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Originally Posted by Erin  Here's the thing about pee-pads. They are not like a litter box for cats. If you move the pad you have to re-train the dog. Unless you have taken the time to train him to go on command and completely reinforced that the PAD is the right place to go, it's not really the pad they take to but a specific area. If you put the pad in the laundry room (and properly train the dog to use it there, they do NOT learn this automatically) they are going to continue to go in the laundry room whether or not there is a pad there. You can't just move the pad to another room.
He probably doesn't like all the changes. Every dog is different. Loki freaks out if his day is even a few hours off schedule. Sammy doesn't care what happens as someone plays fetch the fishy with her. Seriously, she is the happiest dog ever. Loki is a grump and things have to be a certain way, he is like OCD or something.
My dogs are trained to go outside because I did not want to teach them that it is OK to go in the house. You might try that, and then hire a pet sitter to take him out during the day if you have to work. At least he will learn NOT to go on the floor, and once they learn that they typically only have accidents if they can't hold it. |
Well said! I agree completely. My guess is that Peanutt is confused with all of the change going on. I'd make sure to clean up any messes he makes just as quickly as possible so he doesn't get comfortable living in it. Dogs like to keep their "home" clean so he should have a seperate place to sleep, eat, and go to the bathroom...or at least a decent amount of room between the 3 in his x-pen. Do you have peepads laid out in the other parts of your house that he can use when he's outside of the pen? Giving him praise and a treat everytime you see him use the pad should help reinforce good behavior. Good luck!