Dirtiest dogs in a Kennel ? - Page 2

Hmmm my GSDs are clean in thir kennel.Although the pups from my male were horrible!!! I would walk them forever and then as soon as i put them back in their cage they would crap!! Grrrr The males I have now are fine. The ones that were going to be police dogs where I use to work were pigs...well at least the ones that made it as K-9s.The ones that were clean tended to be washouts. It was a strange observation

That is a problem with some kenneled dogs. But this is LEARNED and NOT particular to a breed.

I have found that if puppies are not given the opportunity once they come of that age that the bitch no longer cleans them and their messes, and they are not taken to a proper place to relieve themselves, they will literally become "immune" to living in their own waste. They fail to develop a distaste for it because the have no place to escape from it. It is purely a way to cope with a bad situation.

It is a NATURAL INSTINCT for animals not to sleep or eat where they mess!

My guess is the pups were left in a small area where they had no choice but to eliminate wherever they could - eventually having no clean place to rest. I have never seen a German shepherd dog that will soil in one area of the kennel unless it failed to develop this distaste.

Or if its a dog that has anxieties about being kenneled (for long periods of time) or at being left alone, or has separation anxiety, etc. - therefore it may run around or pace frantically, too anxious to be aware of having fouled itself and its living area.

Solution:
Have fewer dogs.
Organize your priorities and do the work.

My import male (7 mos)was a filthy kennel dog, but once he was house broke he stopped pooping in his kennel and now waits until I get home to poop and pee. I figured it was just being a kennel dog with maybe not the cleanist of kennels, I was glad I broke the habit though.  YUK!!!

IMO- Given a run large enough for them to go around their poop, and most GSD's will avoid it. A 3.75' x 10' run is NOT large enough for a GSD.

My experience has been that the following outside factors contribute to the issue: 

Breed:  The larger the breed the bigger the droppings;  The longer the coat the greater the mess;  The more active the dog the more the droppings and urine will be tracked through, etc.

Feed:  The more grain, corn, and other roughage in your feed the looser the dropping, therefore, more crap getting tracked through the kennel.  Solid stool less mess.  If loose stool is a problem start with vet check for worms, probably not the problem but if it is you want to knock it out.  Try a feed w/o corn or wheat and such fillers, may cost more but I end up feeding less for better results.
One other thing, I have a very high drive male, 3 yrs old, running his kennel most of the day, even with extended exercise time.  So, I haven't found anything that firms up his crap.  Some dogs may just be messy. 

Exercise:  I am able to exercise my dogs at approx. the same times each day. This allows them to run in the pasture to crap and go to the creek to swim for a few minutes 30-45 min or so while I clean and disinfect kennels and put out feed and water.  I know most of you can't do this.  But this helps greatly as they tend to hold their crapping ad peeing to a large degree until they can go in the grass.

So these are my thoughts:  GSD's are no more filthy than say an Akita, Collie, Rottie, Mal, etc.  I LOVE MY SHEPHERDS

TUFF