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I have a 6 month old Pit x Cane Corso x Staff and he just isn't getting the concept of telling us when he wants to go out. We take him out and he'll do his business and we praise him and then we'll come back in and he'll still do more business inside. It's driving me insane as our flat is stinking all the time no matter how much we clean and I just don't know what to do with him anymore. I really don't want to get rid of him, but I don't know what else to do.
Someone please help!
Clean wherever he messed with an enzyme based cleaner to get rid of the scent. Put him on a strict walking and feeding schedule. Crate him if he continues to mess. He will get the idea fast
I have a 3.5 month old puppy. She was doing very well with peeing on puppy pads, but would not poop on them ever. She did very well going potty outside. I taught her the phrase "go potty". Then my husband and I went on vacation for 5 days while my brother puppy sat. Now she does not want to go on the pad, even when I bring her to it and tell her to "go potty" when she wakes from a long nap.
She has started to pee on our bed, which she also sleeps on, and her own bed, and the couch, and also the doorway to our bedroom. At first I thought it was because my husband had previously bought lavender scented pads and lavender scented floor cleaner, but we have changed both. We are very frustrated, and don't know what to change to get her re trained
Your poor little puppy is confused with the change in top male! He/she is marking territory all over the place in an effort to get things right.
I'm losing the will to live. I have exhausted everything I know to stop my 4 month old Newfoundland puppy from peeing in the kitchen and then barking to tell me she's done it.
I have tried everything to get her to 'tell' me she wants out to poo and pee. Every morning I get up at 6am and my kitchen floor is flooded with wee and a mound of poo. I take her out in the garden the last thing at night for around half an hour and she finally wees, but does not poo.
She also pees in the kitchen and then she barks to go out. What she does, I keep taking her out after meals, and if she leans on the back door as if a sign then she wants to go out. She doesn't do anything so I let her back in, within 20 mins or so, she will pee or poo in the kitchen. Then she will bark to 'tell me' and want to go out. I'm sick of it.
She poos every morning in the same place in the garden and wees which is great. Then it all goes to pot. She will then go about her day with me and if she is in the kitchen later on she will wee and poo.
What on earth am I doing wrong? I have tried everything - praise and treats when she's pooed in the garden. I'm so upset it's as tho she hates me. I hope someone can answer me.
Your little dog is trying hard to comply with your demands but she has got very confused. Perhaps she thinks that just pooping or peeing is enough to be rewarded for, that's why she barks to tell you!
My puppy, a German Shepherd mix, is 9 weeks old. She is doing well for the most part with potty training; we take her out very often. She has "cues" that let us know she has to poop. But, sometimes she will run and pee on her potty pad (yay), and then run in her crate and poop all over her blankets.
She, for some reason, thinks this is what she is supposed to do. If I catch her in time, I bring her out and she goes outside, but that does not always happen. And, she is in the crate for about 45 minutes to 1 hour after I leave the house in the morning and before my fiance gets home from his job. She always messes in the crate in that time. It doesn't seem to matter if she poops before I leave or not.
Some people have mentioned using part of her crate for a potty and part for sleeping. Her crate is big enough, but right now we have the divider to make it small. Any suggestions appreciated!
Try using a clicker and small treat when she does perform outside on a walk. When she associates the two - click, treat and pooping outside, use the same method inside when she wets the pad. No notice or reward or scolding when she poops inside, unless of course it happens to be on the pad! If you could keep a pad inside her crate this might speed things a little.
Is there a blanket in the crate? if so is it the same colour as the potty tray? or does it have the same feel or thickness?
I was never a believer in potty pad so I think it teaches the dog to go potty in the house.
Try tons of praise when she goes potty outside.
Be sure after she drinks she goes outside within half hour and withhold all water after 6 PM.
You can also try take her outside of her crate in the morning put her outside to go potty if she doesn't go potty put her back in the cage try it again 15 minutes later.
A reward would be freedom so when she does go potty outside she gets to play in the house.
Also sometimes people a cage that's too large so the dog can actually get away from an accident they might have in the cage. Dogs are very clean by nature and don't want to be in a cage with poop.
My very smart Pit/Boxer mix is 11 weeks old and house broken. When we leave and do not take him with us he gets mad. When we come back he will snub us. He will also wait then poop in front of us or in front of the sink. He acts like he doesn't care if he is put in time out. How do we fix this?
Once he got in trouble for chewing up my laptop cable. The next day while on the couch he barked at me. I looked and then ignored him. I looked again when he touches me, he has my phone charger in his mouth. I swear if he could talk he would say "make my day". Please help.
I have a an 8 month old pup, a mix of Cavalier King Charles and Poodle. We have limited his access to our home for house training purposes, and this has worked well; he rarely has an accident.
I want to extend his area of freedom in our home, but every time we try, he poops in the new area. Is this because he doesn't consider it part of his den? What can I do?I am house training a dog without using a crate. I have a 8 month old rescue Jack Russell, she is a rescue dog. I have had her a month now. I have to work 7 hours a day during which time I leave her in the front room with a stair gate. She goes out for the toilet before I leave.
When I return from work I find she has peed and had a number 2 whilst I have been out. It's not really a massive problem as I can't expect her to hold for 7 hours a day! I just want to know will this gradually stop? And is it just because she is still young? Please help.Are you asking when your dog will be able to hold urine and feces until you arrive home from work? Seven hours and longer is a long time for anyone, dog or human, to hold. Are you always able to hold your urine for seven hours or more? Dogs are not designed to hold their urine for hours each day and need freedom for their biological processes-exactly the same as you! Dogs are living beings on this earth and have emotional, psychological and physical needs just like you. They are not automatons to be programed to adjust to your requirements.
Ideally, dogs should be allowed easy access to outside via a doggie door. Unfortunately, many dogs are not given this freedom and when they have "accidents", their owners blame them, not the lack of freedom. When the dogs then have urinary tract infections from "holding", etc., their owners are angry to have to pay vet bills when the problem is not the fault of the dog.
Smaller dogs are not able to hold urine as long as the larger breeds. Even larger breeds have problems "holding" for long periods. Also, every dog, large and small, is different and may not behave in the manner you require. So, in your situation, you can not expect your dog to eventually hold to your specific requirements, even in adulthood.
If you are not willing to accept your dog's individual "pee and poop needs", whatever they are now and in the future, you should seriously consider returning him to the rescue shelter and purchase a stuffed dog toy that should easily meet your particular needs.
So I got this 8 month old Pug from my coworker. He was crate trained, but not house broken. He is now 1, he knows to ask to go out. But about every other week he has days where he whines after he's gone instead of B4. He sleeps in his crate, but has learned to let himself out of it. So he keeps peeing/pooping on my kitchen floor which is the room he's locked in.
I thought he was just mad because he didn't have the run of the house, but that's not helping either. Also as I put him outside, unless I go out with him, I have to give him a push out the door every time. Help please.By ceanaytolla from MI
Your dog may have a medical problem that can explain his difficult to understand behavior. Please take him to your vet for help. The vet can examine your dog and, if there is a medical problem, recommend appropriate treatment. The vet can also help with recommedations to help you help your dog learn acceptable behavior.
How can I stop my puppy from pooing or weeing on the floor or his bed? He is on pads and newspaper, but he does not go on it. We just got him today and he weed once on the pads. He is only 12 weeks old and he is a Cockerpoo.
By Lauren from Newcastle
Consider life from his perspective-he was taken from an environment he knew well in his initial 12 weeks of life, to a completely new environment! He does not know the layout, new rules, new people and, possibly, other animals in his new home.
Please give him time to settle in, make many mistakes, learn new behaviors, his new environment, etc. It will take weeks, if not months, to learn all the new survival tactics he must achieve to thrive in your new requirement.
How well did you perform to expectations at the comparable human age of 3-4 years old?
I agree with the first poster's comments. No puppy is going to learn that fast where to go for potty time. That being repeated, let's focus on how to train the new puppy. Begin by leaving the pee pad in the same location all the time and when you first notice puppy getting ready to squat, lift it gently to the wee pad. If you take the pup outside for potty time, take it to the same location every time. It will smell the spot; recognize it and eventually will know what to do.
It's going to take time; be patient and never swat it in the face with newspaper because it didn't go where you wanted it to as that's improper training technique or scream/holler at it either. Dogs love to please their master and eventually with time/patience you will successfully have trained your pet to use the designated area. If you have another dog, you could take the pup to the same spot where the dog uses potty and it will go there more readily and eventually you won't have to wait very long for it to get down to business.
I have a beautiful six week old Pit Bull puppy, it lives with us in the house. The problem is that it poos everywhere it likes in the house. My dog does not like to poo outside. Please help. How do I teach my dog not to poo inside the house?
By Archie T from South Africa
I'm the proud momma of two 6yr old pits myself and I had double the poop. lol. Well I would catch them by the scruff and put their nose right in front of it and say no, no and after a few times they would get a pop on the rear with a newspaper, but then I'd take the poop and them and put it on the training pad by the door and make them sit there for a minute. And also you can take the poop outside and put it in the yard where you want them to go outside. I know its gross hauling poop around but hey its little piles now lol wait til he is 6 yrs old! And I just did the same thing with the paper towel with the peepee on it! Good Luck!
Hello,
Please call your Veterinarian for any advice. Your puppy is now ready for his first round of vaccines. Please do not hit your puppy or use anything to hit him. Hitting him will make him lose any trust, confidence & love that he will have for you and might even make him aggressive as he will want to defend himself if he is hit.
Good luck with your new fur baby.
A six week old puppy should still be with it's mother until eight weeks of age. Have you considered taking puppy out in to the back-yard on a regular basis during the day especially after meals? Dogs can not "think back" so punishment is useless and unless you are prepared to realize puppy is like having a baby in the house why did you have it in the first place. Good luck you don't need to be a Rocket Scientist to train a Dog.
We are the proud owners of a beautiful 17 week old German Shepherd boy. He is doing wonderfully in all aspects except for one issue. We take him out hourly for potty breaks. We take him out 20 minutes after a meal and we take him out 20 minutes into playtime.
Because we own an older dog who doesn't want the puppy jumping on her, I have set up a playpen area for Spencer to play in and stocked it with toys. Well, we are now noticing that after he goes out, I put him in the pen to play (which he does), but within 10 minutes I see he has peed and pooped again. He has already gone when outside. Why is he doing this? I feel like all we do is take him out to go to the bathroom. It is frustrating to all of us. Anyone have any insight?
By Lisa from MA
Perhaps you simply need to stay out of the older dog and newer dog learning to socialize with one another. Sometimes it's best to let all beings work it out amongst themselves instead of trying to control a situation. Why don't you try not separting them for a couple/three weeks and see what happens? Chances are the younger dog is having anxiety over not being able to get to know a being he wants to be his pal and you might also be underestimating your older dog's love and affection capabilities too.
It could be what you are feeding him like to much soft food. Also he might be feeling some anxiety with confusion on why he is being penned up. Good luck an lots of love to your new arrival.
Welcome to "puppy world" your sweet German Shepherd boy is one of the most intelligent canine breeds in the world and should "never ever" be restricted from canine companions. It's not always wise to have a puppy when the older animal has been the only one and set in their ways. Please let him play with the adult under your strict supervision and if the older female is nice natured she will let him know when play-time is ended.
Just as his mother would have with him and his litter-mates. Good luck with both animals.
Our Lakeland Terrier is 15 months old and we are having a difficult time getting him to hold his bodily functions until he gets outside. He will not usually poop or pee in the house when we are with him, but if we leave him alone or if he wakes up in the morning before we do, he will do his business as he pleases.
Will he do his business in the house, if he is tied on? Our cocker spaniel will not IF she is tied on, but if we are not home and forgot to tie her up we can expect a present to clean up when we get home. Overnight she will go 14 hours before she asks to get off the leash and wants to go outside to do her business and...she is 14 years old. She even sleeps in like my teenagers want to.
We just attach the leash to a table leg in the kitchen and have her food and water within reach. We do not put her in a kennel in the house.
I have owned several dogs over the years and the best way to housetrain them is to get some sort of crate for them to be in when you are not able to pay attention to them or when you have to be gone. Most dogs won't go in the place where they have to sleep. If you dog cannot wait until you get up in the morning to let him out, then this is probably your best bet. Also, have you been careful to get him on a schedule and keep him on one? My 2 dogs are on a schedule and they do just fine. Unless they would be sick for some reason, they never have accidents. Sometimes they are in for 12 hours overnight without an accident so it can be done. Also, have your dog checked out by your vet. Just make sure there are no physical problems. It doesn't sound like there is, but it's not worth it to take chances. Good luck!
A veternarian in Nashville recommends that if your dog was initially crate trained to resume the crate training if an accident should occur. After a couple of days, the accidents should stop. I have a 7 year old dacshund and this works for him. Sometimes dog's will do this or even tear up things due to separation anxiety. Good Luck!
We have a 4 month old Cocker Spaniel, who we regularly take out into the back garden for a wee or a poo. He has a spot where he goes. When indoors he will go to the back door to be let out to go to toilet, but he will also wee and poo on our carpet in the hallway.
Is there a way we can stop him doing this?
I have a 4 month old female German Shepherd. We go outside to potty as soon as we wake up, 10 minutes after 1st feeding, and multiple times throughout the day. I feed her according to what is recommended on her food. Her last feeding is no later than 4pm. She goes out to potty 5 to 6 times between then and bedtime. Also, right before bedtime.
Even with scheduled feedings, recommended food amounts, and tons of outside time (with treat training and kennel training) she poops 2 to 3 times during the middle of the night! She has 2 other dogs that are completly house trained in the house and we give her tons of excersize. How do I solve this? Help!I have a 16 week old Husky. When I take her outside to go to the bathroom she would just go pee. Then I give her a treat. Then when I bring her back inside, after 10 minutes she'll poo on a pee pad or next to it.
Then other times when she goes towards the door to go to the bathroom I'll take her outside and all she does is just sit there. I don't know what to do.My puppy pees in the house after being outdoors all day. I bought him a new bed and he has peed on that as well. Any advice?
Two weeks ago we got a male Standard Poodle at 4 months of age. In his former home he was one of four dogs, and there was a fenced yard and doggy door. He was "mostly housebroken" and totally crate trained, but the breeder noted that he was on the timid side.
Since we got him, he has been very attached to me. I assume because I'm the one who is with him the most. I am home with him all day. I have no doggy door and don't have a fenced yard, so I've been taking him outside to go potty. He usually goes after he's outside awhile and is learning to go on command. However, the first day we had him home he pooped in two rooms that we don't use much, on carpets. I have blocked those rooms, but he still tries to sneak in there when he has to go. If I catch him in time, he will poop outside.
We were advised to let him "graze" rather than feed him meals because of Poodle tendencies to develop bloat if they eat too much, so he poops 3-4 times a day. In his previous home the floors were all tile or hardwood, so we figured he had maybe never been on carpeting and thought it was a place to potty. He has also peed a few times inside, and he has also peed small amounts in his crate overnight, as well as in the car. In fact, every time he goes in the car he pees a little, or I guess I should say, he leaks, even if we have just watched him pee right before getting into the car. I assumed the peeing/leaking is stress/anxiety related, and that was kind of affirmed for me when I took him in the car and fed him treats the whole time. As long as I give him treats, he seems to not leak.
Do these pottying issues seem like things that he will grow out of? He will be getting neutered in a couple weeks and I'm wondering if that may help? Basically, I think he's an easily frightened pup. Other than these issues, he's very smart (I'm working on training him to ring bells to go outside) and a very calm dog. It seems odd that he has these anxiety issues. Anyone have similar experiences or thoughts on how to stop the unwanted peeing and pooping?
We just adopted a pup from southern California that was running the streets. She is an American Pit Bull, 6-8 months old. She keeps going potty in the house.
Every time we take her outside she cowers, tucks her tail, and will not go to the bathroom even if we put her in the grass. Any suggestions?My 3 month old puppy has been with us for about 2 1/2 weeks and she only has accidents when we are home. We are vigilant on letting her out every 1-2 hours. However many times she pees at the door or she will sneak into the other room to relieve herself. Many times right before or after we let her out.
Normally I would say it's just that she cannot hold it, but when we are gone or when we are asleep (we put up a baby gate and she is either in the master bathroom or laundry room) she can hold it for 4-6 hours with zero accidents. I am not sure what to do to correct this issue!By Amanda R.
