My puppy is 12 weeks old. He doesn’t really have accidents in the house which is great, but he doesn’t always go potty outside even when he’s sniffing around the house and it’s time (after eating, playing, sleeping, or 3ish hours pass). Whenever he doesn’t go, he gets crate time so he won’t surprise us, but I’d like to get him into a routine and this doesn’t seem productive.
He likes to eat grass, sticks, rocks, whatever he can find. If he’s not chewing, he’s digging. I try taking him out on a leash, but he either chews on the nearest grass, or on the leash itself. I can’t just “be a tree” and ignore him, and the number of times I have to say “leave it” and reward him makes it feel like I’m making it a sort of game for him.
What do I do?
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