Yes, I know this is strange, but the truth is, it’s happening in my house and I’m not sure how to rearrange things in order for it to work. All over the place, small dogs have been taught to use a litter box with little to no problems. We have a 4.5 month old puppy who will never get to weigh more than 12 pounds, so the litter box is great. We live on the 5th floor, so sometimes walking outside is a problem. Anyway, long story short, our puppy is litter box training and while that’s fine and dandy, he uses it 95% of the time, the biggest concern we have now is that we have one litter box shared between our cat and dog. Both use it as they should, except the puppy has this disgusting (but very common) habit of eating the cat feces as soon as she’s gone potty. Most of the time, we can scoop it up and get rid of it before the puppy has a chance to notice, but sometimes we’re not that fast and by the time we get up to scoop it, he’s dragged out some and is munching on it on the carpet floor. Either that, or he’ll go in after it’s been scooped up and eat the litter that still tastes like the poop. They share the same box. We can’t really put the cat’s litter box in a different room. Due to our heating and air conditioning, using a separate room for this is impossible because the doors are always closed. I thought about using the larger box that we have with taller sides (the puppy can’t get into this box) but then our cat will just go in that box and thus, the problem will start all over again. Is there any advice anyone can offer? It’d really be appreciated.
Litter box training was very simple and took little to no effort, I was actually surprised. We started one night but setting him in the box and saying ‘bathroom’ over and over. He went on the first time we set him in the box.. Ever since, he’s pretty much been doing it on his own.
Also, thanks for the answer. The only available other room we have for the cat’s litter box to go has birds in it. Do you see my dilemma? Lol.
You will never be able to get them to stop once they start liking "tootsie rolls" as we call them in our house. Dogs love cat poop and it is pretty bad for them. My dog got sick right before christmas and I had to take her to the vet because of it. Separate the boxes or perhaps invest in an automatic litter box (not sure how it would work witht the puppy) I think that they are motion activated and scoop the box after it is used.
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