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The dog was trained for the first year we had him then a little over a year ago he started this peeing everywhere. When he comes out to spend time with us he doesn't want attention, he wants to go behind the couch and pee. I don't know how to go from puppy play time to complete puppy come out and I keep you on a short leash so you can't leave my side even thou you want to.
did you have him checked for urinarary problems/infection?
that should be your first step, while there, have him neutered if he is
indeed well.
then go look in the mirror and who you see in there is the one who
is responsible for Creating and Fixing this problem.
The dog was trained for the first year we had him then a little over a year ago he started this peeing everywhere. When he comes out to spend time with us he doesn't want attention, he wants to go behind the couch and pee. I don't know how to go from puppy play time to complete puppy come out and I keep you on a short leash so you can't leave my side even thou you want to.
you have recieved lots of good advice to go onward with.
first have him checked for infection or other medical reason for
peeing. if all's well have him neutered while there.
secondly , go look in the mirror and who you see in there is
the person responsible for Creating AND Fixing the problem.
The dog was trained for the first year we had him then a little over a year ago he started this peeing everywhere. When he comes out to spend time with us he doesn't want attention, he wants to go behind the couch and pee. I don't know how to go from puppy play time to complete puppy come out and I keep you on a short leash so you can't leave my side even thou you want to.
Dogs require constant training. Often once they hit 1-3yo it almost seems like their training goes in reverse. Some trainers call it the "puppy teenage years." Continue your training through this period when it seems they forget things they once knew, continue your learning (since it sounds like you're still learning a lot about how to train a dog), continue being consistent, and continue only with positive reinforcement (never, ever negative or you'll break the trust your dog has for you, which will make training even harder) and I promise you will see a change, given that the pup's health checks out okay from a vet. Do interact with the pup regularly. Never lock the pup in a room separate from the family. That wil do more harm than good. If the pup must be sectioned off to a certain tiled area, for instance, use a baby gate the pup can see through so they can still see the family, and feel as if they're a part of the pack and not being punished. Never punish. Do encourage good potty behavior, never scold for poor behavior, and I guarantee your pup will make a huge change. My kids are 4.5yo. Everyone told me I couldn't potty train two Chihuahuas, and certainly not that late in the game, since the previous person let them pee anywhere. Guess what? I did. Anything is possible, if you know how to do it. Consistent and positive reinforcement, and never, ever exclude them from the pack. But again, get the little one to a vet for a checkup.
I'm having the same issue with my yorkie. He's still young; he'll be a year old in April. I've had him since he was 8 weeks old. He was very easy to housebreak; in 3 days he went from going potty where ever he happened to be standning to using his pee pads. Since Sunday, if I turn my back for a second, he pees where he's not supposed to. I almost feel like he knows he's not supposed to do it because he only does it when I can't see him. As soon as he knows I found pee in the wrong place, he runs to his crate. He has an appointment to be fixed in two weeks. I hope that resolves the problem.
I'm having the same issue with my yorkie. He's still young; he'll be a year old in April. I've had him since he was 8 weeks old. He was very easy to housebreak; in 3 days he went from going potty where ever he happened to be standning to using his pee pads. Since Sunday, if I turn my back for a second, he pees where he's not supposed to. I almost feel like he knows he's not supposed to do it because he only does it when I can't see him. As soon as he knows I found pee in the wrong place, he runs to his crate. He has an appointment to be fixed in two weeks. I hope that resolves the problem.
I'd take him in sooner than that. It sounds like it could be a urinary tract infection (UTI). It could be that the boy CAN"t control it. I'd have his vet check him.
I've had my yorkie for almost 4 years and he's never been fixed. We had him trained for about a year but now every time we let him out of his room, he pees all over the furniture and doors and basically anything standing. Our carpet was yellow all over before we had it cleaned out, which is. Expensive so I don't want to keep doing that every month. Anyway, now if we keep him in his room, he just pees on the door or the gate in the doorway. I'm frustrated because I love my dog so much but I can't stand to let him out because I have to basically focus on nothing but keeping him next to me, which is hard because he doesn't want to sit and sleep he wants to run everywhere and pee!!!!!!!!
Help! He even knows where his pee pee pad is and will deliberately pee next to it but not on it every time !!
Instead of having a peepee pad (which I think is gross, but that is me) put him on a leash and take him for a nice long walk and let him pee on everything outside until he is pee'd out. It will also burn off a lot of excess energy for him and he may not be as hyper. Also it would not hurt to get him neutered.
Our minature schnauzer has always had problems with training. He is a year old and still pees on the carpet once or twice a day and poops on the carpet every day or two.
We take him outside in the morning and then every 3 or 3 1/2 hours. Once a day he goes to the park for 15 to 30 minutes and poops once or twice and marks all over the place. He is fixed. We do give him a bacon treat when he goes outside, immediately after he pees or poops. But he still goes inside. We have tried to get him to ring the jingle bell by the door but he seems to dislike the sound or movement.
It is so frustrating. It also seems that he does it right before we take him out. My husband and I used to say things like "Take Einstein outside in 15 minutes" but he seemed to pee when he heard the word "outside" so now we don't say anything out loud. It is my husband's dog and sometimes he "forgets" to take him out on time and so it is perhaps 4 hours.
Today I was putting on my shoes to take him out (3 hours after his morning walk) and he went behind the couch and urinated on the carpet. Yuck!
Sometimes he wets an hour or two after we take him out. And many times he doesn't urinate when we take him outside even if it was 3 or so hours after he was out. Then sometimes he will urinate on the carpet just a half hour afterwards.
Please help.
I read all of the earlier tips. Any other suggestions or input?
hint...if hes not holding it for 3 hours and going "right before you take him out" hes tlling you he CANT hold it 3 hours...start taking him out EVERY 2 hours...and if your not there to take hi out or 100% supervise him into a crte or "accident safe" roo he goes...
dont come back inside untill he goes potty and when he does make a HUGE deal out of it, throw a party...make this going potty outside the best thing EVER...
Our minature schnauzer has always had problems with training. He is a year old and still pees on the carpet once or twice a day and poops on the carpet every day or two.
We take him outside in the morning and then every 3 or 3 1/2 hours. Once a day he goes to the park for 15 to 30 minutes and poops once or twice and marks all over the place. He is fixed. We do give him a bacon treat when he goes outside, immediately after he pees or poops. But he still goes inside. We have tried to get him to ring the jingle bell by the door but he seems to dislike the sound or movement.
It is so frustrating. It also seems that he does it right before we take him out. My husband and I used to say things like "Take Einstein outside in 15 minutes" but he seemed to pee when he heard the word "outside" so now we don't say anything out loud. It is my husband's dog and sometimes he "forgets" to take him out on time and so it is perhaps 4 hours.
Today I was putting on my shoes to take him out (3 hours after his morning walk) and he went behind the couch and urinated on the carpet. Yuck!
Sometimes he wets an hour or two after we take him out. And many times he doesn't urinate when we take him outside even if it was 3 or so hours after he was out. Then sometimes he will urinate on the carpet just a half hour afterwards.
Please help.
I read all of the earlier tips. Any other suggestions or input?
My husband took the dog to the park for a half hour today & he peed (maybe just marking?) & pooped a lot there. They got home and the dog immediately went behind the chair and urinated on the carpet. Yuck!
So we figured that he was done. And a half hour later he went back there again and urinated a huge amount on the carpet! I then took him out but he didn't go. He had just been at the vet two weeks ago and doesn't have a urinary tract infection. As I said I give him a really nice treat when he goes. I haven't made it into a party but I will start it next time.
We will start taking him out more often and waiting until he urinates and then immediately give him a treat and make a big deal about it. Anything else?
invest in a carpet steam cleaner and some natures miracle pull out the furniture and clean the areas he seems to be going back to multiple times with the steam cleaner and the natures miracle, seems hes going back to the same place which is very common when theres residue scent in an area...
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