I quietly clean up the mess if I don't catch him in the act. I do praise when he does it "right" but he also will stay outside for long periods of time (of course, with me by his side) and just as soon as the last foot hits the inside of the house then he seems to need to go then. Go figure!!!! The last thing I want him to do is to hide the poop. YUCK!!!!!!! My Aussie.....oh boy! I could be in the room in the back of the house and it would sound like a faucet had been turned on. So, I could normally at least catch him halfway through the act. It took a while to get him potty trained. My crazy husband told me the other day that my Yorkie had 30 days to be potty trained. I informed him that it took longer than that to get him trained.........well, actually we are still working on that one. I told him that was why I had tile installed throughout most of our house. He says he doesn't bust his butt at work to pay for a house that a dog pisses and poops all over. Men!!!!!! |