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  • YodelDogsY

    Is the puppy frantic when crated or calm?

    Robyn Dubbert

    Sherwood Basenjis

    One thing that I have learned in life is to accept that things are not all black or all white. Life is shades of gray and just because someone sees a different shade of gray than you do, it doesn't mean their shade is right or wrong, its just different. ~ Robyn Dubbert

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  • P

    Be patient and follow the advice given about carrying him out of the crate after he has eaten. Watch carefully for 'I need to poo' movements (usually restlessness and turning round and round. Also watch him behind to see whther he is pushing out although not all do this.

    Personally I think you're expecting a bit much in a short time - usually I find the mothers train their pups in the first instant but he might not have had that puppy learning. I see this was posted as a 'bad problem' but it's certainly not that - there could be far worse problems LOL!!!

    Again I say be patient, he's only a baby! You'll most likely look back on this in a few weeks time and wonder why you were so concerned!

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  • S

    How much time does he spend in the crate, in a 24 hr period? If you said, I missed it…

    Sharron Hurlbut

    BRAT, basenji rescue

    Evergreen basenji club

    Seattle Purebred Dog Rescue

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  • N

    Keep the routine of taking him outside periodically as you are doing and give him LOTS of praise as soon as he does his business outside. It just needs time, since he understood that the only way of relief was doing his job inside the crate. Keep consistency and you will see the positive results you are looking for.

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    IMHO, please be careful with the alpha roll over, I used to do that when I first started dog training many years ago, I eventually had an aggression problem with the dog, got bit pretty good. I guessed it was my fault and never rolled one since. I never used pacifiers with my son, so no dog troubles there, but his blanky got stolen often. gg It sure cannot hurt to put the litterbox there and see what happens, its easy, fairly clean, and better than cleaning the rug often. You could also try using a scatter rug over the other rug, see if that helps any! I have one spot where one of the dogs, having gotten too excited, peed, they still go there if excited. I love my dogs, oh well its only in the hall. ggg Good luck, hope you find a solution! Carole