Cold weather pooping...

[Althea]

Sansal -- Ah yes, happened this morning! She's been doing 100% better. A few accidents because we weren't watching, but she's very willing to go outside in order to get her special treats....except when it started snowing this morning. No sooner came inside from her refusal to even sniff at anything outside (she sits down and won't look at me until I start walking in the direction she wants!) and she poo'd. I put her in her crate while I cleaned it up, and just ignored her -- not upset, just to give her a different tone when she does it inside (we really praise her outside) and she definitely felt the difference! Her body language was very unhappy. She's so darn cute, it's hard to do!

 

[Marleysboys]

I can understand your frustration..the first day it rained after I got my pups, they would not what so ever go poop outside! I would even stand out there with an umbrella and they still wouldn't go! Now with the snow, I've made it easier for them and well spoiled them at the same time! I noticed that they wouldn't go poop when there was snow on the grass (pee isn't a problem-they go pee on the snow)..I assumed it was because they couldn't pick up a scent from the grass, or they didn't like the behinds touching the cold yet snow..SO, I end up clearing a big area of grass for them to poop on..and honestly it makes a world of a difference! A few days ago we had a bad snow storm and I had already shoveled twice, and 2nd time didn't do the grass area..they didn't poop..when I finally got around to doing it, they instantly did it! This might help out if you live in a snowy area and actually feel like shoveling the snow on grass..but it's what worked for me!

Good Luck! Hope something works out for you!