My Jack Russell (10) keeps on urinating and pooing in the house, in spite of the door being open all the time. I got her two years ago and was told she is house trained, but obviously that is not the case.
In cases like this where you have taken an older dog from another person the dog is acting out and not wanting to go outside to the toilet. You may need to get a crate and crate the dog when it6 is in the house. Other than this you will need to start potty training the dog all over again for your home. Every hour on the hour the dog should be taken outside to the yard to go to the toilet. If this does not help a trainer is needed in order to retain the dog to go outside to the toilet.
You may need a black light to locate the remains of urine/feces in carpet and floors. The dog recognizes it's turf. It would be a good idea to take the dog outdoors every 2-3 hours to go potty and have it go in the same location each time.
In my experience you will have to re-train him.Put him on a strict waling schedule.Leash him and give treats and praise for going outside.Put him out about every 2 hours,until you find a pattern of when he goes.
Is this a new behavior or ongoing? If new, please have the pup checked out by the vet for a health issue. If it is an on going issue and the pup is healthy, she is not to old to be crate trained. Crate training is very effective and requires consistent reinforcement of good behavior and ignoring of bad behavior.
Reward going out side. Keep the pup on a consistent schedule.
If you have never done crate training before, there are great, breed specific YouTube videos.
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My dogs have decided to potty in the house, it seems they will hold themselves til they come in. Especially now that's colder, they will just stand at the door. They especially like to use one upstairs bedroom to poop in, even after they pooped outside! What's the deal? How can I change this around, I don't leave food down and have been crating them, but still I find dog mess. Help.
By kathleen blakley from Shelbyville, IN
By angela from Durham, UK
Yes, your dog could very well be going through a grieving stage if there was a strong attachment made. We had a female dog who mourned over another dog's grave for a long time and was off her feed for awhile. With time she finally became her old self again.
Try changing the dog's daily routine and sway interests to other places like a walk in the park or woodland, a ride in the car. A new toy or treat. Anything that would draw the dog's mind toward focusing on something different/exciting. Do this for awhile and see if it helps any. In the meantime, put a pair of doggie panties on the dog; you can buy disposable at Family Dollar or washable ones over the internet. It'll save you from having to clean up so much or take a couple old hand towels and fold one inside the other for padding to catch the urine and the outer towel will be a band wrapping around the lower body and pin together.
I have a five year old Dachsie female (Abbie) who has regressed to puppy hood. She has had back trouble and has been sick. She pees on the carpet, so I have been keeping her in her crate. She does not drink much when she is in the crate and will not pee outside. After a few days, she will pee and poop on the floor because she cannot hold it.
I do not know the best way to train her again. I am used to her being with me all the time and feel mean to keep her in the crate. I don't know if this makes sense, but I need help. I guess my question is, how to you retrain a five year old? And how long do I let her out to spend time with her? And when I do, she may pee on the carpet. It is too hot to take her outside and spend time with her. How do I make it so that she does not feel abandoned and hate her crate?
By Elizabeth N.
My dog is peeing and pooping all over my clothes. He only does this when I leave him alone. He urinates and defecates all over my clothes and my couch, even to the point where he hides it under some clothes that are laid out on the couch!
When I'm home he has to be up under my feet constantly. If I move he moves. He's a great dog, potty trained and over all a very upbeat pooch. He is just as you want in a (man's best friend). Please help.
By Kyle R
I need some suggestions of what I can do to help my Shih Tzu, Maggie. I have had her for 13 years and she has always been a good girl. She would never mess on the floor or chew on anything and she was never aggressive. All she ever seemed to want was an occasional game or more than likely a cuddle.
July of last year I got married and my daughter and I moved with my husband to Kansas. A few months later we found out I was pregnant. I know this probably has something to do with her behavior now. If I am in the room and able to watch her 24/7 then she won't mess on the floor, but will sleep all day and not even ask to go out if I don't have her go out. However, we have had to keep her in the basement at nights because we are renting a house and cannot have her upstairs.
It is very frustrating because I know it isn't medical and I do not like having her down there even though I do let her upstairs for awhile during the day when I can sit there and watch her, but I can't leave her upstairs because as soon as we go to bed she messes on the floor.
Also, my 4 yr old daughter loves her and enjoys trying to cover her up with a blanket or holding her. She hasn't done anything to hurt Maggie, but Maggie refuses to have anything to do with her. She is always trying to hide and get away from my daughter and at one point snapped at her (she did not leave any marks though). And last of all Maggie has now stopped listening to any commands like come or quiet anymore. I have tried to go back over those commands like if she was just being trained, but she seems highly uninterested. It was thought maybe she is going deaf and having physical problems, but recently she spent the night with some neighbours and did just fine with them. She didn't even mess on their floor. When we tell her to come you can see her ears pointed back to us, but she just continues on with what she is doing. I have always liked to teach my dogs at least basic obedience and enjoy training dogs, but have never experienced this. I know what I shouldn't be doing, but am running short on ideas to stop this behavior. I want my dog back. Any ideas?
By Dessy M.
I have a 6 year old dog and now an 8 year old rescue. Both are potty trained, but I keep finding pee and poo in one room (and other rooms when it rains). I don't know which dog it is (sensing my first) so I scold both. Then I feel guilty. I have a dog door to a dog run and wonder if my first dog doesn't like the new dog's smell? Or is it anger? It's not medical. I thought it was the area rug being marked, but I got rid of it and now it's happening on the hardwood floors.
I'm losing my mind as I care for a special needs daughter and a toddler and have a highly stressful life. Please help me; I'm in tears. The rescue seems to like outdoors and his kennel - should I put him in one or the other when I'm not home? Then at least I'll know who's doing it? Help :(By Jamie F from San Diego, CA
My 3 1/2 year old female Boxer has started peeing and pooping in the house again. She's been trained for a couple of years now. Should I be concerned?
By Rochelle L.
I have 2 Jack Russells, a bitch and a male dog. He's the younger of the 2. They are both house trained, but I noticed he's started cocking his leg around the home, even straight after being out. He's done in on my daughter's doll pram, safety gates, anything really. He's 10 months old and I am stuck on what to try as he has access to the garden most of the day.
By Teresa
I have a Bichon Poodle mix. She will be 6 years old in September. For the last 3 nights she has been pooping and peeing in our bedroom and the living room. I take her out before I go to bed. She used to hit the bed and whine when she had to go out. Now she just does the deed. She doesn't do it in the day time when we're gone for an hour or so. My husband and I are here all day long.
By Barbara H.
I left my 1 year old Cockapoo for the first time about a week ago with a wonderful woman in her home. There are a few other dogs also there. When I picked up "Oliver" (my Cockapoo) everything seemed fine. A day later I am finding presents (poop and pee) in the house. He never has done this before. I walk him at the normal times. Not sure what to do here. Any suggestions?
By Mary Ellen
I have a 19 months old Lachon (cross Las/Bichon). We have had him since 12weeks old and we have house trained him. However within the last 2 weeks I have woken up to him having urinated and pooed in the house through the night on a few separate occasions. Nothing has changed in the house and he gets regular walks and meal times. Can anyone help as to what this could be? Its really frustrating and the vets are no use.
Thanks.
By Megan B
My dog has been an inside dog his entire life, he has been in a unit for 3 years and has a doggy toilet he has used for about a year without issue.
Four months ago he started peeping and pooping in my loungeroom on my rug and surrounding carpet.
I've scrubbed the carpet and even put up a doggy gate to restrict him from the area, he has broken the gate several times and is determined to use this as his spot to relieve himself.
If he can't manage to get through the gate, he'll use his doggy toilet (one of those grass patch covered things that drains into a tray beneath).
He won't pee or poop anywhere else, he just kills himself to get into the loungeroom whilst I'm out. Even when I'm home if I doze on the couch I sometimes wake up and catch him doing it.
Help!
By alexia
My two year old desexed female Staffy has recently started peeing and pooing in the house again. She is (was!) fully house trained and has access to the garden 24/7. Nothing about her feeding times, exercise, living arrangements, etc. has changed, and she recently got a clean bill of health from the vet. She keeps going in the same place in the house, and I have cleaned the space with that solution that is supposed to put them off peeing there.
I never catch her in the act because she goes in a corridor that can't be seen from the main living areas of the house, so I don't know how to dissuade her from going there. This is making my family hate my dog. Help!
By Jess T
