is outside potty training not an option? I would find out what I need to do to get ALL his pee smells out of the house. From your posts it sounds like he's confused on where he is allowed to go potty.
I personally didn't want my dogs to think that the house is a place to potty. But I know for some thats unrealistic.
My father in law's 6 yr old yorkie is paper trained and he uses a large aluminum roasting tray with pads on it so she has something hard to walk onto. The problem I see with that is that if she pees near the edge its off the tray and on the carpet or floor.
Another friend of mine trained her maltese to a litter box with pee pads in it. so the dog had 'edges' and learned thats the potty place.
I feel your frustration. Madison is 8 mos and we've had her since she was 5 mos and the breeder had not trained her. she had access to outside porch or one room in the house and went potty where she wanted. we go weeks with no accidents and I think ok we are done. and then out of the blue we have an accident. so I still have bedrooms off limits and basically in a 9 room house she has access to my bedroom, hallway, family room and kitchen. everything else is gated off limits or doors closed. IF I am in my bathroom getting dressed doing hair and makeup or showering or whatever I close my bedroom door and she has to stay in my room ( both dogs together) If she hasnt gone potty in a while and I take her out and she didn't go and I'm gonna shower... she goes in her crate. This has really kept the accidents down to a minimum.
Good luck to you and Thor and I can't wait to hear your progress. |