I have an 8 month old beagle Charlie who has been giving me some issues with potty training, his crate and alone time.
First let me say at 14 weeks or so we bought one of those 36 inch high pens and charlie climbed it like a monkey in 30 seconds.
For about 6 months or so we had charlie in a wire mesh crate. Anytime he was alone in the crate for a few hours he would always pee out the side of the crate. To counteract this I tie-wrapped some plexiglass to the outside but unfortunately his angle of pee did not splash back at him to make him stop, it just kind of went down between the pexiglass and the wire mesh and onto the floor! argh! He also somehow made the mesh crate implode twice(its the folding kind) and he got out. In that 6 months He only poo'd once in the crate and I think he had stomach problem that day.
My wife and I got tired of cleaning pee outside the crate every morning and after work. We also noticed that charlie had a scratch on his nose that I think he got from trying to poke his nose at the latch on his crate. So one night around 7 months of age, we let him stay in our bedroom in his dog bed. He held it all night and didn't even want to get up in the morning. We have let him stay in our bedroom at night for the last month and he has not had one accident. He holds it till we wake up and take him out. I probably shouldn't speak so soon! lol
About a week ago we got charlie a plastic crate, we figured he would stop peeing if he realized he will get stuck sitting in it. Well that hasn't prevented him and we ended up giving him a lot of baths! Just the other day I came home and he Pee'd and poo'd in the plastic crate and what a mess! I was really at wits end that day. I ended up putting the messy crate outside and giving charlie a bath. I had to make a quick errand and my wife wasn't home so i barricaded him in a back room. I took him out before I left, but when I returned he somehow escaped and pee'd and poo'd in the room I left him in. Good thing the downstairs is all tile!
After Houdini got out of that I bought the tallest baby/pet gate I could find at 41 inches and left him downstairs. We left the house for 2 hours and he somehow rammed the gate down and peed in the downstairs room.
To sum up my long winded post...charlie is good when we are with him. He lets us know when he wants to go out and accidents hardly ever happen when we are home. But he doesn't seem to like crates or being left alone. Is this separation anxiety causing him to potty in the house and escape all barricades? has anyone had these issues?
First let me say at 14 weeks or so we bought one of those 36 inch high pens and charlie climbed it like a monkey in 30 seconds.
For about 6 months or so we had charlie in a wire mesh crate. Anytime he was alone in the crate for a few hours he would always pee out the side of the crate. To counteract this I tie-wrapped some plexiglass to the outside but unfortunately his angle of pee did not splash back at him to make him stop, it just kind of went down between the pexiglass and the wire mesh and onto the floor! argh! He also somehow made the mesh crate implode twice(its the folding kind) and he got out. In that 6 months He only poo'd once in the crate and I think he had stomach problem that day.
My wife and I got tired of cleaning pee outside the crate every morning and after work. We also noticed that charlie had a scratch on his nose that I think he got from trying to poke his nose at the latch on his crate. So one night around 7 months of age, we let him stay in our bedroom in his dog bed. He held it all night and didn't even want to get up in the morning. We have let him stay in our bedroom at night for the last month and he has not had one accident. He holds it till we wake up and take him out. I probably shouldn't speak so soon! lol
About a week ago we got charlie a plastic crate, we figured he would stop peeing if he realized he will get stuck sitting in it. Well that hasn't prevented him and we ended up giving him a lot of baths! Just the other day I came home and he Pee'd and poo'd in the plastic crate and what a mess! I was really at wits end that day. I ended up putting the messy crate outside and giving charlie a bath. I had to make a quick errand and my wife wasn't home so i barricaded him in a back room. I took him out before I left, but when I returned he somehow escaped and pee'd and poo'd in the room I left him in. Good thing the downstairs is all tile!
After Houdini got out of that I bought the tallest baby/pet gate I could find at 41 inches and left him downstairs. We left the house for 2 hours and he somehow rammed the gate down and peed in the downstairs room.
To sum up my long winded post...charlie is good when we are with him. He lets us know when he wants to go out and accidents hardly ever happen when we are home. But he doesn't seem to like crates or being left alone. Is this separation anxiety causing him to potty in the house and escape all barricades? has anyone had these issues?