I have spoken before about my problems housetraining my chihuahua. He is now 7 months old and things are not much better. He has gone up to 3 weeks without an accident but every time that a) my schedule changes slightly, b) he has an episode of diarrhea or c) I stop giving him treats for going outside, he stops trying to hold it at all. We have now been through several cycles of housetrained/not housetrained.
I work from home and obviously I cannot be watching him the whole time. So, someone suggested crating him while I'm working. But to me, the fact that he has gone weeks without pottying in the house proves that he's capable of it. He just doesn't think that going outside is worth it unless he gets a consistent reward for it. My mom has had about 10 puppies in her life and she says she's never seen anything like this dog. I live in a loft (one room) so it's not like he is ever that far out of my sight either.
I'm not convinced that crating him would do anything except make him hyper later. Has anyone had any success crating in THIS kind of situation?
I work from home and obviously I cannot be watching him the whole time. So, someone suggested crating him while I'm working. But to me, the fact that he has gone weeks without pottying in the house proves that he's capable of it. He just doesn't think that going outside is worth it unless he gets a consistent reward for it. My mom has had about 10 puppies in her life and she says she's never seen anything like this dog. I live in a loft (one room) so it's not like he is ever that far out of my sight either.
I'm not convinced that crating him would do anything except make him hyper later. Has anyone had any success crating in THIS kind of situation?