Thank you for the replies, but my issue is not overnight. He sleeps all night and is just fine in his crate. If he has had a late dinner, he might whine in the night, and we get up and let him out. The issue is that when I am home with him, I leave the room to use the bathroom, and I come back and he has peed on the floor. He won't hold it for the 30 seconds that I need to go and pee myself. If he has got to go, he would ring the bell at the door, wait a total of 10 seconds before peeing on the floor. I let him out every 1.5 hours to 2 hours. I am not making him hold it.
My question was, those of you who have transitioned from pee pads to going outside, how do you get your dog to understand that he can no longer just pee immediately as he feels he needs to, and instead has to hold it until you make it outside? People who don't use pee pads, have perfectly trained dogs who can hold it for the extra 30 seconds after they "ring the bell" or "bark at the door" or whatever? |