the dog is now a year old and its still ****ing on the floor

the dog is now a year old and its still ****ing on the floor

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pilchardthecat

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7,483 posts

178 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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Heeeelp!

I know nothing about dogs, i pay for it and let it live in my house, but the responsibility of training it is on the wife/kids.

It's female if that makes a difference.

randlemarcus

13,507 posts

230 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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Perhaps they need a bit of external help with the training side of life? Outwith a medical issue, this is a training problem.

ehonda

1,483 posts

204 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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Have you tried rubbing your wife's/kid's noses in it? That'll expedite the training.

My youngest dog is 16 months or so, but is still very much a puppy and we've only recently cracked the house training thing with him. The older one was no bother at all.

Stick her outside after every meal, after she wakes up from a nap and if that doesn't work every half hour, also after every bit of play. If she goes inside try and intercept and put her outside straight away.
Reward when she goes outside.

You need eyes like a hawk and the reflexes of a cat!
It was wearing me down with our boy and getting it cracked was properly hard work, but we got there in the end.

Good luck.

boxst

3,699 posts

144 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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You need to get very upset when it goes to toilet and take her outside (dog not wife). And as above take her outside very often and go over the top happy and praise if she goes to toilet. Do you go for a walk at regular times? The dog should get used to going to toilet then. I can t remember the last time he went in the garden.

It worked after a few weeks with my somewhat stubborn Yorkshire terrier puppy. He only has accidents now if he is ill and even then will try not to and scratch to go outside.

pilchardthecat

Original Poster:

7,483 posts

178 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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The profanity filter removed part of my title - it's mostly a urination problem - it generally craps in the garden and wees in the house

SplatSpeed

7,490 posts

250 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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attention seeking, stopping you leaving it!

asserting it's dominance, you are it's bh!

y2blade

56,029 posts

214 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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An IQ test before allowing folk to keep pets would eliminate this issue.



SplatSpeed

7,490 posts

250 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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y2blade said:
An IQ test before allowing folk to keep pets would eliminate this issue.


missed you!

boxst

3,699 posts

144 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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pilchardthecat said:
The profanity filter removed part of my title - it's mostly a urination problem - it generally craps in the garden and wees in the house
The same applies -- go outside frequently and praise her when she goes to toilet. This may seem like a stupid question but I've never had female dogs: Do they wee as much as males to mark their territory? Basically when we went outside I would praise him every few seconds as he found something new to wee on ...

Xtriple129

1,148 posts

156 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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I think female dogs are more difficult to house train. My little Phoebe is the smartest dog on the planet but it took her months to learn (didn't help that she was a rescue and had lived alone in a shed for her first four months - weeing and pooing as she liked), never usually use treats as a training aid, but it was the only thing that worked with her.

On a related note, just taken the car to the dealers, dogs with me of course and Chester (the male Basset) pee'd on a brand new 4X4 in the showroom!

Jasandjules

69,825 posts

228 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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boxst said:
The same applies -- go outside frequently and praise her when she goes to toilet. This may seem like a stupid question but I've never had female dogs: Do they wee as much as males to mark their territory? Basically when we went outside I would praise him every few seconds as he found something new to wee on ...
IME girls take a fair bit longer than boys to be house trained.

bexVN

14,682 posts

210 months

Tuesday 16th December 2014
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Check no medical reason with the vet (can be a medical reason sometimes)

Females are more likely to wee when excited like when you get home and she is greeting you or when she gets excited or when nervous etc. All these are normal and it takes time for it to stop (sometimes never completely)

Otherwise it is continuing to reinforce positive training.

johnxjsc1985

15,948 posts

163 months

Friday 19th December 2014
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I am still not sure how our little fella has managed to house train us from day one at 6 weeks old with a very nasty tummy he has asked to go out by scratching at the door and barking.
~I would like to take some credit for this but I cant its all down to him.