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Originally Posted by Sweet Apple  Forgive me, I haven't read all the posts, so I'm not sure if I'm just repeating someone else...I think it is nearly impossible to really train a dog, if you have carpet, because no matter what you use to clean the carpet, the "scent" will always be there in the padding, tempting them!!!...I worked for 6 months, trying to get Apple trained, and couldn't get it done...After I took out the carpet, and put in laminate, she was trained in less than two weeks...I knew, when I use nature's miracle on the laminate, it really did get it all up...I took her out, regularly, and praised (and gave treats) for outside potty successes...As soon as she goes, I tell her good girl, lets go get a treat...Not sure if this is feasible for your situation, but it sure worked for us...Good luck!!! |
It's true, it's much easier to train them on a hard surface than carpet, because carpet is so much like the pee pads, and as you say, the scent draws them back. Most people make the mistake of trying to "mask' the scent, but if you understand that urine if mostly a sterile liquid with proteins, you will understand that you need a cleaner that can get rid of the proteins. That why enzyme cleaners work, they have a special "good" bacteria that actually eat the protein, but this takes time, and you spray it on and leave it on the surface to dry overnight. You can take a black light and find all old stains that you've cleaned, but haven't taken all the protein away, they show up iridescent, and dousing them with the enzyme cleaners works well.