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Pretty simple really, just pick her up and take her outside whenever she needs to go.

He is a rot mix. He is about 1 1/2 years old. He has been house trained for quite a while. About 2 months ago, he decided he was going to start peeing and pooping on the basement floor. We started locking him out of the basement and the behavior seemed to stop. About a week later, he started peeing upstairs in the bathroom. He will come in the house and 15 minutes to a half hour later, he pees on the bathroom doorway or the toilet. The problem behavior seemed to go away on its own. My boyfriend scrubbed the bathroom and the toilet with baking soda and then with murphy’s oil soap to get rid of the smell. There hasn’t been a problem for about 2 1/2 weeks. Today I heard him peeing upstairs. I closed my laptop and stood up to go up and yell at him but before I could even get part way up the stairs, before I yelled, he came running down and hid under the table. He knows what he did was wrong. Short of getting rid of him, I don’t know how to make him behave. Why is he doing this?
there haven’t been any changes in the house. no new pets or visiting pets. no roommate changes recently. so i don’t see stress as a factor. he usually doesn’t do it when we are not home. the dogs were alone for about 18 hours last weekend because our friend forgot to let them out - but there were no messes.

Male dogs mark with urine…and that has nothing to do with him being housebroken or not. At 1 1/2 the dog is still learning, and will make mistakes. Some dogs learn quicker than others, at various ages.

If other dogs are coming into your home, or the scent of other dogs that can drive him to mark.

Make certain that you are available to him if he needs to go to the bathroom in the correct place, and that you are paying attention to the signs that he is letting you know he has to go. Dogs are like humans, they can only hold it for so long.

Also check with your vet that he isn’t having any urinary problems.

If he’s hiding under the table, he’s becoming too submissive. Do not yell at him to correct him, take him and lead him to the area he peed, make him smell it, then lead him to the correct place and rienforce the command word you use. Then praise him and give him a treat reward when he goes in the right place.

I just got a puppy 4 days ago, training so far has been a nightmare. First off he is stubborn, when he has an accident I tell him no and show him where he is supposed to go, when he wakes up I direct him in the appropriate potty place. We wait for about 5 minutes and he will not go, so we let him out and right when he steps out he pees in the front room. He refuses to go in his designated area. He is an indoor dog so I am trying to think of the best possible solution for potty training. I have heard that crate training is the best solution but he has no problem going on his bed. He has peed on his bed twice and not cause we weren’t watching him. Those times he has been playing then stops jumps on his bed and pees. I don’t get it. What do I do??? Please help

First off…the whole rub their nose in the accident doesn’t work. (I’m sorry don’t mean it in a mean way…it just doesn’t)
I have a one year old bulldog, and housebreaking was a breeze. Here’s the key rules:

1) It can only hold it’s bladder for months old=hours for example: puppy is 3 months…max bladder control 3 hours (may be less or more) 5 month’s old= 5 hours of control etc. Don’t expect miracles. Locking it in a crate to early you’ll be forcing it to urinate in it’s own bed…creating a horrible habit.

2) Baby steps: First train it to go on newspaper over top of puppy-pads (absorbent ‘diaper’ like pads w/pheromones) He will destroy the puppy pads if you use them alone, and some dogs have a natural inclination to paper. When he starts to pee on the floor grab him and put him on the newspaper area. If he goes to the paper naturally and goes, PRAISE PRAISE PRAISE. Make so much fuss you feel ridiculous about yourself. Give a small treat. (I only gave treats during training as a puppy)

3) For a few weeks you may need to have a few "area’s" for him. Their will be a lot of newspaper, poo, and pee. Ask your friends and family to start saving their papers. We used to have one in our bedroom (always keep it clean <<obviously>>), living room, kitchen etc…puppies don’t have any bladder control. Their playing one second…5 seconds later their peeing. Make sure their is a spot handy.

He will learn quickly that peeing/pooing on paper equals yummy treat and attention. After time passes, you can reduce number of "area’s" to one or two. Be patient and be consistant. After meals watch him carefully, about 15-20 minutes after eating he should have to go. Place him on the paper if you have any sign that he may be about to pee.

i want to know how you house train a puppy (cocker spaniel)

I used the "Puppy Pads’ for night time. During the day I would take him to the front door, reward him for going to the door, let him out to do his business.

The reward for going to the front door worked very well. I first rewarded him when he came back in, but then he started to go out, turn around and come right back in, and beg for his reward.

My french bulldog has been house trained for almost a year now. He has not relieved himself in the house in the longest time, and always lets me know when he needs to go out. These past couple days he has done his business indoors. Anyone have any ideas why the sudden change?

Dogs are creatures of habits. Check to see if you changed his habits. It is possible that he can’t go outside to do his business. Keep a fixed schedule of his feedings and walk him outside. It is possible that he could also be sick, check your vet to be sure. Re-train him if all else fail.

I have an almost 5 month old that I adopted a week ago. He’s doing good with potty training in the fact that he cries when he wants to go out.

he’s only had a few small accidents,

one was because I tried pee pads in CASE of an accident, only to read they have an attractant that makes a dog WANT to use the pad… which I don’t want because obviously he’s going outside, but this made him think it was ok to go inside too. So I switched to a pad made for people. no "grass" smell to entice him to use the pad, but absorbant enough for accidents.

My question for you all is- he’s back to doing ok. Maybe a slip here or there but he’s a puppy, he’ll have those.

for the most part- he cries to go out which is good- but so far, no luck on getting him to sleep through the night. Usually he is up between 2 and 3 am, then 4 and 5 am… then again between 8 and 9 am.

of course there are those times when he doesn’t really have to go, I think he just wants to go outside.

Any hints?
also-

He goes out after all meals,

after playtime,

or if something scares him or gets him excited…

he has a morning and a "last pee for the night, please god in heaven let it be the last pee of the night" potty break.

These are all things that I’ve been told to do, still no luck doing the sleeping through the night.
I do take his food away before bedtime

he also sleeps in a small play pen with a soft blanket he uses as a bed. he’s also slept in my room, but it made it worse as he wanted me to hold him all night long.

He’s doing fine with accidents… he hasn’t had many. I can count the number of times on one hand that he’s had in 1 week with me…

its the sleeping through the night I’m trying to figure out how to encourage.

I don’t mind getting up at 3 am, I just don’t know if I’m going to keep not minding it for the next 15 years. ^_^

first don’t let him have any water or food about 2 hours before bedtime. then put him in a kennal that is a good size for him. what i mean is less room to move is better dogs will not potty in there bedding area so make it as to where he can only turn around an lay no bigger because if it’s to big he will potty in one end and sleep on the other.

I have a miniature schnauzer who is around 3 months old. He goes to the bathroom outside, but only if I let him outside fairly often. If I don’t, he goes on the carpet. I give him treats, and praise him when he goes outside, and I make him sit before I open the door, but he just can’t get the hang of going to the door when he needs to. If he goes on the carpet, I scold him, and put him outside right away. It especially happens when I’m sleeping at night, and am not awake to put him outside. I’ve tried puppy pads, but he doesn’t use them. He’ll go right beside the pad. Is there anything I can do to help him understand that he needs to go to the door if he has to go to the bathroom?
Thanks so much!

On thing I learned when in the potty training phase is don’t scold the bad behavor..dogs don’t respond well to that.
Instead OVER reward the good behavor..not just with treats but with tons of praise and petting..act kinda silly for awhile but it works.
As far as having him notify you about needing to go out in the middle of the night I would recomend the following:
1st: be patient this will only last a few months as they are still "training" their bladder.
2nd: Make sure to take him out as the last thing you do right before bed..he will start to make this a habbit
3rd: No water after the last potty..put it up on the counter for the night(he might be drinking thru out the night causing more potty time)
4th:If you can, tie a bell to a long string and tie it to the door handle that you take him out to potty. Before you take him out make sure the door is closed.
Take him over to the door and have him sit..ring the bell and tell him good dog..then ring it again a few more times..and repeat this a few times b4 taking him outside for the night. After a few nights go to the door and then wait for him to ring the bell himself then reward..
We did this with our pups and now they know if they need to go potty and the door is shut this will get our attention to go up and go open it.
5th:As for the potty pads they were such a mess for our pups. They would go on them and then just drag them around the kitchen making even more of a mess(we had to tape em down).
As a puppy I would suggest crate training for the night. Most puppies will not mess in their own crates. If he does need to go he will start whinning(this is only after he’s calmed down and stopped whinning from being trapped in a crate at night). This will also help save your carpet. The crates are plastic and can be wiped down with a cleaning cloth. You can even throw in a blanket that smells like you to help them be comfortable. As well give him a treat for being in their and eventually you’ll say "bed" and he will go right into the crate.
I hope this helps and remember patients above all else!!
Good luck!!

We just moved into a new house and we brought our 2 year old dog with us. At the old house the dog had a doggy door and went outside. In this new house we installed the doggy door, but he doesn’t go outside he pee’s inside. We need a carpet cleaner that will get of old stains (Previous owner had dogs too) and get rid of the odor of the new ones. My second question is, is there any tips in how to re-train my two year old toy poodle.

- Take him to your designated toilet area, and put him down on the grass.

- Wait while he sniffs around – refrain from petting him or playing with him just yet, because you don’t want him to forge an association between this area and games. he has to learn that this part of the yard is for toilet breaks only.

- When he begins to relieve himself, say the phrase you want him to associate with toilet breaks: “Go pee” or “potty time” or whatever works for you. It’s best if that phrase is short and easily recognizable – and use the same voice inflection each time, too (so that your dog can easily memorize the meaning of the phrase.)

- When he’s done, make a big fuss over him: shower him in praise and affection, and give him a little treat.

When you take him inside the house, the house training regime you’ve decided upon should start immediately.

For a more indepth look at house training, as well as a great deal of useful information on canine behavioral problems and the most effective training techniques, check out The Ultimate House Training Guide. It’s the complete dog-house-training guide:
http://www.kingdomofpets.com/doghousetraining/?aff=shbsnt&type=nohop&tid=yans