House training question...

kit

Thanks guys.
I'm not sure of the type / age of dog yet.... we are considering a few but they are all house trainied.

I think I will use a picket fence to fence off the area for it to use (and to try and teach my DD to stay out of that area!!) and keep taking it out there every hour and after naps / food etc.

FRUGAL_4

kit wrote: »

Thanks guys.
I'm not sure of the type / age of dog yet.... we are considering a few but they are all house trainied.

I think I will use a picket fence to fence off the area for it to use (and to try and teach my DD to stay out of that area!!) and keep taking it out there every hour and after naps / food etc.

This is the type of fence that I have in place, you have to make sure it is high enough so the dog cannot jump over, it works a treat - I call it his wet day garden, as my OH has replaced the turf with slabs so it doesn't turn my lawn into a muddy bath, and he comes in quite clean when it is raining, cause they don't wipe their feet!:mad: My puppy is allowed in the main garden supervised, cause he likes to nibble the plants, and when I see him squatting I lead him into his "dog" garden.

Enjoy your new dog, this is my first and it is hard work, you need to be committed and have a wee bit of time on your hands to train him/her, but they reward you a thousand times over.

kit

Can I hyjack this thread?!
I need some advice re house training.

I adopted a lab on Sunday. She is about 2. I was told she was house trained; they lied :mad:

She seems to have no knowledge of house training. I think she may have been an outdoor dog. If she is in the garden she will go but if she is in the house she will go. However if we go for a walk, she wont go.... she waits until we get in the house and then wee's on the hall carpet... I have yet to be fast enough to get her through the house into the garden in time!

I am putting her outside if I see her do 'it' in the house and am not telling her off. I have a puppy training mat down - she used it during the night last night but hasnt gone near it today.

Is there anything else I can do? I just wanna make sure I am doing things right.
She is suffering from a few illnesses at the moment (we werent told about them either!!) but nothing that would make her do this. However she is very timid and I would say she has been mistreated in the past. She is settling in very well but maybe the rehoming has added to her issues??

WeirdoMagnet

kit wrote: »

Can I hyjack this thread?!
I need some advice re house training.

I adopted a lab on Sunday. She is about 2. I was told she was house trained; they lied :mad:

She seems to have no knowledge of house training. I think she may have been an outdoor dog. If she is in the garden she will go but if she is in the house she will go. However if we go for a walk, she wont go.... she waits until we get in the house and then wee's on the hall carpet... I have yet to be fast enough to get her through the house into the garden in time!

I am putting her outside if I see her do 'it' in the house and am not telling her off. I have a puppy training mat down - she used it during the night last night but hasnt gone near it today.

Is there anything else I can do? I just wanna make sure I am doing things right.
She is suffering from a few illnesses at the moment (we werent told about them either!!) but nothing that would make her do this. However she is very timid and I would say she has been mistreated in the past. She is settling in very well but maybe the rehoming has added to her issues??

She may be housetrained - it might just be that with all the changes in her life - having a new home, new people, being poorly etc etc, have caused a relapse.

You'll need to train her like a puppy, right from scratch. Take her outside every hour, close the door behind you (to enforce the difference between inside and out) stay with her, and as soon as she goes, praise her. As she's timid, you'll know the right tone to use, but you don't want to scare her with your praise. You can introduce a command word (I use something like 'go wee wees!).

I'd stop using the puppy pads too. Some people think it can confuse the dog - you're teaching her it's ok to go inside, and will have to retrain her to go outside.

You're right not to tell her off when she does have an accident inside. Just ignore the behaviour and clear it up with biological washing powder.

HTH,

Georgie

Raksha

Many folk who take on rescue dogs go through this - the dog has been trained to go in one area, but is confused by the changes. As Georgina has said, got back to square one, frequent opportunites to 'do the right thing' and a small food reward while she's in the act of going (take her out on a lead if necessary, to keep her mind 'focused') and she'll soon catch on. Any accidents, mop up what you can, clean with bio washing powder, wait until the spot it dry, then spray with surgical or white spirit.

HTH

dawnylou

Hi all,
Am after a bit of advice.
We have a 10 month old west highland puppy.
Unfortunately over the last week we have woken up every morning to mess on the floor!
Previously she was going all night fine. Does anyone know why she has suddenly started doing this and how we can break this habit?
We have tried feeding her earlier and we take her for a walk just before bed - last night for example we were out with her until half past 11!! She had a wee but no poo. Get up today at 7 and poo and wee on floor!

I am frustrated and disapointed as she WAS trained and I don't understand why she no longer is? Also she will be stopping at her nanas for 3 nights soon and I don't want her to do this there!

HelzBelz

Could it be something to do with her coming into her 1st season?

Kimberley

HelzBelz wrote: »

Could it be something to do with her coming into her 1st season?

No dogs don't do that when they come into season. I'd seek medical advice but not from here, see your vet in case it's a urine infection or something else.

Please don't listen to any advice on here concerning health

hard_working_mum_3

try changing where she sleeps at night if poss. My collie done this, was perfect in the day and at night and then all of a sudden started pooing in the kitchen at night where she slept. I tried everything, washing the floors with bio-powder and the like to try and get rid of the toilet smell. In the end I decided, after checking with the vet that there were no underlying health problems that it was a habit that she had got herself into. So we moved her to a different room to sleep and hey presto!! the problem righted itself almost overnight. Alternatively look into crate training just for the night. A lot of people swear by it. just make sure that pup knows it's her special place and that she is not being put in there for punishment.

Raksha

Kimberley wrote: »

No dogs don't do that when they come into season. I'd seek medical advice but not from here, see your vet in case it's a urine infection or something else.

Please don't listen to any advice on here concerning health

Actually, in my experience, house training does often go out of the window when a pup is due to start their first season.