We just moved to a new place with a fenced yard. We used to live in an apartment where I took him on walks every time to potty. Now that we have a fenced yard I need him to do his business there.
He will poop just fine in the yard, but when it comes to peeing, he is actively avoiding it. I’ve tried leashing him and walking around. I’ve tried the sprays. I got artificial turf for his spot and take him there and say “go potty” and he knows damn well what “go potty” means. I even took rocks the dogs piss on from my old apt complex and put them there.
He’ll either just stare at me, lay down or he’ll pretend looking like he’s about to pee, even lift his leg but won’t actually go. After doing this all day, when he can’t hold it anymore, he’ll squat awkwardly like a girl and let it all out. When he does that I praise him and give him so many treats. Or he just won’t go at all.
Don’t worry, I do eventually go on a long walk. But I live in the desert and it decided to be the hottest spring in history. It’s already like 95 degrees so I have to wait until night to go on a walk. When we do, he’s totally normal and loves to pee on everything. But in the yard, I feel like he’s messing with me because he wants me to walk him. So he just holds it so he can use that piss later to mark all over the place out in the world. So would it be messed up if I just stop walking him for like a week or so until he just goes by himself in the yard?
Summers coming and it will be 110+ where I live. Plus I work late nights so I’ll come home at 3am and go on that much needed walk. But during the day I really just need him to go do his business quickly in the shaded turf area I set up for him.
Any advice?
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