How do I train my dog not to poop inside the house?
There is only one way and it take patience and repetition. When your dog pees in the house do one of two things:If you catch the dog in the act, hustle it straight outside immediately do not wait for it to finish. Do not freak out or make a fuss. Outside when he finishes .. make a fuss praising him for a job well done. If he doesn’t finish, stay out until either he does or it becomes evident he won’t. If he does make a fuss of praise.If you do not catch him in the act, just clean it up. Do not make a fuss or try to punish your dog, he won’t understand.Closely watch your dog at all times and crate him when you can’t. Your dog will send signals that he needs to go and when he does scoot him right outside fast. Every time you catch him doing his business outside make a big fuss of praise.It is helpful to monitor their food and water intake. Take him out immediately after each feeding and at least every 2 hours ( depending on age and ability of dog to hold it) to pee. Make a fuss with every successful business.Dogs respond best to positive stimuli. He will soon learn that going outside results in great benefit to him ( feel free to use treats) whereas going inside gets him nothing. He will learn to go for the positive. This may take time and does take patience and control of your temper ( you will want to strangle him before you’re done). Just keep doing it and he will learn. If your dog is a new puppy, this may take up to a year depending on your perseverance and vigilance, it is a puppy, a baby. It takes time for their brains and bladders to develop. This is the most tried and true method and it does work, how well depends on you. Good luck, the frustration is well worth it and soon forgotten. BTW … young dogs, especially, need to chew. Ensure they have something to chew on other than expensive italian leather shoes….
My 1 year old dog keeps pooing in the house. How do I stop this?
Three things: Take him out for walks frequently. For the first three weeks take him for an hour or half an hour. Then after a few weeks start ending the walks when he poops. He will quickly learn that walking ends when he poops. Soon he will hold thinking that the walk won’t end but once you turn around signaling the end of the walk, he will quickly void knowing that the end of the walk is nigh.Two, take him for walks with other dogs or, baby sit a house trained dog for a week and he will naturally imitate the other. I once got a new puppy which was given to me because they couldn’t housebreak him. He didn’t pee or poop once in the house because he just followed my other dog who was already trained.Three, congratulate him every time he makes you a gift outside.Four (I lied), don’t ever scold or punish him for doing it in the house. He had to go. It was probably your fault for not walking him enough. Dogs often need to poop shortly after eating because the food pushes on the contents of what is already in the intestines. A good rule of thumb is every time you have to void, your dog may have to also.Five, crate him during the hours you suspect he is doing the deed. Over night, when you are at work . . .Maybe, since he is still a puppy, there may be a physiological reason. For instance, boys often grow bone and muscle tissue faster than their organs, such as the kidneys. It is often common for an 8 year old boy to still wet the bed because his larger body is creating more waste than his tiny underdeveloped kidneys can handle. So what do most parents do? They punish, yell or humiliate the boy when it is not really his fault.Never punish a dog for doing what dogs do. YOU need to adapt to accommodate their doggy natures and bodily needs. I don’t know why people expect them to adopt human habits.SIX, your dog loves you and wants to spend time with you. Letting them out in the yard alone is not fun. Often they get bored with their yard and will just sit by the door thinking they are being punished. Go for walks so the movement can help getting things moving along.
My potty trained dog is peeing inside the house?
My dog is about 8 years old and has been potty trained for YEARS!!! He suddenly started going in the house... and on the legs of the couch...i am just wondering why he could be doing this??? He is doing it @ my house and my mother's house too & always on the same spot...what can I do???
How long before I can consider my dog house trained?
I keep thinking my dog is potty trained and then I will come home and there will be pee in the house. He is good about not pooping in the house, but sometimes he still pees. If I leave him in his crate, he will hold it so I know he can hold it overnight and at least for a few hours during the day. A few days ago, he had gone a while without an accident, so I thought it was time to give him a little more space (the rest of the kitchen). He was fine for about 4 days and then peed in the house right when I thought he was getting the hang of it. I only work 3 hours a day this summer so I am around a lot and let him out all the time. How long should I wait for him to go without an accident before I can officially consider him housetrained? Or even let him graduate to more space when I'm not home? He does seem to understand that he has to go out to pee when i'm home because he'll bark at the door. He's a seven month old shih tzu if that helps. He had a previous owner for the first 6 months of his life who did not really train him so we are starting from scratch.
My adult potty-trained dog keeps peeing in the house?
My miniature male poodle has latly been peeing in the house. he is fully potty trained and he goes out regularly. He is 13 years old but it's not like he's having accidents he is actually lifting his leg to pee on things. I know this because my mom just found him doing this today and other days. Is there any way to prevent this? Yes he is crate trained as well and he is in there when we are gone so we know he does this while we are home. Thank you
Puppy plays outside instead of going potty?
I got a puppy about a week ago and I started potty training her right away. She is about 9 weeks old and was doing great at the beginning when she was still a bit timid and new to her surroundings. I take her to the same place every time, give the same "trigger" word and praise her over and over when she does go potty. Now that she has adjusted, every time I take her out to go potty, she is much more interested in playing (gathering up pinecones) or running around than going potty. After being outside for 10 mins or so and no potty, I take her back inside. Once inside, she'll play with her toys and then have an accident in the house. I'll pick her up to take her outside and the playing and wandering starts with no elimination again... what do i do?
New Mother Dog wont stop pottying in house?
I asked my vet the same question. She said the reason why the mom poops so much is because she's eating extra food to keep up her nutrition and she's eating all her babies poop. My female only went poop once a day before she had pups. She had 7 pups 3 months ago and every night I would let her out at around 11pm. At about 7 am when I would let her out there would be poop all over my walk-in closet where her whelping box was. Then if that wasn't enough I would have to let her out at least 6 times a day so she could poop or she would go all over in my house and sometimes even that wasn't enough. I'm sorry I couldn't give you any info on how to get her to stop because you really can't. Don't get mad at her too much. When the puppies get old enough to where they don't have to stay in the whelping box and you can start bringing them outside then she should stop. My female continued to poop on my floor but then stopped finally when I really got after her for it. I have a Welsh Corgi and they are extremely smart and she still went all over my floor. It is normal though. Quick reminder though...watch out!.....she will puke up all that poop she's eating sometimes and that is way worse than cleaning up her poop. It stains the carpet and it has the worst smell. You'll definitely need a carpet shampooer after that. Good luck!!! p.s. As far as bringing her to the vet...I wouldn't. It's ridiculous what people will tell you to bring your dog into the vet for. For something as simple as her pooping outside her whelping box...I don't think that would be of enough importance to bring her in. If she had blood in her stool then maybe but then again you can't really tell sometimes cuz they bleed for a while after having pups and our female smeared blood everywhere. People always freak out on here and scream "VET" everytime someone asks a question even when it's obvious you won't need one. Just thought I would add that in there. One more thing....if you people would read the question, she states that it's not pee. Her dog poops in the house. Why would she bring the dog to the vet for a urinary tract infection if she's not peeing in the house. She's pooping in the house. Last time I checked UTI's really don't cause a new mom to go poop right outside her whelping box.
How to discipline a dog for peeing in the house?
Don’t punish your dog. This is counter productive and will make things worse. Firstly, is your dog a puppy? Has it ever been housetrained? Is it getting enough excercise and attention? If it’s an adult it may have an underlying medical problem. Take it to a vet for a check up. Ruling out any medical reason, stick to the following plan no matter the age of your dog.take the dog outside first thing in the morning, after every meal, periodically throughout the day and last thing at night. Stay outside with your dog until it toilets, this may take up to 5–10 minutes-do not shut the door and leave it outside alone.each time your dog toilets outside, give it LOADS of praise, over excited happy praise, then bring it inside for a food treat. If your dog does not toilet outside, just bring it back inside, just say nothing. No treats no praise. But also NO telling off.when your dog toilets inside. SAY NOTHING, no shouting, no scolding and DEFINITELY NO SMACKING. These acts will either make your dog anxious which result in a scared (or aggressive) dog which is likely to House soil more often. Just quietly-saying nothing- clear it up.BE CONSISTENT. This is key. If you are, the dog will quickly understand that something nice happens when it toilets outside. This may take weeks, sometimes even months, but it does work if you stay consistent. Please don’t think that it will understand that something bad happens if it toilets inside therefore it will stop, that’s not how it works, fear and confusion make for an unhappy dog.Good luck!