[Britster]

I see a lot of people on here who think it's no big deal, or think it's funny, that their adult dog still goes to the bathroom in the house (not on the pee-pad, I'm not talking about pad training).

Or people that blame the breed because they are known to be hard to housebreak.

To me, that is unacceptable if it's happening more than once a month (even that would be pushing it for me personally). Now, obviously, I'm not an aversive trainer. If Jackson had an accident in the house, I would never yell at him or shove his nose in it or anything. So when I say "not acceptable" I just mean I would work on re-training the dog. But he hasn't had an accident probably since he was 1yrs old.

But I just don't get it. I have a feeling if we had a dog like a German Shepherd that was still pooping and peeing in the house, it wouldn't be acceptable (considering their pee spots and poop piles are ALOT bigger than a Yorkies, lol).

Unless a dog had a medical problem, it seems like people just give up? Do people just get lazy and not feel like fixing the problem? Or why is it acceptable to you for your dog to potty in the house? Of course not including times when they are sick and throw up or have diarrhea, etc.

I'm just curious, for real.