You guys have been so helpful so far to this complete novice puppy owner. Today’s dilemma – our puppy potty trained easily and while at first we would go out in the yard with him, now we just let him out whenever he rings the bell on the door.
Hes 5 months. The problem, he poops wherever and what sometimes feels like intentionally everywhere in our large backyard.
With winter coming, I’m wondering if we should restrict him in the backyard to a section (would be pretty challenging but we can use some sort of temp fence) to get him used to one poop area? But also, he loves to run and play and check out neighbor dogs so I think this would kind of suck for him. He also loves the cold and snow so I forsee a lot of outside time for him this winter.
We have 3 kids and tons of neighbors and while I poop scoop daily, I inevitably miss some and this leads to nasty shoes. So winter is our best time to get this down so he has a designated area by spring play time.
Help!
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