new puppy questions

[2baditsnotachev]

So we just got an 8 week old boxer, the youngest dog I've dealt with. She's doing ok at housebreaking but barks and yelps nonstop in her kennel and has for the last week now. She hates it so much she'll piss or shit in her kennel in a matter of minutes. How can I make her ok with being kenneled?

[sport the war]

So we just got an 8 week old boxer, the youngest dog I've dealt with. She's doing ok at housebreaking but barks and yelps nonstop in her kennel and has for the last week now. She hates it so much she'll piss or shit in her kennel in a matter of minutes. How can I make her ok with being kenneled?

You can try treats for being good or going into the kennel. The sooner she understands its not punishment the better. Boxers are really pack dogs so they like being out as much as possible. They are usually pretty crafty like huskys so make sure you keep a good eye on her. Keep in kind a solid routine helps a ton. Do outside, then kennel or feed her in the kennel. Sometimes feeding in the kennel will stop the shitting and pissing in the kennel.

[Drunko McMoppo]

For the most tender meat, you have to harvest and process the puppy before 12 weeks.

[AdamZ82]

:pics:

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Try coaxing her into the kennel with treats/food/toys/whatever motivates her, and leaving the door open. Let her get comfortable with it and know that the door doesn't always get locked when she goes in there. As others have said, don't use it as punishment. If she has a blanket or bed that she lays on elsewhere in the house (and it's not too expensive to risk getting destroyed), put that in there as bedding and see if it helps.

[CS]

congrats, we had boxers growing up great dogs but all of ours never lived that long b/t 6-9 they all get tons of issues (i think too much inbreeding). My dads girl just passed 2 weeks ago at 12 which was the oldest one we ever had, he had of 15k in the dog by that time buy dog ins. None of our 8 boxers ever liked the kennel. we end up putting the kennel in a diff. room and closing the door, or just leaving them in the room. Boxers seem hard to break of that.

Me and my wifes first dog since I have been out has been a labradoodle, so much easier than the boxer experience, and no shedding. Lets see some puppy pix now, my dad is looking for another boxer as well, they can never be with out one.

[mnstang]

shoot its things with a gun.

[2baditsnotachev]

Thanks she does get treats for going in the kennel maybe well try feeding her in it as well. She has to get used to it as I don't want her destroying our house while we're gone.

[SS1LE02]

Cute puppy

[POOPY PANTS FACE]

Make the kennel smaller. only way it worked for me.

[HAZZARDJOHN]

I suggest moving the kennel out to the garage then you can't hear it. Seriously I have drown up with dogs my whole life between me and my Dad we have several hunting dogs, they all bark and lose their mind when they are first kenneled. 8 weeks is really young, so just some time and patience. That Puppies whole life it was with other beings, now it is not sure what to do alone. After a while it will become accustomed to the kennel and it will be a safety net. The Dog will go nuts if you leave it alone in the house not in it's kennel. Time is the best in my opinion. Now we keep the kennels in the heated shop so the dogs are never in the house without a person with them.

[Fernanernie]

Cute puppy

This.

Please don't crop the ears

[Scorpner]

So we just got an 8 week old boxer, the youngest dog I've dealt with. She's doing ok at housebreaking but barks and yelps nonstop in her kennel and has for the last week now. She hates it so much she'll piss or shit in her kennel in a matter of minutes. How can I make her ok with being kenneled?

I agree with making her feel comfortable with the kennel, but also make sure you're not making it worse by going back all the time either. (Mine are indoor dogs and I have been guilty of sleeping on the floor by the kennel the first couple of nights to help them get accustomed to it and it has worked.) Most times you have to let them sit and whine for a couple of nights until they learn that it isn't going to help. I'd use a nylabone/Kong as something to bring in and out of the kennel, a blanket might be something you'd have to clean all the time and I know where some have eaten them etc. while the owner was gone. A small kong could be filled with treats/peanut butter etc. and distract her for a few extra minutes and that might help with her being upset right away.
Another thing is to limit water food before you put her in the kennel overnight to help her learn not to go pee in there, and just enough room to turn around is perfect for training. I even make a peg board bottom for when they do pee so they're not laying in it.
If the kennel is small enough you could bring it into whatever room you're hanging out until she becomes accustomed to it. That would take away the association of the kennel and being shut in a room alone. I've fed them in the kennel as well and have a water dish for the wire door so it doesn't spill.


Is that a brindle coat?

[2baditsnotachev]

Well it sounds like im doing everything mostly right. The kennel is small she's already outgrowing is. Its been a week now if we kennel her in a different room is when she'll piss or shit immediately...stress would be my guess. Im going to try feeding her in it and she wont even attempt to lay down in it without a blanket inside. Thanks for all the suggestions it sounds like what she really needs is time. And yes she is brindle and nope her ears won't be getting cropped.

[OrangeCrush 86]

Took my dog a few weeks. I had to feed him in the kennel. Don't expect much at 8 weeks. It will probably pee in there for a while because they can't hold it long.

[engnerdan]

Does the go go ape and bark like hell if you leave her and she is not in the kennel? My Coon Hound I have now has separation anxiety when I got her (still has it a bit). She chewed her way out of 2 different kennels, destroyed a door and did a number on the sheet rock. We ended up using our mud room and putting both dogs in there instead of separate kennels so then she was not alone. It helped. I am assuming it is just a breed thing with your dog like others have said, but if it is separation anxiety then you have a tough road a head, the vet can give you doggy Prozac or something similar and Dramamine works well to sedate them too and take the edge off.