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Old March 15th, 2011, 07:59 AM
TiffanyRayne TiffanyRayne is offline
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My dog with only pee and poo in the backyard if there is snow.

Why won't dog pee and poo in the backyard unless there is snow on the ground?
I have a 3 year old french bichon which came to our home at 8 weeks old in November 2007. We were pleasantly surprised that she has very few accidents in the home at all as she quite enjoyed the back yard and such.

Around April 2009 she stated peeing and pooing in the house (the snow had melted). We tried working through many reasons, crate trained her, and various different practices. She can hold it, she will hold it for days it seems as we now have different areas of the house boarded off to prevent her just going where no one is looking.

Come November 2009 the snow fell again. For the next 4 months there wasn't a single accident in the house. Snow melted and we were back to square one. This now happens each year.

We have tried everything short of getting our own snow maker for the back yard in order to ensure that she goes outside to do her business. We have put carpets outside, she seems to have no problem peeing on the carpets inside so it was a hope, but we just can't understand why she won't go outside in the backyard unless there is snow on the ground.

Please any ideas you may have? So frustrated here.
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