Puppy Poops in Crate?

Puppy Poops in Crate - Beagle puppy I have a 3 month female Beagle puppy who will not stop pooping in her crate. I feel like I've tried everything at this point. Her crate is halved so that she can lie down/turn around, I give her a Kong with treats and a chewy to keep her busy, she's never in her crate for more than 3-4 hours at a time. I take her out to go the bathroom before she goes in her crate, and whenever she has an accident I change the towels in her crate asap, but she still seems to have no problem pooping in her crate.

This morning I had her out, she took a big poop, I put her in her crate while I showered and got ready for work (20 minutes) and by the time I was done she had pooped in her crate. I put her in her crate and leave for work at 8, returning at 12 to let her out on my lunch break and she's already pooped in her crate. I leave for work again at 1:15 and come home at 5 and sometimes she will have pooped, but not every time.

I praise and treat her whenever she pees/poops outside, but that doesn't seem to stop her. She also pees frequently in the house, but she seems to know this is wrong because she will hide when she does it. She's a surprisingly quiet Beagle so we haven't been able to get her to cry to let us know she needs to go out. She'll go to the door, but will usually just go the bathroom after waiting a couple seconds, sometimes too fast to catch her in the act.

If I take her out I typically don't bring her back in until she does both or at least pees, only rarely do I bring her back in if she gets too distracted to do her business, usually in that case I can bring her attention back to going the bathroom.

Our other Beagle, a now 3 year old male, who we also got as a puppy was not nearly this tough to train. He had some accidents in his crate, but not daily, and was quick to let us know when he wanted to go out. I know not all dogs are the same, but I've never had this much trouble housebreaking a pup before, and I've had dogs almost my whole life.

Any suggestions? I'm mostly concerned about the pooping in the crate because I don't want her to get used to it and think that it is okay. I can deal with the piddles in the house, but at this point I'm scared she thinks she is supposed to poop in her crate and I don't know how to break the habit. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

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poehere
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October 20, 20170 found this helpful

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Here are a few things that might help you regulate the puppy's problems.

You will basically need to learn your puppy's schedule when he wants to pee and poop. So basically you aren't just house training him, you are also house training yourself.
Normally a puppy will go poop 20 to 30 minutes after they eat.
If your puppy has been sleeping, he will normally pee right away after he wakes up. Keep on the puppy and when he wakes up take him outside immediately.

Normally the puppy will pee first thing in the morning right after they wake up. So the first thing you need to do in the morning when the puppy wakes up is to take him outside immediately.
Your puppy will also pee just before he goes to bed for the night. So make sure you have him out for a walk so he can pee before you put him in his crate for the night.
Your puppy is now 3 months old. So normally a 3 month old puppy will pee during the day every 3 hours. You will have to keep watching the clock on this one and get him outside within the time frame so he pees outside and not in your home.
As the puppy grows older he can learn to hold his pee for longer periods of time.
If your puppy is loose in your home, you should try to take the puppy out to pee every hour or hour and a half.
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Basically, you are not only training your puppy you are training yourself too.
Some puppy's are more difficult to house train and therefore you need to learn their schedule so you can stop accidents before they happen.
If the puppy keeps pooping in his crate then you will need to remove their bedding and any toys you have in the crate. You can't reward the puppy for good behavior when he is being bad.
Before putting the puppy in their crate you will need to make sure you have taken the puppy outside to go to the toilet. Make sure he pees several times and at least poops once.
You can reward him for good behavior when he goes poop on his walk. I normally find with my small dogs they will poop normally once or twice before they go down for the night.

You should take the puppy out 30 minutes after he has eaten, and again just before you put him in his crate.
All dogs are different and you just need to learn your puppy's behavior and get use to his toilet schedule.
I am sure the rest will come as time passes, he will come and ask you to go out. But for now he doesn't understand this so you must teach him that he goes out of the home to pee and poop.

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coville123
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October 19, 20170 found this helpful

Dog pooping in crate.

Step 1
Remove his bedding until he stops going in the crate.

Step 2
Chances are the mother dog he came from was not clean,so he is use to living in filth.

Step 3
Make sure he has emptied himself out really well,let him poop twice.

Step 4
Make sure he is tired out so he sleeps and then take him out right away when he wakes up.

Step 5
Keep it clean with vinegar and enzyme cleaner or he will think of it as a toilet.

Step 6
Maybe stop using the crate and put him somewhere else using baby gates like your bathroom to see how that works.

Step 7
If not consult a professional dog trainer.

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