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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I'm a first time dog owner. I have a female mini Schnauzer who just turned 7 months old. She was potty trained, but recently has been having accidents in the house like peeing in the bed or someplace else in the house.
She's also had episodes of pooping in the house. Is this something to do with her being close to coming in heat?This could be part of the problem and then it could be an issue with her health. She could have some sort of bladder infection that needs to be treated.
Hi,
It is important to have a check-up at the vet. But more than likely, your puppy is having a growth spurt. In this event, just pick her up while saying 'lets go potty' in a pleasant voice. Once she goes potty, praise her, and bring the puppy back inside. I would take her out every few hours and increase it from there.
In addition, you might look at the food you are feeding. Most dog foods are made mostly of corn. Many times I have found grain -free food to be better for training.
I am sure you will help your pup through this growth stage and everything will go back to normal. Meal-timing and taking up water, a few hours before bed should help!
Have a good day,
---Robyn
Our 9 month old dog was rescued at age 4 months. She is dog door trained, yet sometimes poops and pees again inside, in 2 rooms which have been professionally enzyme cleaned.
She stopped for about a month, but started again. She does it even when we're home. The rest of our home is unsoiled. Help! (Yes, have scheduled another cleaning.)
We rescued a 2 yr old Chihuahua Terrier mix. He is neutered. He had a few accidents the first couple of days, then no accidents for 2 weeks. For the last week he has been pooping at least once a day in the house and today he peed. He has done this in a closet, 2 bathrooms, and the mudroom. Today he suddenly took off down the hall and I quickly followed. Too late, he was already done and on his way back.
Help.
Recently our 10 year old female Pug/Beagle mix has started to pee and poop in the house. We will take her out and walk around for up to 20-30 minutes with nothing.
We bring her in and as soon as we leave she goes. I have literally driven around the block and came home to find a mess.I have a 2 year old Cocker Spaniel. I recently noticed after a year and half of having her she has started to poo and wee on our carpet. I tried everything to stop her, even taking her for a walk at night, but still does it in the night.
I got a new carpet as I thought it hasn't got her scent and she won't do it, but she is still pooing and weeing on the carpet. Is there anything else anyone can suggest for her to stop please?I have a Pomeranian that is a year old, male. He is very intelligent, but very spiteful. We also have a Mastiff who seems to be an angel in comparison. Our Mastiff was completely housebroken by the time he was 3 months old. Our Pomeranian picks his leg up and pees on everything he can if he thinks we are not paying attention to him.
It had gotten so out of control that we actually put vinegar in our carpet scrubber and ran it to stop him from peeing around the house. That did work. He also knows to go outside. He is praised to go outside. We have had him vetted several times and he has no medical conditions and eats very high quality dog food. We have consulted with professionals and we seem to get the same answer as to well that's a small dog for you.
As soon as we put him in his kennel, he poops several times and rolls and smashes it all over himself. Yes he is in the proper cage size and we know most dogs do not like to step in their own feces. We tried to feed him in the kennel. No changes. He just craps and pees all over any bedding. We tried to spray vinegar in the cage also and it has had no effect. Our veterinarian who has been in business for about 60 years has actually recommended that I re-home the dog because we do have small children. And despite bathing him every single morning, he feels that the dog is gross and isn't worth the clean upbecause we are very busy with 4 little ones. I will not re-home him. I feel that it would be a bad idea.
I have tried to put puppy diapers on and he just craps in them anyways. I have had to shave him because it's just disgusting at this point. I need help. I don't know what else I can do to prevent this. I want people to understand that when I say my dog is spiteful I mean he is spiteful and that behavior has been noticed with our local dog trainer also.
My father-in-law came to visit and started petting our Pom first (big mistake) he pet him for about 10 or so minutes allowing him on his lap and our Mastiff wanted some attention also. My father-in-law was sitting on the floor btw. So as soon as he was petting the Mastiff and told our Pom to hold on a minute, he jumped up on the back of the couch and leaned right up against his back and lifted his leg and pissed all down my father-in-law's back. He is ruthless. He is very spiteful and most definitely intelligent, but in a very unproductive manner. Any suggestions?
My husband and I adopted a 2 year old Lab Pit mix about five days ago. Since day 1, he has had issues using the bathroom. I noticed immediately that he was not peeing or pooping outside. We live in an apartment complex and when we took him outside he just spent the whole time sniffing everything. He came from a home of two older women who, from what we have assumed, spoiled him and did not train him at all. At his old home, he did pee and poop on walks with his previous owner. When we adopted him his owner told us that he really loved his crate. We did not have one until the fourth day day we had him.
Day 1
We got him late at night so when we first got him we spent some time petting him and interacting with him trying to make him comfortable with us. He very quickly got comfortable with me, but was hesitant with my husband. This is understandable considering he came from a female only home. Eventually he warmed up and we were able to take him for a walk before bed. He did not use the bathroom, but we did not think much of it.
Day 2
I took our dog out in the morning for 45 minutes and he still did not use the bathroom. This concerned me, but I assumed he was still a little nervous. When we came in from our morning walk I fed him. Throughout the day I took him out about 5 times with no results. I fed him dinner and took him out about 2 hours later for 45 minutes and he did not poop or pee. About 20 minutes after bringing him back in he peed on our bathroom floor. While I cleaned, my husband took him out again to see if he would poop and he did not.
Day 3
When I woke up this morning, I realized he had peed on our bedroom floor. I cleaned it up and took him out (he still didn't use the bathroom). I took him out about 5 times throughout the morning and afternoon with no results. When my husband came home in the evening, he took the dog out and he finally pooped outside! We decided to make where he pooped his designated bathroom. After dinner, I took him to his new bathroom spot and he pooped again! We gave him praise each time he pooped outside.
Day 4
I took him out about 3-4 times throughout the day and he did not use the bathroom at all. When my husband came home in the evening, he brought his new crate and our dog was very excited. He made himself at home in his crate very fast. We took him out 2 more times for the night and he did not use the bathroom. This was our dog's first night sleeping in his crate and it was also the first night he did not give us any issues with whining at night. When I woke up to use the bathroom at night, I noticed pee in the dog's crate. I woke my husband up to take him out while I cleaned it up.
Day 5
We took him out almost ten times today because he kept giving hints that he wanted to go outside. However, every time we took him out he wouldn't use the bathroom. We spent 20 minutes to 40 minutes when we took him out depending on his behavior when we took him out. We locked him up for the night and about 2 hours into sleeping I wake up to hear him crying. I go check on him to see that he pooped and peed in his crate and he was in the process of trying to push his poop out of his crate.
I really want to know why he lost his potty training when we adopted him. We have tried using pee pads outside, but they do not help. We already have to teach him basic commands and teach him to not jump on people. Do we have to re-potty train him? If so, do you have any tips? I would really appreciate any feedback.
I have a 5 year old male Whippet that constantly poops and wees in the house once he's came back in from outside. Is there anything I can do to try and stop him?
He needs to be put on a strict feeding and walking schedule. Learn the signs when he has to go. Praise him when he goes outside and dont punish him for accidents.
