i know how you feel! my Remy was completely house broken on pads only a few months after training him, he never missed. just recently (now 8mos), he started to go just at the edge of the pad or an inch or two off. like his nose was on the pad, but his butt was out. it drove me insane!
so, what i did was retrain him by praising him everytime he made it onto the pad (w/o a treat, just was happily saying 'good boy') and sternly said no when he was off it and pushed or moved him onto all 4s on the mat. after about a day of that, he got it again and now has not missed. one day when i got really frustrated, i told him no in his act but wouldnt move onto the pad, so i pushed his nose to smell his pee and told him 'bad boy'. i think that did reinforce not to do it again, but i dont think thats right training.
hope that helps! good luck! |