My parents have a just under 2 year old Parson Russell Terrior (fixed).
She was successfully housetrained but now seems to slip up every so often only during the night. My father unfortunately is the one faced with the ‘gift’ in the morning when it happens and he’s beginning to reach the end of his tether which is stressing us all out.
- she sleeps downstairs in the kitchen/living area (open plan) and is pooping in the dinning room next door every time (there is no door to close as it’s open plan)
- she is fed a small amount of dry food in the morning at 10am and again at 5pm (we pulled this back from 6pm recently from later to see if that helps) and my mother makes sure that stays the same always
- we tend to all go to bed around 10pm and she’s taken outside then to do the last of her business in the garden which she has no bother doing
- she is well exercised (they live in the countryside close to the beach) and taken out to the garden regularly
- she is healthy and has been checked out by the vet
- she does however grumble (low growl) sometimes when being being put to bed especially if she’s overtired
- my parents give her lots of praise when she does her business outside and when putting her to bed to try and reassure her incase it’s anxiety
The problem is she doesn’t let us know if she needs out at night and my mother is a super light sleeper so keeps an ear out for her (she’s very vocal if it’s the case during the day). Last night I Iet her stay in my bed (not done every night I try to keep it a treat) and I woke her up accidentally while tossing at 2am. She got out of my bed and went downstairs which I assumed I had annoyed her. I listened carefully to see if I could hear anything but nothing. About 2 minutes later she came back up and went under the covers. I was suspicious and went down to see she’d pooped. I called her down and told her off (gently) showed her poop in the bag and put it out in the bin. She knew what she’d down and hid behind the sofa. She then snuck back upstairs and I found her in my bed again. I removed her and sent her back down. What I’m annoyed at is she didn’t alert me to needing out or made any noises (she yelps at me if she needs out during the day) and just came straight back to my bed after, she only appeared guilty when I told her off.
I’m visiting from abroad for a while and trying to help my parents work this out before I leave as it’s really stressing my parents out!
She was successfully housetrained but now seems to slip up every so often only during the night. My father unfortunately is the one faced with the ‘gift’ in the morning when it happens and he’s beginning to reach the end of his tether which is stressing us all out.
- she sleeps downstairs in the kitchen/living area (open plan) and is pooping in the dinning room next door every time (there is no door to close as it’s open plan)
- she is fed a small amount of dry food in the morning at 10am and again at 5pm (we pulled this back from 6pm recently from later to see if that helps) and my mother makes sure that stays the same always
- we tend to all go to bed around 10pm and she’s taken outside then to do the last of her business in the garden which she has no bother doing
- she is well exercised (they live in the countryside close to the beach) and taken out to the garden regularly
- she is healthy and has been checked out by the vet
- she does however grumble (low growl) sometimes when being being put to bed especially if she’s overtired
- my parents give her lots of praise when she does her business outside and when putting her to bed to try and reassure her incase it’s anxiety
The problem is she doesn’t let us know if she needs out at night and my mother is a super light sleeper so keeps an ear out for her (she’s very vocal if it’s the case during the day). Last night I Iet her stay in my bed (not done every night I try to keep it a treat) and I woke her up accidentally while tossing at 2am. She got out of my bed and went downstairs which I assumed I had annoyed her. I listened carefully to see if I could hear anything but nothing. About 2 minutes later she came back up and went under the covers. I was suspicious and went down to see she’d pooped. I called her down and told her off (gently) showed her poop in the bag and put it out in the bin. She knew what she’d down and hid behind the sofa. She then snuck back upstairs and I found her in my bed again. I removed her and sent her back down. What I’m annoyed at is she didn’t alert me to needing out or made any noises (she yelps at me if she needs out during the day) and just came straight back to my bed after, she only appeared guilty when I told her off.
I’m visiting from abroad for a while and trying to help my parents work this out before I leave as it’s really stressing my parents out!
