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From:valparaiso, indiana
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posted 11-07-2003 10:13 AM         

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first off i would like to thank everybody for their input on my last post. very helpfull. ok heres the problem... my now 8 week old aussie shepherd is *going* in her cage and then pretty much rolling around in it on a regular basis. i have the smallest pet taxi available for her and she really dosent have more than the recommended room(able to stand turn around and thats it) yet every time i put her in there about an hour later i assume she dumps the load. mind you this is right after several trips outside with successfull results. i realy dont know what the problem is but im sure a bath once or twice a day is terrible for her coat and skin... and i have heard of the ear infection problem that can go with it. any insight as to why this might be happening would be greatly appreciated. thank you again to all.
steve.

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posted 11-07-2003 10:38 AM         

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OHH Steve, Yuk...not much fun huh. Just some ideas...Do you mean she poops in her cage right after you put her in it? or is she doing it sometime in the hour that she is in there? Try making sure she goes poo when you have her outside, it may seem like an eternity of waiting because you are just standing there, but it shouldn't take too long for her to go. BIG PRAISE when she does. Then put her in her kennel. Make sure you wash the kennel with bleach and rinse well after she has poo'ed in there. Getting rid of the smell. This is gross, but when she does poo in her kennel, take the poo outside to the spot where you want her to go and leave it there. She will smell it and associate this spot with her "potty spot". Use a shampoo that is gentle on the skin and maybe fins a skin conditioner for her to prevent any drying. As far as the ear infections...my Witt has extremely small ear canals so if while bathing him we get water in them, it usually does cause a problem. You can either bathe all of her except her head and wash her head and face after her bath with a wash cloth, or when you are getting her head wet, place your fingers over the outside of her ear leather and press it to her head enough to keep water from getting into her ear canal. After her bath use a dry wash cloth to wipe any moisture off her ear flap on the inside, but don't stick anything down into the ear...just what you can reach with your big fingers. =) I don't know what to say about her rolling in it....Witt will roll in the horse poop at the barn on occasion, I've learned to watch him and tell him no when I can see he is thinking about it. If he actually does it before I catch him, I bring him up to the barn and spray him down with the hose, which he hates. Maybe thats why he hasn't done it in a while, he may have figured out that he is not getting in my truck with his brand of perfume on and has to have a bath first. Stay with the basics of potty training a puppy and be consistent, hang in there! Maybe someone else has some better advice???

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posted 11-07-2003 10:43 AM         

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Could this be due to separation anxiety, perhaps?

Jamiya

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