1 1/2 years old still pees in the house
 

Ok so here is my problem, he is already 1 1/2 years old and he is still peeing in the house A LOT. But what confuses me is that he has reached a point where he tells us when he needs to go out and he never goes in his crate. Although his manner of telling us is kinda vague and most times its guess work.

By Dh and I have been discovering areas in the house where he pees a lot, areas and we clean it as best we could so he does not go back there again. How can we get him to stop doing this. when ever he is out with us we try to make sure he does not run off anywhere but it turns out that he pees in those spots so quick we never even notice him doing it. we still take him out every couple hours or every 1 hour and we still praise him when he goes outside.

And another thing that gets me is that he knows he is doing something bad because he will go hide in his crate before we even discover what he did.

Anyone have any advice on this? :confused:

I can't help with the peeing problem but just wanted you to know that I absolutely love the name Lestat! I love the Anne Rice vampire books. :D

My dog isn't fully house trained either. I think some dogs are just very stubborn. My friend has a 4 year old pug who still pees/poos inside on occasion (maybe once every few weeks-month). They clean their carpets and give him a treat every time he goes outside. He knows he isn't supposed to go in the house, but he still does. That's how Scruffs is too. I have to always close my door, because anytime he runs downstairs he just goes to pee, even if I took him out 30 minutes before.

I don't know what else to tell you other than don't scold him unless you see him going in the house (that will make him scared to pee in front of you, thus the hiding in the crate). I know that if I continued this for a year with constant watching and not giving him the chance to pee in the house, as soon as I let him free he will go as he pleases. He goes months without accidents (once 4 months) but I don't think he will ever be fully house trained.

He had five accidents last week (which is crazy!). Usually he has 0-1 every few weeks. This was because it started raining and I started giving up. I decided to try pee pads last Saturday, but so far he hasn't peed on them or gone in the house at all. I have them spread out over where he always goes downstairs. I'll let you know if these help, but I made a vow that I'm not going to let him go in the house. Meaning, he is never out of my sight unless he is in his crate.

Hendrix is 4 and a half and he still cocks his leg on my dining room table every now and then. (Little brat) Sometimes it is my fault because I will lag on taking him outside..... but sometimes he just goes. And he has never stopped pooping in the house. When he needs to go, he goes. I don't mind the poop cause once you pick it up thats that.... but the pee is so hard to clean.

It wasn't really a problem until we brough home Lucy, so I think it is a terratorial thing.

Not to doubt your potty training abilities or anything, but if you really think about it, do you REALLY take your pup out every 1 to 2 hours? I only say this because when I was very diligent (sp?) about taking my boys out, there were no accidents. It was pretty much only when I ignored them saying they wanted to go out that there have been accidents. I think Joey might have a bowel issue though, because it's like he just can't stop the poop from coming out...he knows better, but I think he just didn't pay attention to his urge to go until it was too late. It's like the kid that's having so much fun playing they don't go to the bathroom, but then they pee in their underwear because they just can't hold it any longer. since Joey has learned how to come and get me, we haven't had an accident in quite a while. I would try taking them out, then wait about half an hour, and take them out again. A total pain in the butt I know, but worth it if you don't have accidents!! We did this for a while, and they slowly learned that they needed to get their business done outside before they play. It's a long, difficult process (especially for those of us with quite stubborn little ones!) I wish you the best of luck!

My Edie is 9, and she still has "transgressions"! We go long periods without any mistakes, and then there are a lot of them. So we have an all tile house, with indoor-outdoor rugs that we can take outside and hose down with detergent.

I am sorry I can't be of more help. We are in a good spell now. It has probably been a month since the last transgression.

Ella (1 year old) gets to go outside twice a day, she also has puppy pads inside to use. She has just recently started to pee on the couches, sometimes twice a day she does this. Ugg, i'm sorry i can't help with your potty training issues b/c i have some issues i need help w/ to. =[

well one thing is if u use pee pads this will tell them its ok to go in the house u need to make up your mind if u want to use it inside or out.. doing both will cause confusion. crate training is te best way i have found so far for training to go outside.. its much easier if u have a back yard fenced in u can let them go by there self and u dont have all the hassel of going with them but me i live in apartment and its at least a 100 yard trip every time.. patience and putting them back in the crate when they dont go the first time will help.. take them back outside after a couple min. and repeat till they go

Lestat seems to have accidents every day, even though he only poos in the house once in a blue moon. i do try to scold him when i see him do it but most times i'll pick him up and discover that hes wet and by then i have no idea where he went, i do regularly clean the carpet, thank God he is so small that even with his constant peeing the house does not smell.

i'll lag sometimes too especially since i work from home most days out of the week but what gets me is that he can be in his crate for like 8 hours straight when i do have to go into the office and he will never pee or poop in there. but he can't hold for more then an hour when hes out.

i really do take him out every hour or two when he is out of his crate and i keep him in my sight more often then not, as i mentioned in another post i work from home most of the week and i'm always available for him and he still pees in the house.

you only take her out twice a day? my yorkie has to go out countless times a day. if she is peeing on the couch she may be telling you she needs to go out more times in the day.

That is why i stopped useing pee pads as soon as i got him to start going outside and he never goes in his crate no matter how long he is in there for.

He is probably marking. Once this habit starts it's very difficult to stop, not impossible. You need to go back to puppy 101 in a sense. He needs to be with you ALL the time and be taken out all the time . If all that fails maybe a bellyband would help some. Good Luck

I have no useful advice, just commiseration. 2 of mine still occasionally pee in the house. Now that the weather has turned cold, it has increased. I am a firm believer in positive reinforcement. Hang in there!!!!

One of the best dogs I ever had was a male and he routinely marked inside and he practically lived outside (farm). I never could catch him and I never could brake him and I never did have another male dog in my house. Have you ever really watched a male outdoors? They will go all the way around the parameter of their territory (yard) and mark their spots, and how in the world do have enough urine to do that? IDK, but I think some, (mine especially) mark their routine spots in the house as well. Since him, however I have incorporated the bells on my door and this has taken the guess work out of knowing for sure that they need to go out. Just yesterday, my 10 week old little girl rang the bells for the first time on her own and went out to do her business. That was just after two weeks of having her. Today, she didn't just ring them, she took them and shook them until I opened the door! You might think about using some bells. I figure this way when they get to where they ring the bell, the are difinitely telling you they need to go out and there is no more guess work on your part and no more hit and missing. Who ever invented the bell system was a genius IMO!!

I put a bell on my door and the husband thought I was nuts so I took it down. I think bells are a good idea.

yeah bells can be a training tool they even sale things that go on your door that have bells on the for them to tell u when its time to go.. they can be used jsut like clickers or whistles

I can only take her out twice a day. Once in the morning and once at midnight when i get home from work. It's hard to take her out anymore than that b/c my boyfriend and i both work super later. She hasn't peed on the couch in about a week so i'm hoping she's over it. She loves going outside so much, maybe i should listen to her more.

I tried the bell thing he would never touch it.

Here's the situation, your dog is not housebroken. The sooner you face that reality , the sooner he'll be housebroken. He has too much freedom and right now anywhere but his crate is fair game. He can hold it for more than an hour but look at it from his perspective - no one ever told him he can't go indoors so why bother holding it?

You need to start over. Enforce a zero freedom policy. He should be crated or attached to you so he has no chance of running away and just doing it somewhere in the house. Do not just take him out every hour, wait for signs he's going to go. If he looks like he's going to go - interrupt him. A clap of the hands should do it and quickly rush him outside and reward when he does go. Interruption is the key in your case - he has to learn it is wrong to go indoors.

BTW, he looks guilty when he has an accident indoors only because he senses your are annoyed or angry, not because of the actual pee. Whether you are displaying it or not, dogs can pick it up even if you are trying to hide your emotions. In his mind he has no idea why you are annoyed at him.

I just wanted to say that I agree, your dog isn't housebroken and you need to keep him blocked in a bare-floor area during play time. Crate training is the best and fastest way to train a dog. I just wanted to also add that someone said that pooing in the house isn't as big a deal, but it is. They are still releasing their scent, so if you have enzyme cleaner, use it where they've gone #2 also.

I was told by Toby's foster mom that vinegar water will be my best friend when cleaning up the accidents in the house. Do all of you agree?

Vinegar is a great all-purpose cleaner. One part white vinegar to two parts warm water. Blot, never rub. Pour directly onto the spot. Your house may smell like vinegar for a couple of days, but that will eventually pass.

I probably should have mentioned that he is not nuertered yet, we are planning on it in like the next month or so.

It's a Yorkie thing
 

My Zippy is the smartest dog I have ever had. He even knows which toy I tell him to get. BUT....He will pee on the floor. He knows exactly where his pads are...............even got him some of that fancy grass they sell on t.v. He poops on it "most" of the time. Prefers the living room carpet. I keep him confined to the part of the house with tile floors. I bought one of those training kits with a special collar. He behaves perfectly when he has the collar on. Obeys every command. I take the collar off.........he does what he pleases and no more. I say it's " Yorkie attitude".

Your dog is not housebroken. A housebroken dog always knows where they are allowed to go. The only time they will have an accident is when they are unable physically to get to their spot, whether it's inside or outside, or something is medically wrong.

"Yorkie attitude" has nothing to do with whether your dog is housebroken or not. It's more like "owner attitude" that allows them to get away with it.