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 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.
So we have this Jackchi who will be 4 years old in April. We found him over a year ago and he has been a perfect dog since day one. He doesn't bark and he's fully potty trained. He has lived with both me and my boyfriend at both houses for a while and have never had a problem with his potty. He knows how to alert us even if we are sleeping and in the worst of times has even been content and held in his urge to potty to only once or twice a day really quick in the back yard.
Beginning of November my boyfriend and I moved in together in our own house. The first time he peed and pooped in the house we figured, oh okay it's a new house he doesn't realize this is his home yet and that he doesn't need to do that and that he can go out whenever he wants. We also had just put up a Christmas tree which is where he peed, and pooped just across from it.
But then he peed in our room where we all sleep every night. We ended up putting him in his cage when he sleeps (still in our room right next to me in our bed) at night, but stopped doing it unless we knew we where going to be extra tired and sleep in too long. He seemed to be better and realize it's his home.
Today I took him out because he kept going to the door. I waited on the porch for him to be ready to come in and when he came to me I picked him up and took him in the bathroom to wipe him off because he got a drop of pee on his paw. Then I let him down and went into the kitchen and reheated some food. The kitchen is one of the only places he is not allowed to go in and that has always been a rule in every house, So it's not new. But when I finished making my food it dropped (D:) and I looked away from him to clean it up for a mere minute. When I got back up I smelled poop and he was just sitting there looking like nothing's wrong. I haven't changed his food or anything.
This was legit not even two minutes after he came in from going potty. And even more concerning is that he usually looks guilty when he does something bad, like even if we don't know about it he will try sucking up to us and cuddling us to make us not mad at whatever it is. What am I doing wrong?
I'm home full time so he gets to go out whenever he wants and he's not neglected. I just don't understand why he went from this perfect dog to a rebellious little boy. Any ideas? Also, yes he is not neutered, but that has never been an issue either. He's a very healthy little doggo, and the poop was near the hallway entrance where he is daily not in a place he's not allowed. We reprimand him by saying "no" and "bad" and putting him in a time out so he knows it's wrong.
That happened to me a few years ago. I ended up getting a crate for night time. They will not poop or pee where they sleep. She cried a night or two but I ignored it and she quit. If they are doing it in the daytime put a doggie door in. It has paid for itself many times over.
Sounds like he is just mixed up by the move. Just re-train him when he goes potty outside treat him and praise him. Scold him if you catch him doing it in the house, then take him outside. Tether him to you so you can catch him in the act.
The more chances you get to reward him, the faster he will catch on.
Our 2 year old Dachshund has suddenly forgotten that she was house trained. She will not do her business outside anymore. I take her out and she refuses to do anything and comes right back in and as soon as you turn your back she uses the throw rugs.
We have taken them up so now she uses the hardwood floor. What do I do? We have a 7 year old spoiled Lab mix that never goes in the house.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?
I have a 16 month old male, neutered Schnauzer. He is house trained. He never goes upstairs in the house, but he sneaks out of my sight and goes down to the rec room and pees and poops down there always in the same spot. He goes to the far end of the room and goes just in front of the far wall. 
We spend a lot of time at my boyfriend's house and he never does it while we are there, but as soon as I come home he does it again.
He is fed on a schedule and taken out and walked on a schedule and it's the same schedule here as at my boyfriend's house. He has been vet checked and is healthy. It's not necessarily when I go out that he does it. He just randomly sneaks downstairs and goes.
The only thought I have is that my adult son lives with me and his bedroom is in the basement. He is not home much between working and being at his girlfriend's and when he does come home he doesn't really pay much attention to the dog (even though the dog loves him to death) and I'm wondering if the peeing and pooping is an intentional thing to protest my son not being home or not giving him enough attention.
Does anyone have any suggestions? He has ruined my carpet downstairs and I'd really like to correct this before I get new carpet. I've done all the retaining stuff and it didn't make any difference. He knows to go outside and always does, but this behavior in the house has to stop.
Suggestions please!
Thanks for your time!
I have two Maltese dogs that poop and pee in the living room of the house every night. The male is 3 years old and the female is 2 years old. I want to keep them, but I am at the point to where if I don't get this taken care of soon I will take them to an animal shelter and just let them find them a new home.
You wake up in the morning to this and have to pick it up every morning.My Pit Bull is 3 years old. He has the back door open all night, but lately he's been going in the kitchen more than once a night. What do I do?
My 11 year old Rottie is pooing and peeing indoors all the time! Initially I thought it was because he was protesting about not being allowed upstairs anymore (he has severe arthritis in his front legs and is on Metacalm and glucosamine for this). I'm a bit strapped for cash and really don't want to take him to the vet (and am scared of what they may say/find). Any suggestions gratefully received.
Try calling your vet and asking for advice. Let them know your financial situation and see if they can give you something to try before bringing the dog in. Sometimes it is a simple fix.
If you don't have a regular vet, contact your local rescue organization and see if they know of a free or reduced care clinic.
Metacam is hard on the kidneys. Our boy is on it and needs yearly blood work to make sure he is stable. Most vets will work with you on costs like reduced fees or affordable payment plans or both.
Sending up healing thoughts for your fur baby.
There are so many possibilities here, old age, your prescription needs to be adjusted, you need to time his meals differently, he may have a urinary tract infection. You really need a Vet to help make your choices to make the right one.
