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Dog Owner's Manual › Chapter 3: Daily Interaction With Your Dog › Housebreaking Your Dog ›Dealing With Accidents
 Chapter 3: Daily Interaction With Your Dog
Comments for This Page (9) | Post a CommentI have a 2 year old chi and a 8 month old min pin, I have tried and tried to potty train and its not working........helpful hints please..... I have a 4-month-old Blue Heeler who has been pretty good about letting us know when she needs to go outside. She was spayed a week ago and has since been having some accidents of the wet kind inside the house at random places. I clean up her "spills" with an enzymatic cleaner. Could she be having a side effect from the surgery? A follow-up vet appointment is coming up in another week. Are there any suggestions on questions I should be asking the vet? I was lucky or either my dog was smart (I think both) but...she didnt like the smell and it only took a couple of nose rubs and put out the backdoor for her to get the message A crate and a regular schedule is an absolute! If your puppy/dog soils in an inappropriate place it is almost always humane error. One exception is scent marking. Kimberly is absolutely right! We have our dogs on a regular schedule, they go out in the morning right when we wake up, when my boyfriend and I are home for lunch, right when we get home from work and before bedtime. It's also very important to take them out IMMEDIATELY after you let them out of the crate, especially after sleeping through the night. Consistancy will get you the best results. Good luck! Post a Comment for This Page
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It is important to thoroughly clean up urine puddles in the house, because dogs tend to return to and reuse spots they have targeted earlier. Several commercial products remove stains and kill lingering odors. A homemade mix of 50 percent white vinegar and 50 percent water (Fig. B) will remove urine smells (but not the odor of feces).
EXPERT TIP: Do not admonish a dog (especially a puppy) if it urinates in the house (Fig. C). Negative reinforcement does not work with housebreaking. Unless you act while the dog is literally in the middle of soiling the carpet (Fig D), it will not associate the punishment with the unauthorized urination. Remember that accidents are often the result of inattentiveness by the owner.
The Dog Owner's Manual is a basic guide to dog care.
I have a female Border Collie who was a year old in January. If my back door is open she will go outside to go to the toilet but if it is shut she messes on the floor. No matter how hard I have tried to catch her, used positive reinforcement instead of negative etc she still does it. She can hold herself for long periods without messing if she is not in that particular room so I know its possible. Has anyone got any ideas that I havent tried yet please. Also she is very noisy and barks at near enough everything which is starting to get slightly annoying too. I love her to bits though and wouldnt be without her!!!