Puppy Potty Problems?
The old owner of the puppy I bought probably trained him with the pads, because now, he seems to be searching for a small piece of carpet to pee on. We are taking him outside to go potty everyday, and he has been doing a GREAT job, but occasionally, when we take our eyes off him for the slightest second while he's outside his kennel, he went potty on the carpet. Some articles say to tell the puppy off while he's doing it wrong, and we did do that. Not that much improvement, just an unhappy puppy. Any suggestions to stop this?
Also, EVERY TIME before poo, our pup goes hyper and crazy. He starts barking, digging, eating every leaf on sight, pulling up clumps of dirt and grass and eating it, running in circles and zig zags, growling, pouncing and so on for like five minutes before going poo. Is this supposed to be normal or something I should take care of? It is really annoying every time this happens because he doesn't listen to anything. He doesn't respond to sit, stop, no, down, his name and everything else he's learned. Please help stop this behavior.