Well, obviously if he doesn't go outside, you DON"T want to give him the opportunity to go inside either. I would take him outside on his leash (so he knows what door to go out) always take the same route..Take him to the same spot in your yard (you can try several things..spray something from the pet store that stimulates pee, take a pee pad out there that has pee on it already). Take him to the spot and say a command, I use "go pee". Give it a little while for him to sniff or whatever. I know its frustrating sometimes they just stand there and look at you as if they have NO clue, and he might not. If he doesn't go then take him inside and crate him (I work with crates). Leave him in the crate for another 10-15min and then take him outside again repeating the same thing until he goes. Once he goes..Praise like all heck. You will need to continue to do this consistently. I know when I get a puppy I take off an entire weekend (fri/sun) and work strictly on house training, some dogs it sticks quicker then others. The object is when you bring him in he has to be confinded if he didn't go outside, otherwise, he will go inside. My 2yr old Yorkie is completely house trained (only has had 3 accidents since over 1yr), my Biewer is 6months and he is about 98-99% trained, but I still crate him when I go to work (I go home at lunch). When I'm home now he can run around, but I have constant watch over him and run him outside at least every 1/2hr right now. When I take a shower or bath, he comes in there with me either in his crate or I bring his bed in there. Hardest part is teaching him to let me KNOW when he has to go outside, right now I just have to kinda guess. Hang in there.
Kathy |