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Originally Posted by Lady Amethyst   Hummmmm.....We've had a really big problem with our Neko! When we adopted him, he was already 5 years old and it seemed that he was potty trained "outside"! His paper work said that he was potted trained but he had accidents atleast 2-3 times a week inside. Well, we've had him almost 2 months and it is getting pretty overwhelming for us (carpet cleaning).  If you take him outside, he will go outside (almost like he knows that this is the place to do it), but if you don't take him out, he will go anywhere in the house, (usually right where he sits)! So, we were told that apparently, we don't get his signal of when he wants to go out. Neko will go to anyone in the house and jump up and down on you, once he sees he has your attention, he will run for the back door (jumping up and down on it), once the door is opened, off into the grass he goes and does his business! Back in the house he comes. Less than an hour later, you will find him somewhere balled and scared (until you step in it, you don't know why). He hasn't pooped in the house since we got him, but the pee happens all to often. Because we have seen him jump on us and lead him to outside, I feel he is potty trained, but I just can't figure out why he still goes in the house, too! We were told that he is giving us a signal and we just don't get it each time. ( I disagree...I've seen him get up and stand in the floor and go then lay down and coward. Never once heading for the back door or anyone else. One time Neko slept in his beg in my bedroom, I saw him get out of the bed and lean fwd, as he does when he goes, and pee in the floor and then back into his bed, putting his head down in the bed and covering his eyes.) Anyway, I was told also to get a "BELL" and have it at the back door just incase we miss the (jump on the door signal we would hear it!). I went to "Petco" and asked, well, they laughed at me and said not only do they not sell bells, but "Good Luck" with teaching that! It's a "MUST" that I get Neko to figure out that he can not just "go pee" where he stands and that he is to always go outside...  |
It sounds like you need to crate train him and also get those carpets *really* clean so he doesn't smell it and go again. Also, have you mentioned it to a vet? It sound more like incontinence than deliberate, especially if he's going every hour. Loki has a type of diabetes and he is on special medicine so that he doesn't have to pee ever 30 minutes (just every 45, LOL
) Anyway, he used to do this before his medicine - he would just wake up, stand up, and pee. Sammy doesn't have any medical problems and while she was a handful to housetrain, she never did the "stand up in front of us and pee" thing it was always sneaking off somewhere. I would get him checked, crate train him and also ignore those Petco people. Bells work
Dogs will do anything for a treat. I have two with completely different personalities (Loki=smart, does tricks, anything for a treat, mommy's boy, nervous and scared of his own shadow - Sammy=independent, has better things to do than tricks, very bold, very happy!) and they both learned to ring the bell!