Hi Everyone! I'm new to the boards so bare with me.
We recently adopted a Basset from a local shelter. (it's been a week)
I'll give you some background: She came from a family who had her for a year and then they surrendered her. (there's some mystery as to her age; she's between 3 and 5)... From what I understand, the previous owner said that she was housetrained. No accidents etc. (But I also know that they had her crated because she immediately responded to "crate"). Well, we had problems with her going to the "bathroom" in the house. So, after a few days of frustration and finding it everywhere when we came home, we decided that we would crate train her. It appeared, after a day or two, that she'd been crate trained previously. I was pretty happy with this and figured we'd get her housetrained like our dog we've already had for 3 years. Well yesterday I went in to take her blanket out of the crate and it was damp with urine. Pretty much a few days' or so worth. I had no idea. Poor thing. So now I'm wondering why she would pee in her crate. My husband says that it may be a bigger problem with training her than we think, since dogs rarely "go" where they sleep. Any tips on that would be greatly appreciated. We started giving her plenty of water with her morning meal and with her dinner but no in between so that we can get her on a routine. Everyone says "where there's water, there's pee".. Makes sense, I guess.
Also, I realize we've only had her a week but she doesn't sleep through the night at all. We keep her in our bedroom with us and she sleeps on a big comfy dog bed. Every night, however, she gets up around 2 or 4 a.m. and walks around the bed to the door. Sometimes she cries, other time she just seems to be wandering. I have let her out a couple times but there have been times she doesn't pee or poop. So I don't know if she still feels disoriented at our home or what. It's been really hectic with waking up at all hours. I would like her to get on "our" schedule. We don't get up in the middle of the night to take our 'old' dog out; she sleeps through the night. (sounds like I'm talking about a baby).
I know most of you are seasoned Basset owners, so I'm open to ANY suggestions, advice you have on this. It's definitely appreciated. Thanks so much!
We recently adopted a Basset from a local shelter. (it's been a week)
I'll give you some background: She came from a family who had her for a year and then they surrendered her. (there's some mystery as to her age; she's between 3 and 5)... From what I understand, the previous owner said that she was housetrained. No accidents etc. (But I also know that they had her crated because she immediately responded to "crate"). Well, we had problems with her going to the "bathroom" in the house. So, after a few days of frustration and finding it everywhere when we came home, we decided that we would crate train her. It appeared, after a day or two, that she'd been crate trained previously. I was pretty happy with this and figured we'd get her housetrained like our dog we've already had for 3 years. Well yesterday I went in to take her blanket out of the crate and it was damp with urine. Pretty much a few days' or so worth. I had no idea. Poor thing. So now I'm wondering why she would pee in her crate. My husband says that it may be a bigger problem with training her than we think, since dogs rarely "go" where they sleep. Any tips on that would be greatly appreciated. We started giving her plenty of water with her morning meal and with her dinner but no in between so that we can get her on a routine. Everyone says "where there's water, there's pee".. Makes sense, I guess.
Also, I realize we've only had her a week but she doesn't sleep through the night at all. We keep her in our bedroom with us and she sleeps on a big comfy dog bed. Every night, however, she gets up around 2 or 4 a.m. and walks around the bed to the door. Sometimes she cries, other time she just seems to be wandering. I have let her out a couple times but there have been times she doesn't pee or poop. So I don't know if she still feels disoriented at our home or what. It's been really hectic with waking up at all hours. I would like her to get on "our" schedule. We don't get up in the middle of the night to take our 'old' dog out; she sleeps through the night. (sounds like I'm talking about a baby).