Advice on dog house training problem?
Posted on March 30th, 2010 by admin
We have a 7 month old cocker spaniel who is still peeing and sometimes pooing in the house. He is taken outside regularly and often will pee when told but still hasn’t caught on that this is the way to behave. We clean up using non ammonia based products but he has peed under a very heavy bookcase and I think the wood has absorbed his urine. Any tips on removing the odour and generally on stopping this behaviour. We have had no problem in past training dogs. This is wearing us out!!
no we did not use puppy pads.
We do use a crate, he doesn’t pee in that.
Obviously we watch him but not every minute, which is all it takes!
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Did you at any time use puppy pads to train your puppy? That causes more problems than not.
Your puppy can’t relieve itself in the house if you’re properly supervising it. You would see him looking for a spot and immediately verbally interrupt him and put him outside. This tells me you’re not watching the puppy.
Your puppy has not earned the right to have the run of your house. If you’re not supervising him, he should be crated. When you go to bed at night, he should be crated.
You need to crate train your puppy and use the crate as part of a good housebreaking method.
March 30th, 2010 at 8:53 am
Nature’s Miracle is a great pet stain and odour remover.
Did you at any time use puppy pads to train your puppy? That causes more problems than not.
Your puppy can’t relieve itself in the house if you’re properly supervising it. You would see him looking for a spot and immediately verbally interrupt him and put him outside. This tells me you’re not watching the puppy.
Your puppy has not earned the right to have the run of your house. If you’re not supervising him, he should be crated. When you go to bed at night, he should be crated.
You need to crate train your puppy and use the crate as part of a good housebreaking method.
References :
http://www.naturemakesitwork.com/home/index.php
http://www.pets.ca/articles/article-cratetrain.htm
http://cfhs.ca/athome/housebreaking_your_new_puppy (note that I completely disagree with using newspapers or puppy pads in housebreaking so skip that advice)
March 30th, 2010 at 9:33 am
try crate training
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March 30th, 2010 at 9:45 am
spaniels tend to be slow learners and they have short attention spans. You have to be quick and strict. Give it a row for toileting in the house and put it outside for ages ever time it does it( rain or shine) works a treat when they figure it out. Shouldn’t take that long. May I suggest keeping the dog in the one area of the house like the kitchen until it is toilet trained then all the stuff in the house might not be destroyed.
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