[JadeD]

I don't know that any dog is ever totally perfect. I have a 4 year old setter and he is housebroken but if he can't hold it any longer he will actually go into his crate and pee. Not sure why since he does not like to pee in his crate. If he absolutely has to go when he is locked in his crate then he will eventually go, but I am talking like 1-2 times a year. My little Yorkie does really well. He pee'd in the house the day after I brought him home, new environment I am sure. Then I left him with my teenage daughter and he pooped in the house and it would not have been a big deal if she hadn't stepped in it and then walked all over the house. So, where he had pooped on the vinyl floor (easy to clean) she then spread it across 3 carpets and into the bathroom where the poop actually fell off her shoe. I came home to what is now know as "the big poop incident." Had she been watching him she would have seen him go to the door and hang out, which is what he does when he has to go. However, she learned. I cleaned up the mess and cleaned her shoes (I am a nice mom). No other problems at our house. He did leave a tootsie roll on my mom's kitchen floor though for no apparent reason and we just cleaned it up and went about visiting with her and her dogs.

Overall my dogs are great in the house, but accidents do happen and that is okay. My big dogs bedding gets washed on the sanitize setting and put back in his crate. He has a waterproof bed pad lining his crate, then a sheet and a comforter and then a baby blanket. He also has recurring urinary infections so I know sometimes he just can't hold it and he does a really good job. We added yogurt to his daily food and he has not had an infection for several months.