pooping in the kennel

Kennel Problems

I would recommend not feeding after 5:30 and then to take him out right before you go to bed (10:00 - 11:00) and then until he/she gets over this habit I would sleep beside the crate when you hear him/her stir try to shhh him/her to go back to sleep - if they move around more take him/her out.

The other option is to place his/her crate in an exercise pen and leave the door open with potty pads on the floor - this is a last resort due to the fact it can make it harder to potty train in the long run.

A puppy can usually hold their potty for =
1 month old plus 1 = 2 hrs
2 months old plus 1 = 3 hrs........

Good luck - hopefully this will clear up in no time
Holly
http://fourpawsdoodles.com

pooping in crate

Hi!. This is my first post on any forum anywhere!!! Amazing what doodles do to you! I have George and Gracie, two chocolate doodles. Both had the pooping in their crate problem for the first two weeks. I thought I'd go nuts what with trying to give two puppies baths every morning when they had rolled in it. (My husband and I set up a little assembly line - I'd hand him a wet puppy and he'd hand me a dirty puppy.) Turns out both pups had coccidia and a whole assortment of worms. They had been wormed a couple of days before I got them and our vet had seen them the day after we got them, but they still had worms. We live in the country and we have quite a lot of wild critters around here and puppies put everything in their mouths! Plus they were probably reinfecting each other. So - they got on medication, we got really, really concientious about hand washing and crate disinfection. After several days they were going a whole lot better. It wasn't perfect, but now it pretty much is. So, I vote for a serious vet check and fastidious crate cleaning for a while. Then, if you have other animals around you'll probably need to put them on a preventative med.