Kennel life

[cjoram]

I have a question and I have tried searching and it brings up tons of stuff and I really don't want to go through 20 pages so, on to the question . I have a 9 month old boxer, any time we are gone or at night we put her in her kennel. On a few occasions that we have been gone for only a bit like 30 minutes she will potty in the house. I let her out before we leave and she goes i get home and sure enough a potty spot by the door. Is this normal, and any help would be greatly appreciated. I thought maybe she is just to young but she never goes in the house when we are home (and yes I understand she is probably not fully trained. )

 

[BxrMommieNAZ]

It may be partial separation anxiety. Personally I would just crate her if she is not able to behave when you are gone (I am assuming you meant that she potties if you leave her out of the crate?) at this point. She's still pretty young and that's stuff she should grow out of. JMO.

 

[ehayes21]

I understand she is probably not fully trained. )

Yep. Crate her when you cant watch her. 9 months is about the time they tend to relapse and forget everything you taught them so the more times you are able to prevent an accident, the better off you are.