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Originally Posted by acn122  OMG!!!
I cannot seem to house train JC. UGH!! I'm becoming so frustrated.
He is perfectly trained when I'm in the house, but the minute I go outside or leave for awhile, he just pees and potties. Not once, but sometimes 3 times!!
Now I know he can go a much longer time than I leave him, but I can step out for 10 minutes and he goes.
I'm concerned because I am starting to smell it in the house and that is something I cannot tolerate. I love him so much, but he's a year old and still not trained. I'm afraid he's just never going to get it. I am moving into a new house in September and my fiance will never accept this.
I've tried the crate, the pee pads, (which he just shreds), confining him to one small room and taking him out every hour. He's really pretty good when I'm home, but is he going to do this forever?
I can't take him everywhere with me. He's going to have to stay alone without releasing himself every time I walk out the door.
PLEASE, PLEASE HELP!!!!!!! |
My advice is start your own thread, and give more details such as age of your dog, you'll get more specific advice that pertains to you situation. From what you've said, you need to remember, one of the primary rules of house breaking is to clean up those urine spots, dogs noses are much better than human noses, and if you can smell it, you can be sure he can. You must clean up those spots with en enzyme cleaner, it actually eliminates the protein found in urine, and the protein is what causes the smell. You don't want to use something that masks the odor, this only works for human noses; dogs can still discriminate the different smells. Remember a dog is "compelled" to return to the spot where he smells urine; you have to clean the area properly. The only thing in the house that should have a urine odor is a pee pad.