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Q: unusual potty shyness

asked by: piperpup on October 11th, 2008

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I have recently added a 6 month old Border collie/Australian Shep mix to my family. The problem is that she appears to only urinate and deficate at night on paper...with no one else around. No matter what I try, I cannot get her to "potty" in the daytime. This cannot be healthy for her. Suggestions please.....HELP!

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TMJWorld

replied on November 10th, 2008

Extremely eHealthy

what is her history? i mean what was the situation before you got her? was she a rescue? that may explain some of this

lele25

replied on November 17th, 2008

Active User, very eHealthy

This may sound silly, but what if you tried taking the paper/training pad outside and pretend to ignore her? Maybe she hasn't designated "her spot" outside yet, so she's thinking that the paper is her spot. My dogs both have certain spots in the yard and almost always go to that location to potty.

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