House training

Have you tried only giving her a small meal in the evening and feed her earlier , maybe 4 ish? Mine have their main meal in the morning and a smaller one later , my thinking is that they get most of their poos done during the day and the last one at night should be all there is to come out for a while
 
Gorgeous pup!!

Our fox red was a nightmare to house train. She was nearly a year old before she really clicked on. Not a single mess since. Sorry, that's not helpful!! My PJRT was brilliant as is our new black lab pup, thank goodness!!
 
Flowerofthefen said:
Gorgeous pup!!

Our fox red was a nightmare to house train. She was nearly a year old before she really clicked on. Not a single mess since. Sorry, that's not helpful!! My PJRT was brilliant as is our new black lab pup, thank goodness!!
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Fox red what?

Sorry… but it’s one of my pet hates!! 😳😁
 
My BWs were terrible to house train. I have never had dogs toilet on the furniture before..! However there were 3 of them so I knew it would take longer and I am very free range in my dog raising now 😂and all sleep in the bed etc. at 10 months it suddenly clicked.
 
splashgirl45 said:
Have you tried only giving her a small meal in the evening and feed her earlier , maybe 4 ish? Mine have their main meal in the morning and a smaller one later , my thinking is that they get most of their poos done during the day and the last one at night should be all there is to come out for a while
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I’ve tried most permutations of when to feed, sometimes she doesn’t eat until 3pm, which obviously pushes the evening feed back. Awkward little creature! I can’t go to one feed a day at her age - ideally she’d still be on three but she won’t eat that often.
 
Clodagh said:
Will she eat wet food?
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She came on frozen which she wasn’t fussed about. She doesn’t mind wet, and tbh she likes her dry, she’s just not food driven.

She is crated to eat, fed at the same time as Rew. She would like to get in his bowl, so she ignores her food while he eats (a few feet away, within earshot), once he has finished I have tried leaving her in the crate for half an hour, or letting her out to see his bowl is empty and shoving her back in - neither of these works. She generally eats a few hours later. 🙄 she’s obviously getting enough as she looks great and poo is plentiful and firm… it’s just that some aspects of training are harder than others!
 
KEK said:
My BWs were terrible to house train. I have never had dogs toilet on the furniture before..! However there were 3 of them so I knew it would take longer and I am very free range in my dog raising now 😂and all sleep in the bed etc. at 10 months it suddenly clicked.
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What are BWs?
 
Spotherisk said:
She came on frozen which she wasn’t fussed about. She doesn’t mind wet, and tbh she likes her dry, she’s just not food driven.

She is crated to eat, fed at the same time as Rew. She would like to get in his bowl, so she ignores her food while he eats (a few feet away, within earshot), once he has finished I have tried leaving her in the crate for half an hour, or letting her out to see his bowl is empty and shoving her back in - neither of these works. She generally eats a few hours later. 🙄 she’s obviously getting enough as she looks great and poo is plentiful and firm… it’s just that some aspects of training are harder than others!
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Maybe try feeding him in the other room so she doesn’t have to think about it?
And if she looks ok I’d train her what constitutes feed time rather than her telling you.
I’d also try something really tasty for breakfast like tinned chappie.

I know you weren’t asking about feeding but 7pm is very late imo, for last dinner.
 
Clodagh said:
Maybe try feeding him in the other room so she doesn’t have to think about it?
And if she looks ok I’d train her what constitutes feed time rather than her telling you.
I’d also try something really tasty for breakfast like tinned chappie.

I know you weren’t asking about feeding but 7pm is very late imo, for last dinner.
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We generally feed at 6pm, last walk is around 11.30pm though so 7 is okay - she will often poo in the evening (outside!) and sometimes again at 11.30pm, she just can’t go (or just doesn’t try, or prefers to shit indoors) all night. Wearing. I do feed at a similar time each day, but sometimes she doesn’t eat it. Now she’s older I’m not so fussed if she misses a meal but at still under 5kg I’d prefer she ate! Maybe I should feed her with the other five, she’d have drive to eat then! 🤣

I haven’t tried tinned but she was briefly on Forthglade (could take or leave it), I’ve tried a bit of warm water on the food to bring out the smell, doesn’t care. I’ve tried yogurt, licks it off in a half hearted manner. She would live on training treats given by hand if she could! Oh and I’ve done training using her food and she’ll eat it then. She’s just not that fussed about meal times.
 
Spotherisk said:
We generally feed at 6pm, last walk is around 11.30pm though so 7 is okay - she will often poo in the evening (outside!) and sometimes again at 11.30pm, she just can’t go (or just doesn’t try, or prefers to shit indoors) all night. Wearing. I do feed at a similar time each day, but sometimes she doesn’t eat it. Now she’s older I’m not so fussed if she misses a meal but at still under 5kg I’d prefer she ate! Maybe I should feed her with the other five, she’d have drive to eat then! 🤣

I haven’t tried tinned but she was briefly on Forthglade (could take or leave it), I’ve tried a bit of warm water on the food to bring out the smell, doesn’t care. I’ve tried yogurt, licks it off in a half hearted manner. She would live on training treats given by hand if she could! Oh and I’ve done training using her food and she’ll eat it then. She’s just not that fussed about meal times.
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Well hopefully she’ll grow out of it one day.
 
Hopefully she’s just being a bit fussy but if she stays a not a good eater IBD (inflammatory bowl disease /chronic enteropathy) would be worth considering, not uncommon in dogs IME.
She’s sooooo cute
 
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