What to do about peeing everywhere
 

I have had Sassy since January 14th. Barely over a month now. When I got her they told me she was pad trained. (She is a year old.) Well, as far as I can tell she isn't trained at all. Maybe she just thinks my whole house is one big pee pad....and basically, that is what it has become.

I have put those pads everywhere. She has gone on them every now and then. I think just because they were in the way when she was going. She hides to pee and potty. If I am around, she waits. Just looking at me. If I continue to be there, she gives up and goes elsewhere. Later, She will find another spot. I have bought a blacklight to help me find all the spots, a carpet shampooer and lots of urine off.

I also just purchased an x-pen that I am going to set up for her on linoleum with pads in there. I just can't take the indiscriminate pee spots everywhere. So...does anyone have any suggestions? I know she is going to be tremendously upset because she is used to free run of the house. I want that too, but AFTER she learns not to go everywhere.

I am "listening". Let me "hear" from you, please.

At my wits end and tired of living in a doggie pee/poo house,

Sammi

the expen is a good idea. she should be confined if you cant stay on top of her until she is trained. and be very consistant.

I am a firm believer of crate training.... I have used it for the last 4 puppies I have had ( over 17 years ) .... You have to keep them in the crate except while eating , play time etc,.,, then put them in the crate.,.,,.. as soon as they wake up , or time to get out of the crate take them either outside of pad and tell them to potty. then play, eat, potty then crate again... My babies go to their crate even with the door open now... that is like their own space and room,,,, they have a no ones allowed sign on the door,,,, ( not really ) but their crate is their own,. I have a puppy ( Yorkie ) I just got 3 weeks ago and he is doing great.... as I am typing this he is in his crate ( door open now ) and chewing on a toy... It really does work... when they do potty on the paper you need to praise them excessively.... and give a treat..,, You need to teach them to potty on command... always use the same command we say tee tee potty on the paper.... or tee tee potty outside .... stay with them until they do ... if they walk off go get them and bring them back to the paper and say it again..... keep on until they respond ... they will not potty in the crate so they will need to go as soon as they get out usually... Good luck.... we are having very very few accidents with my 3 1/2 month old, when we have it is always my fault ... I fell down on the job and got busy with something else.... with kids and furbabies.,, the main thing they need to make you extremely proud of them is consistency,,,

I had a Cocker Spaniel that I potty trained. I got her when she was six weeks old and it was not a problem to train her. She did go on command. Her command words were "Get Busy" and we had only the ocassional accident.

I am thinking that it is going to be a particular problem with Sassy because she is older. Plus, she has been sleeping with me since she came here so I don't know how the crate thing will work at night. Lordy.

I have rigged that x-pen so that it extends all the way across the room and will keep her on the lineoleum. I will put her crate in there and pee pads. I sure hope we are able to make some progress sooner rather than later.

Tomorrow, I will be shampooing carpets so she will have to stay in there until it dries. Maybe the next day as well. Hopefully, she will get the idea soon and we won't have to go through this forever. **Big, Deep Sigh**

Training Mist????????
 

I found this in another thread. I am wondering about the "training mist",.....:confused: What is this????

What IS it????
 

What IS it? Does anybody know?

I am responding really well to my post, don't you think? I sure wish others would. ;)

I was told by Bailey's trainer when I was pee pad training to put them only in the areas you want them to go. By spreading them all over the house you are basically giving her free reign and confusing her....so I put them in the laundry room, one in my bathroom and one upstairs in my daughters room. (We have a large house) and too my amazement she started going on the pads in the places I put them. :)

I don't know what the spray is..sounds interesting.

I keep my new puppy gated and confined to one area and her crate is there to so she can sleep. I have 4 pads down right next to each other so she can pee right away. She is doing really well and usually poops on the pad at night. By the morning she's hungry so I feed her, let her play around and when I see her sniffing, I put her back behind the gate. She usually poops then and then it's time to rest. I take a pad and put in the room where I will be with her the most. I also wipe up her pee with a pad if she makes a mistake. Then I lay the pad down so she can smell it and reuse it. Good luck to you.

Maybe it's the same spray I have that is supposed to smell like urine to them and entice them to have to go.

It hasn't worked for me.. they can tell it's imposter urine, haha :)

I agree. The "training mist" must smell like dog urine to intice them to do their business in that spot. You can have the same effect by soaking up their own urine with one of the fresh wee-wee pads and then put it out for them to use. There's usually an abundance of urine to use!

Lol....you are too funny! I know that happens to me a lot too (about the responding I mean) haha.......anyways, I was just sitting here reading these because I am haveing the exact same problem and was waiting for some of the responses. I liked the first response about crate training but I seriously dont think either of mine would buy it. They are 1 and 2 yrs old and have also been sleeping with me since they were babies, and they have free run of the house except when I gate off the 2 bedrooms that have carpet. I think that I made a very big mistake by doing this but i also think its too late to change it now. Like yours "sometimes they DO go on the pads, but other times its just like they will go wherever they feel like it. I swear Bella misses the pads of purpose.....I have like 4 or 5 of them spread around the room where we sleep with a "white carpet" and she pees in-between the pads on the rug! uggggggggggggggggg. Anyways, good luck to you and let me know how you make out!

My Betty is 19 weeks old and also cannot have the 'run of the house'. I let her do that more when I first got her because I brought her outside to potty about every 20 minutes...and she would go. BUT, I realized afterwards, that she would go inside too! I just couldn't find the hidden spots all the time. So, I had to regroup and bought an Xpen. Sometimes, she whines like she's being murdered (!) but she is getting used to it too. I'm trying to break up her 'potty day' by having her spend some time in the Xpen, some play time with me in the den...I have to actually get on the floor with her to play (or rather to let her bite me LOL) and watch her like a hawk! Then outside for potty time, meals, a little time in her sleeping pen (she loves her sleep area), etc. What I am doing is trying not to confine her for real long periods in her xpen...by breaking it up I am hoping that she doesn't feel isolated in there and at the same time, I am trying to get her to learn where to potty and where NOT to potty! We'll see...

I got Pixie 4 weeks ago and she was 13 months old and had soent her life in a 2 x18 foot run in the breeders basement where she ran her business. SHe was use to going on newspaper but that also meant she was use to going wherever she was all day. The first 2 days I thought I had made a big mistake and that I would never get her trained. I had newspaper all over my room. Then on the great advice from Yt people I switched to pee pads since Cali was using them also. I started out with 12 down and I watched her like a hawk. If I couldn;t watch her she was crated. She took to the Jump Start pads right away and she is real easy to see when she has to go as she sniffs for awhile. When she would use the pad I would clap and get real excited and we would run to the kitchen and get a special treat ( a tiny piece of a salerno butter cookie. Since I started this on day 3 she has only had 3 accidents in 4 weeks. She is now beter trained than my other 2. So my advice is to confine to a samll space and watch her carefully. This is my first time getting an older dog and she does learn quickly. Good luck.

How often do you take her out? Do you stay out there to make a big fuss over her when she goes. That\'s how I trained Skippy. Treats help when they do a good job outside.

Definitely try the crate training, but when she\'s out of the crate, try using the umbilical cord method. Keep her leashed to you at all times, so she can\'t just run off to a dark corner and take care of business. You won\'t have to do the umbilical cord forever, just when you have stuff to do and can\'t watch her like a hawk. If you have to leave the room and can\'t have her leashed to you, put her in the crate.