Hi everyone,
Our pup Evita will turn 5 month old in a couple of days and as lovely as she is we are having difficulties understanding her behaviour.
We are a household of 5 with our oldest child being 7. We live in a townhouse with 3 floors. In the beginning Evita lived in the first floor in a crate. The breeder told us not to use one time diapers as she will eat them so we tried the multi diapers but after some time the smell was just too much to bear around the kitchen and living area.
So we moved her to the second floor second floor in a larger crate without any diapers.
She has 3 walks a day, sometimes even 4 and still pees inside her crate on a daily basis. But that's not the main problem. In the evenings or in the weekend we want to have her with us in the living room but every time we let her out of the crate, whether its to one of the bedrooms or even worst the kitchen, first thing she does is pee. This is so annoying, as on one hand we want to spend time with her and love her but she just makes it impossible with her behaviour.
Obviously she understand the kitchen is where all the yummies are although she only feeds on her dry food, and maybe she is kind of marking this area? I really have no clue. The bedrooms are all with carpets.
For now we have decided not to let her walk in the house at all until see a change which is very sad. So it is pretty much her being in her crate all day, besides when it's her outside walk time.
Any ideas on what we can do to change this behaviour?
Our pup Evita will turn 5 month old in a couple of days and as lovely as she is we are having difficulties understanding her behaviour.
We are a household of 5 with our oldest child being 7. We live in a townhouse with 3 floors. In the beginning Evita lived in the first floor in a crate. The breeder told us not to use one time diapers as she will eat them so we tried the multi diapers but after some time the smell was just too much to bear around the kitchen and living area.
So we moved her to the second floor second floor in a larger crate without any diapers.
She has 3 walks a day, sometimes even 4 and still pees inside her crate on a daily basis. But that's not the main problem. In the evenings or in the weekend we want to have her with us in the living room but every time we let her out of the crate, whether its to one of the bedrooms or even worst the kitchen, first thing she does is pee. This is so annoying, as on one hand we want to spend time with her and love her but she just makes it impossible with her behaviour.
Obviously she understand the kitchen is where all the yummies are although she only feeds on her dry food, and maybe she is kind of marking this area? I really have no clue. The bedrooms are all with carpets.
For now we have decided not to let her walk in the house at all until see a change which is very sad. So it is pretty much her being in her crate all day, besides when it's her outside walk time.
Any ideas on what we can do to change this behaviour?