How do I stop my dog ****ing in the house
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I have an 18 month old dachshund and he is really pissing me off. He constantly uses the kitchen as his bathroom and i'm at my witts end
So far
During the summer he is outside as I have a big shed and he has a bed in there. In the evening he is in the kitchen and spends the night in the down stairs loo as its small and he wont mess for some reason.
Last winter we used a cage which in the kitchen during the day as it's too cold outside and he was good as gold in it and would go all day without messing but my wife and I did not like the thought of him being cooped up so we give him the kitchen during the day nowas it's too cold to be outside and everyday we come hope to floods of pee and poo. The thing is he knows he's done wrong as he cowers when we come in.
We walk him day and night.
Any advice on what to do would be good.
Ted
So far
During the summer he is outside as I have a big shed and he has a bed in there. In the evening he is in the kitchen and spends the night in the down stairs loo as its small and he wont mess for some reason.
Last winter we used a cage which in the kitchen during the day as it's too cold outside and he was good as gold in it and would go all day without messing but my wife and I did not like the thought of him being cooped up so we give him the kitchen during the day nowas it's too cold to be outside and everyday we come hope to floods of pee and poo. The thing is he knows he's done wrong as he cowers when we come in.
We walk him day and night.
Any advice on what to do would be good.
Ted
The reason he doesn't poo in the small loo is because it is too small and dogs don't soil where they sleep (hence why puppy crates are used). As you have a crate, keep him in there overnight for starters.
What house training did he get as a puppy? I think you basically need to start it again.
What house training did he get as a puppy? I think you basically need to start it again.
To add to the above. If he is used to toileting wherever he likes (i.e. anywhere outside) he will go wherever he likes. He will not go where he sleeps.
As another poster said, in a confined space, he won't go.
Presumably he cowers in the corner when you come home because you reprimand him. He doesn't "know he has done wrong", he associates you coming home with violence.
Get a book or google search for puppy toilet training. Go back to basics.
Only use positive reinforcement (the exception some people use is if you catch them 'in the act' but even then, it's a distraction to stop them going before taking them where they should go then lavishing praise).
As another poster said, in a confined space, he won't go.
Presumably he cowers in the corner when you come home because you reprimand him. He doesn't "know he has done wrong", he associates you coming home with violence.
Get a book or google search for puppy toilet training. Go back to basics.
Only use positive reinforcement (the exception some people use is if you catch them 'in the act' but even then, it's a distraction to stop them going before taking them where they should go then lavishing praise).
i've got a couple of dachs.
One we had from a puppy and is good as gold. The older one was an ex stud dog when ad at 2 (he's now 12). As he was kennelled we had a hell of a job stopping him from pissing everywhere. Even now, he'll occasionally do it somewhere sneaky.
If i was you and he's sleeping in a kennel in the summer and the bathroom in the winter, i would look at crating him at night.
Then all you've got to do is sort him in the day.
Positive training is the way forward.
Take him out as soon as you wake. Tell him to 'spend a penny'. As soon as he does, treat and fuss.
Take him out again at lunchtime and repeat, then tea time, then bed time.
Before long he will pee on command.
One we had from a puppy and is good as gold. The older one was an ex stud dog when ad at 2 (he's now 12). As he was kennelled we had a hell of a job stopping him from pissing everywhere. Even now, he'll occasionally do it somewhere sneaky.
If i was you and he's sleeping in a kennel in the summer and the bathroom in the winter, i would look at crating him at night.
Then all you've got to do is sort him in the day.
Positive training is the way forward.
Take him out as soon as you wake. Tell him to 'spend a penny'. As soon as he does, treat and fuss.
Take him out again at lunchtime and repeat, then tea time, then bed time.
Before long he will pee on command.
Chilli said:
Stevenj214 said:
Presumably he cowers in the corner when you come home because you reprimand him. He doesn't "know he has done wrong", he associates you coming home with violence.
That's a horrible thought...Don't feed him before he is going to spend a long period alone, feed him half an hour to an hour before you take him out
Edited by Sheets Tabuer on Wednesday 1st December 08:36
We had a Boxer, my wife didn't work when we got him, but she then got a little job in which the hours increased.
He started to piss on the floor after a while and the vets said it was medical and he had all sorts of medication and even an operation as recommended by the vets.
Sometimes we might only pop out for a half hour, but he would have pissed by the time we got home.
We couldn't go on like that and re-homed him with someone who was home all the time and had another Boxer.
He has been ok since, so it seems it was just us leaving him that upset him, nothing medical or anything to do with training.
He started to piss on the floor after a while and the vets said it was medical and he had all sorts of medication and even an operation as recommended by the vets.
Sometimes we might only pop out for a half hour, but he would have pissed by the time we got home.
We couldn't go on like that and re-homed him with someone who was home all the time and had another Boxer.
He has been ok since, so it seems it was just us leaving him that upset him, nothing medical or anything to do with training.
LC926 said:
We had a Boxer, my wife didn't work when we got him, but she then got a little job in which the hours increased.
He started to piss on the floor after a while and the vets said it was medical and he had all sorts of medication and even an operation as recommended by the vets.
Sometimes we might only pop out for a half hour, but he would have pissed by the time we got home.
We couldn't go on like that and re-homed him with someone who was home all the time and had another Boxer.
He has been ok since, so it seems it was just us leaving him that upset him, nothing medical or anything to do with training.
It's called Separation Anxiety and can be trained successfully.He started to piss on the floor after a while and the vets said it was medical and he had all sorts of medication and even an operation as recommended by the vets.
Sometimes we might only pop out for a half hour, but he would have pissed by the time we got home.
We couldn't go on like that and re-homed him with someone who was home all the time and had another Boxer.
He has been ok since, so it seems it was just us leaving him that upset him, nothing medical or anything to do with training.
To the OP. How long does this dog spend left alone?
Possibilities:
1. Get him vet checked. Perhaps he has cystitis?
2. Have you reinforced him for using the garden?
3. Do you fully and properly clean up after him to ensure you remove the smell? What are you using? Dogs will often use the same area to toilet if it smells.
4. Having done all of the above you could use a crate as dogs will not usually use their sleeping area as a toilet, however this will not be fair if he has a problem that means he needs to go or if he is left in it for longer than a few hours (other than overnight)
Telling him off is punishing him for something he is not doing on purpose. He does not know 'right' from 'wrong'. That's your definition.
There is a factsheet here on toilet training: http://dogstrust.org.uk/_resources/resources/facts...
make a small bed that fits the dog in it, get the dog to sleep in it at night
looks like the dog has a small wee at night and then it all floods out as he is scared of what will happen in the morning when the OP comes downstairs and probably shouts and kicks the dog ?
maybe leave him in the shed all year round ?
looks like the dog has a small wee at night and then it all floods out as he is scared of what will happen in the morning when the OP comes downstairs and probably shouts and kicks the dog ?
maybe leave him in the shed all year round ?
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