Do you punish a dog that eliminates in its crate?

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xxinkmexx

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I have a 9 week old German Shepherd that I just got yesterday, I take her outside to eliminate regularly, almost every 30 minutes or so and she produces.

Today I took her outside, let her roam around for about five minutes and when she did not produce I put her in her crate and went to the bank. Not more than an hour later I returned to find that she had eliminated (feces) in her crate. I did not punish her due to the fact that I have read that you do not punish the dog if you do not catch it in the act or shortly there-after. I took her outside, she did not eliminate, I gave her a bath and put her in the clean half of the crate (a large crate with a divider.)

My question is primarily: if she does do this again, do I allow her to wallow in it and suffer? Does this teach her a lesson? Or do I proceed as I previously had?
 
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shelly89

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well you have to patient talk to her and let her understand their are also sprays that help them not poop in the area you dont want them too go to petsmart or something so they can give you advice
 
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FRANKFUSS

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She's 9 weeks old for God sake!!!

Did you think it would be easy raising a puppy? If you can't handle housebreaking in a humane and SANE way, perhaps you shouldn't have a dog in the first place.

Did you honestly think that a 9 week old puppy should;
1, be away from it's mother so early
2. be housebroke in a day
3, crate trained in a day
 
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Jade.

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You don't let her sit in it. You have to keep taking it outside regularly to teach her not to. If you wanna punish her do it during or soon after. I dunno what you mean by punish though.

It's 9 weeks, barely anything. And why's it in a crate?
 
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