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Wow! - let me see if i've got the facts straight -
he's approx 6-MO, he's not yet housetrained, he won't urinate at all in the fully-paved back yard of the house but pees indoors consistently, & last but not least, he averages FOUR stools daily, & urinates 7 to TEN TIMES each day?!?!...
No, i would not say that's "normal" for a 6-MO dog.
How many meals per day is he fed? -
generally, young pups have as many stools as they have meals, so an 8 to 10-WO toy-breed pup who's fed 3 to 4X each day [such as a Chihuahua, as they're prone to hypoglycemia when very young, & need frequent small meals] will produce 3 to 4 tiny stools, each day.
Once they're a little older, 3 to 5-MO, & eating 2 to 3X per day, the number of stools drops to 1 or 2, larger stools, per day.
This pup isn't a teeny-weeny toy pup, nor is he an under-3-MO infant - he's pubertal, & as far as Mother Nature is concerned, he's an adult - he can breed anytime. // I can't imagine a 6-MO voiding 4 stools each day, every day of the week!
That's quite incredible.Is he being overfed? - too much in = too much to push out, much of it only semi-digested.
Re the urinary issues:
does he have a shipping-crate for safe confinement indoors? // If not, that's my #1 task:
i'd buy a used airline-approved shipper. See GumTree, PreLoved, CraigsList, etc, for used shipping crates. Used saves approx half the new-retail cost.
To determine the correct size, take him to any pet-supply & try on their floor-model shipping crates, or even wire "Show" crates [just don't buy a show crate; they're dangerous in transit, & IME are a lousy design for in-home use, as the shallow trays splatter, crack / bend / warp /split / rust / flake paint, depending on whether they're plastic or sheet-metal; they leak & overflow, M dogs can pee thru the mesh sides onto the household furnishings or carpets, etc, etc].
Shipping crates have solid bottoms of a single molded body; they cannot leak, & good models have a raised inner deck with a shallow moat around it, so that spills [vomit, food, urine, diarrhea...] run into the moat, & the dog is relatively clean & needn't lie in the mess, waiting to be let out.
Shipping crates are the gold standard for safe pet-transport, & provide a virtually inescapable safe place to confine a dog, with privacy for the dog & protection from floor-level drafts [as soon as they lie down, they're invisible, except via the door itself].
2nd, i'd buy 2 belly-bands for him -- one to wear, one as a spare -- he'd wear one ALL THE TIME in the house, it'd only come off when we're outdoors, & the disposable panty-liner in it would be replaced every 12-hrs minimum, plus whenever it's soiled or dirty.
3rd, he'd be on a leash for every potty-trip, & i'd play ping-pong.
Out the door, take him to that 2-ft x 3-ft Astro-turf welcome mat, remove his belly-band, wait 5 to 10-mins... patiently; don't play with the dog, don't play CandyCrush on yer mobile, don't talk to him, don't walk about, STAND THERE & BE A POST. Watch birds, count clouds, read the tags on passing cars & make mental bets as to whether the next tag will end odd or even.
Do anything, but STAND there.No results? - put on his belly-band, go indoors, pop him into the crate. // 10 to 15-mins later, REPEAT - & keep repeating it, 5 to 10 outside, nude, 10 to 15 in the crate, CLOTHED, until he finally pees.
Carry very-high-value tidbits along every time - pea-sized bits of lean diced beef, chkn-breast, pouch tuna, freeze-dried lamb-lung or FD green tripe, etc. Be prepared to give him a JACKPOT when he finally urinates outdoors - 6 to 12 individual, pea-sized or half-pea sized tidbits of low-fat protein, each one delivered singly just as fast as he swallows the previous one, with a nonstop flow of warm, quiet, sincere praise, as a sauce to accompany his jackpot.
Getting the 1st success is the big hurdle - after that, it gets easier & easier.
- terry
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