won't pee in the rain

Cali will not pee outside when it is raining. Well, actually she will
but its only after she's out for 10 minutes, crated for 5 minutes, out again
for 10 minutes, crated for 5 minutes, etc until finally she gives up and
goes (which she doesn't do when its not raining). I usually take her

Handsome Jack Morrison...

That could mean that she'll go in the rain, but only when she really
needs to go.

outside in the normal spot (where she gets wet because there's nothing to
keep her dry) but I've also tried taking her out in the front where she
could be under the extended part of the roof (to keep dry). Still she won't

Handsome Jack Morrison...

She might go "out in the front" more easily if you'd take her there
more often, e.g., when it's not raining.

go potty. She did go out into the rain to poop so its not the rain she
doesn't like. I can't figure out what she's thinking and why she doesn't

Handsome Jack Morrison...

Exactly.

like to pee outside in the rain. Anyone else have a clue?

Kathleen...

Zane, my male BC, and Cooper, the JRT, will pee and poop outdoors on
lead pretty much on command. Little Miss Scully (6 yr old female BC),
on the other hand, does not like to poop on lead. You've got to walk
her and walk her and be constantly alert to the slightest hesitation or
roaching of the back so you can stop and turn your back and pretend an
intense interest in the horizon so she can get on with it, fergodssake.
Earlier this spring she caused me more than the usual grief at the
Motel 6 in East Peoria. It was abot 10 o'clock on cold, nasty, windy
night. Maybe 30 degrees out but with a hard, cutting wind that smelled
like the snow and freezing rain that blew through a few hours later.
She and the other two had eaten, been walked, and the boys had taken
care of business and were already back in the hotel room watching the
cartoon network with the kids. And here I am parading up and down this
narrow strip of grass in this scary armpit of a neighborhood (never
again!), waiting for Scully to drop a load that I knew damned good and
well she needed to relieve herself of.
So as I'm passing the front door yet again, one, two, three police
cruisers come whipping into the lot and park directly in front of the
office. About that time I decide I probably need to be back in my room
with the deadbolt closed. But as I'm heading inside one of the cops
jumps in front of me, leans in, and says, "What's wrong? What's the
matter?"
Dumbfounded, I stuttered "Nothing" and tried to backstep, which is hard
with a dog hiding behind your knees. "She won't poop", gesturing at my
cringing shadow.
"Well then why do your eyes look like that, and how come your nose is
all red? Huh?"
"It's cold outside, and windy, too, and I've been walking and walking
her and she won't poop." I dug into my pocket and held up an empty
ziplock sandwich bag in mute testimony.
About that time the desk clerk came scurrying into the foyer, waving
her arms frantically... "No, no, that's not her. She's over here."
My interogator pointed his finger at me and reluctantly said, "*You*
can go now", as if still incredulous that anybody who looked like me at
that moment might actually not be the victim of domestic violence.
I swear to god, the next tournament we go to there's going to be a box
of glycerine suppositories in the first aid kit...

montana wildhack...

While the subject of domestic violence isn't funny, we really laughed
at this story!

FurPaw...

I've been annoyed when my dog won't poop, but nothing like this!

One thing seems to help in situations of desperation, though it's
a bit gross. I pull a blade of grass and stick the pale
end...erm... where the poop isn't coming out. It seems to
trigger a reflex, and usually a poop follows within a minute or
two. Kind of like an on-the-spot suppository. (It's too soft to
do any harm to the dog.)

Handsome Jack Morrison...

Lots of things could be going on here.

It might not be the rain; it might be the place.

It might even be your own demeanor.

But if it is the rain, it might behoove you to condition her to going
"out in the front" where she has some shelter from the rain.

I presume you have trained her to go on command?

For example, say, to the expression "Hurry up!"?

flick...

If she's going out on the grass - she doesn't like the feel of wet grass on
the back of her legs when she squats. She doesn't squat as far when she
poops, so it doesn't bother her then.

MauiJNP...

very good point. I didn't think of it that way.

flick 100785

Janet B...

Lucy HATES to. I make her anyway, most of the time, but since I know
she can hold it forever, as long as she's not in distress, I let her
wait.

MauiJNP...

I imagine that would be ok when I am 100% certain that she wouldn't go pee
in the house but we aren't there yet. I am 99% sure she won't pee in the
house because she hasn't in a while if you don't count the accident she had
today (which was my fault). Today, with the rain and my not really feel
well, I let her run around in my room (while I was resting) even though she
failed to go potty after 3 rounds of out/crate/out/crate, etc. She started
to pee in my room and I was able to stop her and take her outside. She did
not finish out there but clearly had to go more. I crated her and then took
her out again. She did finally finish. I think if it wasn't raining, she

MauiJNP...

ok.

MauiJNP...

sounds fair enough, I will take her there more often when its not raining.

MauiJNP...

Maui goes on command but Cali doesn't yet. I was just thinking today that
by the time Maui was Cali's age, he was able to go on command. So far, I
have been very consistant about the phrase I use and trying to mark it. I
stay out with her until she goes so I always am able to give her the praise.
Here's a typical day when its not raining....I take her out, put the harness
on her and she has 50 feet of lead to use. I say "Cali go potty". She
smells around for a bit and I repeat the phrase "Cali go potty". If she
still doesn't go, I say the phrase intermittantly. When she looks like she
is going to start going potty, I say "Cali go potty" again. Then I tell her
"yes, good potty, yes good girl" as she is going. She knows when she is
done she can play because after she goes potty she gets told "go play". She
usually takes a few minutes to go after we go out (even in the morning when
she's been holding it for the 8-10 hours). Am I doing something wrong?

would have gone pee the first time outside because she does on other days.