Accidents in the house Help! My new baby girl Emma came to me housetrained...the first night she was in our home she was perfectly fine and went right exactly where she was supposed to. Since then she has gotten progressively worse and has been going farther and farther away from her wee wee pad until tonight, when she peed on the rug. I try to give her treats and praise every time I see her going on the pad, but she waits until I'm out of the room to go! I am wondering if she is having accidents because both her pee pad and her bed are in the same little pen, and at first she was afraid to leave it so now that she is more comfortable she is going everywhere she likes? I love her to death but it is so frustrating! What can I do? |
Get used to it. It takes lots of patience and being very consistant. Good Luck.Oh !! also go ahead and go buy yourself a carpet cleaner, you'll need it.:) |
You are giving her too much freedom and not supervising her if she is going when you are out of the room. At this age, you should give her 100% of your attention when she is out of her pen. If you can't watch her, she needs to be confined. Supervising her 100% is a lot of work, but will be worth it in the long run. Every time she potties in the wrong place, it just makes it more likely she'll have another accident as she really won't understand where she is supposed to go. If you are with her, you can praise and treat her when she potties where she is supposed to. With positive reinforcement, she'll figure out what you want her to do. |
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Truer words could not have been spoken!!! All four of ours are housebroken (pee pad trained)...unfortunately it means that sometimes only the front end is on the pee pad. Bissell is our friend! |
Your dog probably wasn't that well trained. She probably got lucky the first time hitting the pad. Just start over and assume she's not. |
I totaly agree with Ladymom...........Being consistent and supervising IS the key, I thought for sure my Harley was fully potty trained until I let him have free run of the house. It was too soon and he started going potty in diff spots. It is alot of work but all the work will pay off and some take much longer than others!!! |
like several have said, supervision and being consistent will help Emma on her training. and just from my own experience, I took up all my rugs in the house for quite some time until Mazee figured out the difference between them and a pee pad. and honestly, she is 2 now and if lay rug down near my back door, she will "claim" it, LOL so needless to say, no rug there! :rolleyes: |
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Since this is a new pup that was recently brought into a new home and one that was housetrained before I am assuming pee pad trained I think you are going to have to chalk this up to her being nervous about her new home and family It's not that she is not liking you It's just that in all the new changes the house training concentration has been left by the wayside Start from the basics Keep her corraled for the most part and only let her be free when you are watching her |
Thank you all for the advice :) She's a good girl, and she knows enough to run to her spot of linoleum when she needs to go pee...I shouldn't be frustrated because at LEAST she is going there and not on the floor most of the time...but I wish she would actually go on the pad because I would feel more comfortable with that. She stays in her pen if no one is around..and she will wait until I'm not around to go. I guess maybe she just needs to get comfortable with me so I'm keeping my fingers crossed! |
HAHA!!! Bissel is definitely your best friend right now! My Vet actually told me that using a wee pad can actually help stall the training process. According to her it trains your dog to think that inside is where you go to the bathroom. So I stopped using them all together. I had no idea! So we have had our fair share of accidents recently with Remy but he is getting to understand that that stuff needs to happen outside LOL! Love my steam cleaner! |
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