tiny he is, so the easier you can make it for him to do what you need him to do, the better - plus if you’re anything like me with puppies, you’ll be pretty tired - so pick your battles, and at this stage focus on management and relationship building. You’re doing great!
 
JES72

JES72

Location
SW London UK
HAH said:
Pooh eating is really, really common in young pups. He will grow out of it. So keep doing what you’re doing and pick it up as soon as you can and he’ll soon stop. You could also reinforce him leaving it with a ball or tuggy game immediately after he’s been.
Can you use a garden pen or barrier to make it easier for him to know where to go outside, and e.g. partition off the places you don’t want him to go? Don’t forget how tiny he is, so the easier you can make it for him to do what you need him to do, the better - plus if you’re anything like me with puppies, you’ll be pretty tired - so pick your battles, and at this stage focus on management and relationship building. You’re doing great!
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Thanks. I do need to hear this. I am still thinking ‘Homer did this? Homer did that’ but actually don’t really remember at what age he was when he started pooping in the right spot, just that he always did.
 
Anne123

Anne123

Location
Vlaardingen, the Netherlands
JES72 said:
He’s beginning to learn not to attack my feet and legs at every chance.
toilet training isn’t going as well as I expected.
He is mostly indicating that he needs to go outside. But I’m finding it difficult to get him to go in his toilet area and not on the paving. If he is about to go and I move him he forgets what he was going to do and goes off to case a leaf or a twig.
He also appears to want to eat his poop 💩 I have managed to clean up after him quickly so he doesn’t get to it but certainly something I don’t want him to think he can do.
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I am in the same boat.....Not the poop eating!!
 
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