Expert: Kaza - 12/30/2010

Question
Dear Kaza-i have a beautiful 3.5 month bichon frise boy whom is happy and full of life i take him for one long walk and 2 shorter walks a day but he will not poop and just abouts manages on the odd occation to wee out side he will come home stand by the back door untill i let him out in the garden where he will do hes toilet-he is preety much house trained and will go on hes matt if he needs to with the odd accident am i doing somthing wrong are hes walks not long enough please help if you can thanks Lisa

Answer
Hiya Lisa
this is completely normal behaviour and he will start to poop outside once he gains confidence. Trust me be patient and it will happen, alot of this behaviour is down to the breeder not toilet training their babies from the minute they are born. I remember one dog I advised over was near two before he felt confident enough to poop outside even after a two hour walk.
Here is some info as you have a male dog and this will rear its head again soon.Copy and paste the lnk into your browser then print off for a rainy days reading.
http://www.versailles-kennels.co.uk/?p=p_93&sName=male-dogs

here is some more info that you should learn as it will help you through the days when you feel all is lost;
http://www.versailles-kennels.co.uk/?p=p_69&sName=crate-training-
http://www.versailles-kennels.co.uk/?p=p_72&sName=grooming-
http://www.versailles-kennels.co.uk/?p=p_98&sName=products-we-recommend-
if you also go to
www.eurobichons.com and log in the site will open up and use new mums area it has a plethora of articles that you will find useful.

Happy 2011