lambchop
May 18th, 2004, 10:03 PM
hi,
i have a 14 week old maltese that i am trying to paper train on wee wee pads in a litter box. she has no problem peeing, she will seek out the box and go in there to pee. but, when it comes to pooping she does not bother to seek out the box. she poops in the house, i only scold if i catch her in the act, and then place her in the litter box right away. i clean up the mess and make sure to deodorize the area. i have even bought the hormone scented spray to try to draw her to the box to poop, but it hasn't worked so far.
is she too young still?? am i expecting too much too soon? she has the peeing down pat just not the poop? anything i can do to lure her to the box to poop? i have tried cleaning the box immediately for a clean box and i have also tried leaving a piece of poop in the box to draw her but that doesn't seem to help either?
any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
anne :)
i have a 14 week old maltese that i am trying to paper train on wee wee pads in a litter box. she has no problem peeing, she will seek out the box and go in there to pee. but, when it comes to pooping she does not bother to seek out the box. she poops in the house, i only scold if i catch her in the act, and then place her in the litter box right away. i clean up the mess and make sure to deodorize the area. i have even bought the hormone scented spray to try to draw her to the box to poop, but it hasn't worked so far.
is she too young still?? am i expecting too much too soon? she has the peeing down pat just not the poop? anything i can do to lure her to the box to poop? i have tried cleaning the box immediately for a clean box and i have also tried leaving a piece of poop in the box to draw her but that doesn't seem to help either?
any advice would be greatly appreciated.
thanks
anne :)
