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Originally Posted by lisatodd  that is so awesome. what method worked for you? you have to tell us. |
He had already been pee pad trained and then started marking and peeing all over the house at about 7 months. I had him neutered and then I leashed him and kept him next to me all day (boring!) so I could monitor his marking.
(This idea was thanks to a YT member). I had papers in the living room, hallway, kitchen and bathroom. I keep the bedroom doors closed anyway.
When he peed or pooped anywhere but the paper, he got crated for a while.
He also got his "peepee treats" which he loves and doesn't get at any other time except when he goes on his paper. Somewhere in that time period, He began to pee outside so I began to walk him every 4 hours or so. I still wanted him to go on the paper also, so I would walk him on his leash over to the paper and eventually he learned to pee on command with the promise of a treat. The poop I had nothing to do with. He just did it on his own. Now when he poops nowhere near the paper he gets crated.
Those are the basics. I left out the time I tried to confine him to the kitchen and all he did was find ways to get out, the times I lost it and started yelling like a lunatic (WRONG THING TO DO - IT DOESN'T WORK), the boredom of having a dog on a leash with you all of the time and all of the days I had to stay home so that he got into a schedule. (Very important!) I also went to a wedding out of town and decided to stay in a pet friendly motel (musty smelling, no coffee in the room, and he peed on the sheet) instead of with my family so that I could maintain his schedule and the discipline routine we were into. OH - and the getting down on my hands and knees and, with a sponge, saturating my carpeting, couches, throw pillows, etc. with OdorMate, which removes urine, feces, skunk odor, etc. My fingertips and nails have finally recovered from that.
Anyway, to make a very long story short, consistency and a schedule and showing him who's boss is what worked. He doesn't know that I was a high school teacher! You also have to remove the odor from the floor, rugs, whatever.
Good luck to anyone else who needs to do this. The good news is that there is a light at the end of that tunnel (as also told to me by another YTer).
Judy