HOUSE BREAKING - Support Thread (Mind your pee's and poo's!)

Bumblebee123

Katchambers – our dogs certainly do seem to be doing exactly the same things!! And apologies for jumping on your thread :embarasse:embarasse

Many, many thanks for everyone’s advice. Last night I mopped the hall (where she seems to have accidents most frequently) with bio washing powder. This morning there was only one accident – in the kitchen, where I hadn’t used the powder. I plan on mopping through everywhere again tonight and possibly doing it every day for a while.

I will try on the treat method and leaving the back door shut. To be honest, as soon as my husband or I get home, the back door is opened, and sometimes stays like that overnight, so that may also help

Thank you so much. This was really getting me quite emotional as I was imaging our house being destroyed forever. In a sick sort of way, it’s nice to know that others are suffering too, and I hope we can all get through it together

xx

katchambers

Hi Bumble,

your are not hijacking my thread, I started this as support for everyone going through the same thing, so if we all join together I think it will make us feel a bit better, and its not sick that we hope someone else is going through it too, we know there are others out there with older dogs that are not trained and talking about it helps us all.

Thanks everyone.

Total dry time = 2hours

I don't have any washing powder, only tablets, should I break a tablet up and use that, and what do I do, just sprinkle it over the wet areas, rub it in, use water? It's on carpet mostly.

Thanks

Rachel_B_3

Hi,

Just had to say I really appreciate the idea of a housebreaking 'support thread'. We have a black lab called Ruby who is almost 12 weeks old - still young I know! She simply is not getting the distinction of going inside vs outside - I am sure that in her head it is no different!

She is starting to recognise the word 'toilet' and will sometimes go on command but then next time we'll go outside and stand around for 10 minutes, give up, go back in and promptly empty her bladder in front of me! We do praise, treats, going out regularly etc.

It's more stressful than I thought it would be.... so glad I'm not the only member of the club!

manda1205

katchambers wrote: »

Hi Bumble,

your are not hijacking my thread, I started this as support for everyone going through the same thing, so if we all join together I think it will make us feel a bit better, and its not sick that we hope someone else is going through it too, we know there are others out there with older dogs that are not trained and talking about it helps us all.

Thanks everyone.

Total dry time = 2hours

I don't have any washing powder, only tablets, should I break a tablet up and use that, and what do I do, just sprinkle it over the wet areas, rub it in, use water? It's on carpet mostly.

Thanks

My vet told me to dilute a small amount of biological powder with some hot water. So I just put a little in my small bowl in my sink then use some newspaper to soak up most of it then go over it with kitchen towels with the powder water IYSWIM. We have carpet everywhere and although theres not been many accidents, in my hall I have loads of stains, I think the washing powder cleans the carpet so you can now see where the other bits are dirty, lol. We're gonna get laminate next year though so not so bad.
If I were you Id just go buy a small box of biological powder just to use for the accidents. Im not sure that the tablets are biological and also you'll end up using loads more than is needed.
I never knew a puppy would be so hard work, but Im sure it'll all pay off. Think this time next year, lol, well thats what I keep saying!

foreign_correspondent

Puppies are really, really hard work, and you need to be on the ball with them all the time - if house training is breaking down you need to go back to square one going the outside (with you) every 30 minutes, or at any sign of needing the loo, when any widdling io pooping goes on, lots of praise 'clever dog' 'good girl' - supplemented by a good treat and a fuss, straight after the act, so they know what they are being praised for.

Often on here, people say they are thinking of getting a pup, but they work, or are out of the house a lot, or have small children... often they are advised this is not a good idea, as you really need to dedicate a lot of time to house training, otherwise you will have a dog that toilets in the house habitually... very often people do underestimate how much work it will be, because it really is full time (and more!) for a good while!.

However, persevere, you have to be dedicated and consistent, the dog cannot be expected to just 'know' instinctively, they are learning some odd and probably pretty random looking rules, from a dogs perspective...you will get there if you put the time in, and it will be worth it in the long run!

Your dog is probably a good part of the way there now, and for those who have mentioned getting rid of the dog - please don't ... the rescues are overflowing and an unhousetrained dog is harder to rehome and is likely to have a major setback if placed in kennels, and may well end up being one of the dogs which bounces back into rescue again and again.

It is worth remembering that when you see people with these perfectly behaved, clean, housetrained mature dogs, they did not start off like that - they all crapped on the carpet, ate the remote control and generally had their owners climbing the walls at some point... it is training, exercise, kindness, dedication and perseverance that has created the well behaved dog!

katchambers

Rachel_B wrote: »

Hi,

Just had to say I really appreciate the idea of a housebreaking 'support thread'. We have a black lab called Ruby who is almost 12 weeks old - still young I know! She simply is not getting the distinction of going inside vs outside - I am sure that in her head it is no different!

She is starting to recognise the word 'toilet' and will sometimes go on command but then next time we'll go outside and stand around for 10 minutes, give up, go back in and promptly empty her bladder in front of me! We do praise, treats, going out regularly etc.

It's more stressful than I thought it would be.... so glad I'm not the only member of the club!

Welcome Rachel!

Good luck with your lab, I hope she gets there quicker than my first pup.

TOTAL DRY TIME = 5.5 hours (the fact that I have to count in hrs is depressing!)

kat x

Mutter_2

I think your thread is brilliant and can't see why it's taken this long to arrive.

Though for marketing purposes you might want to rename it "Mind your pees and pooes" Nothing worse than the unsuspected squelch under the foot in the dark.

katchambers

Mutter wrote: »

I think your thread is brilliant and can't see why it's taken this long to arrive.

Though for marketing purposes you might want to rename it "Mind your pees and pooes" Nothing worse than the unsuspected squelch under the foot in the dark.

I like it!!

Done x

Rachel_B_3

katchambers wrote: »

Welcome Rachel!

Good luck with your lab, I hope she gets there quicker than my first pup.

TOTAL DRY TIME = 5.5 hours (the fact that I have to count in hrs is depressing!)

kat x

Thanks Kat - Fingers crossed! At least I'm at home all the time with her (I work from home part time but not much work has been happening in the 3 weeks we've had her!) I really don't know how anyone who works full time could cope with it!

I have 2 cats who are almost 5... they're really not much preparation for a puppy :rolleyes:

Here's to making it to 12 hours :beer:

katchambers

Rachel_B wrote: »

Thanks Kat - Fingers crossed! At least I'm at home all the time with her (I work from home part time but not much work has been happening in the 3 weeks we've had her!) I really don't know how anyone who works full time could cope with it!

I have 2 cats who are almost 5... they're really not much preparation for a puppy :rolleyes:

Here's to making it to 12 hours :beer:

I work from home too! I also have no idea how people who work full-time house break their dogs, I can barely manage it working from home!! :eek:

It almost killed me housebreaking my border collie and now having to do it all again after I was assured the dog was housebroken is more than I can handle at times.

But pls don't let me put you off, we were quite lazy at the beginning last time, inc not always clearing up her messes straight away, plus we got conflicting advice, I hope it doesn't take as long this time.

kat x

DRY TIME = 8.5 hrs