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Originally Posted by jdmfastdc2  can you explain a little more? are you basically saying dont let him out of our site when we are there? Also, if we catch him "going" how should we react? hes basically couped up until we get home and then he hangs out around us. The pooping / peeing generally only occurs overnight. I dont know at this point if we would be able to cage him overnight... we could close the bedroom door, i would imagine hell either bark to get out or hell go in our bedroom |
Yes, don't let him out of your sight when you are home & when your gone crate him or put him in an x-pen with potty pads. When you take him out to do his business, WHILE he's in the act of doing his business tell him Good Boy go potty outside or Good Boy go poop outside. I ALWAYS tell my pups "lets go outside & go potty" I have done this with every dog puppy or adult that has entered my home since I was a teenager and there have been many, many dogs since then as I rescue dogs & I have never had any house breaking issues & the process has never taken me any more then 2 wks. You MUST be persistent though & take him out at least 1 time every hour . When you say good boy/girl while they are in the act of doing their business it does 2 things, 1 it lets them know where you want them to potty & 2 it trains them to potty on command witch is very nice if you have to leave home in a hurry, then you don't have to stand outside waiting while they dilly dally sniffing every blade of grass till they find the rite one to pee on. So you are starting over just like when you first brought him home. If it's mostly happening during the night then you may need to change his feeding time so he will get his business done before bedtime. I feed 3 times a day & the last feeding is @ 8:00 P.M. & bedtime is between 10:00 & midnight. I do have 1 pup who can't seem to go unless I give him a treat about 1/2 hr before his last potty break, this treat stimulates his system & then he goes rite out for a poo & potty.