As I mentioned recently when we were discussing tick protection, we have a 2 year old female Sheltie that we acquired a few weeks ago. Although she loves the snow, she is having a hard time finding a spot to do her "business" since we received all the snow yesterday. I shoveled out a path for her to walk to the area on our property where she normally goes and now have shoveled out a pretty large area of the grass, down to the grass/dirt for her to go. Still no luck getting her to go #2. She did, finally, pee last night at about 11:30pm, but has not had a BM since yesterday morning at 7am.
We haven't had a dog for several years, so I don't remember what we did to deal with this issue in the past. Any advice/suggestions would be appreciated! Thanks!
My dog goes in the path I cleared for her with the snowblower, but if she wouldn't she usually goes while on a walk.
I know you have a new dog so you are learning his behavior as he is learning yours. Is my advice the best? I don't know but it has always worked for us.
How long have you had the dog and is this this first real snow storm? I had an older sheltie and we moved. We were living in a trailer in the driveway of the new property while the house was getting finished. When we moved into the house the dog just walked in circles in the driveway of where the trailer used to be. They get in a routine and comfortable with their surroundings. Like I said, they get nervous about certain things and it sounds like this dog has only been living with you a short time and probably hasn't experienced a snowstorm like this while with you so it is all new. There is nothing to worry about. The dog will go to the bathroom when he/she is ready but it may get frustrating for you.
Is it possible to let the dog off the leash and try or no?
I really appreciate your feeback as an experienced Sheltie owner. Thanks!
It is the garbage trucks for me. My dog goes into berserker mode. At least I got him to stop barking. He just goes full speed from one room to the next to get a look out the window but looks like scooby doo when he gets started. His paws are moving a million miles an hour but his body takes a couple of seconds to catch up.
We've had him for 5 years now, and it took him a while to get used to the snow for doing his business.
He still doesn't like it, but he knows the drill.