House breaking
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| Does she pee outside and then come in and pee again?
If she goes both places, has she been checked for a UTI or, if spayed, incontinence? I've had puppy bitches who seem to forget to do their business. Oh, they may even squat, but then a leaf blows by and "what was I doing again?" Very frustrating. Especially this time of year as you stand there begging in 20 below....brrr! This is one area where I surely do see the advantage of boy dogs who seem to see it as their main mission in life to pee early and pee often, no begging involved, and one of the few areas they seem to have an attention span at a young age 
Kristine |
| I have yet to actually witness a potty in the yard, when we go out shes 100 miles an hour everywhere. We have a ton of snow and she thinks that's the most wonderful thing in the world. I find her warenting snow boots and parka just to take her out, takes me forever to get her calmed down enough to get her to come back to me and come in. |
| OK, that sounds familar, with sympathies.
Take her out on a leash (not a flexi!) and you stand in one place. You can turn in place, but not move from your spot otherwise. She will sniff and carry on. Keep telling her to potty or whatever your command is (have treats in pocket). Once she's covered whatever ground you can cover on a six foot leash radius, she will run out of things to do and pee (hopefully). Then praise, give her a cookie and take her off the leash so she can run around. It shouldn't take her long to get the connection that peeing gets her good things (cookies) AND what she wants (being able to run and play). That way you should be able to not only put potty on command but also HURRY! Another handy command in winter especially... I've had fosters whom I've had to do this with because I inadvertently taught them that peeing means we're done and so now we're going in and they WANT to be out. And several of my own girls are avid sniffers so I've had that problem at any new places. They just forget - or don't get - what they're supposed to be doing until they've been rewarded a few times. Mace is still a little slow, but getting there. I know, not a good time of year in many places to have to do this, but it pays off in the long run (keep silently repeating that through chattering lips until you believe it )
Kristine |
That might actually be the problem, she pees, I take her back out. LOL will have to take her out on the Awful leash.  (Shes not a big leash fan, she gets all pitiful about it. ) |
vampyreshadow wrote: That might actually be the problem, she pees, I take her back out. LOL will have to take her out on the Awful leash.
(Shes not a big leash fan, she gets all pitiful about it. )
Mine too. "What did I do wrong?? How can I chase the snowdrifts when you have me on this evil thing???" 
Taking her back out AFTER she's emptied her bladder on your floor/carpet whatever, while the time honored thing to do (do it myself out of habit...) probably isn't as helpful as making sure she empties her bladder BEFORE she comes in. Now, if she still pees inside afterwards, a pee-pee sample dropped off at your vets may be in order. If you think getting them to pee on a leash is interesting, just wait till you have to follow them around with the dog ladle (long story) waiting to swoop in when they pee... Sybil considers that outright ABUSE. Kristine |
| We used the leash trick on all of our fur kids. It really works. I never had to use treats though.
If doesn't do her business in a reasonable time period, usually weather-based, then take her back in and put her in her crate. After 30 minutes, take her back out, on the leash, and try again. Somebody on here suggested using a verbal command, such as pee or potty. I wish I had done that with the girls. |
| We got lucky PJ was house broken when we got him. The first two weeks he had a total of 4 accidents, but now he is trustworthy.
The only problem we had was that he wouldn't poop on the leash. We had to take him off the leash and let him run away and then he would poop (sometimes he would come back and sometimes we had to chase after him). Now he poops on the leash, but he always goes to the same area of the yard to do it. After he poops he gets really excited and wants to play!!! It is like he is celebrating. He runs and jumps up and down after a good poop, kinda funny. |
Thanks for the help, she hasn't peed indoors all yesterday and today. Seems she was just to distracted, to much fun to be had to stop and potty. Took a total of 20 minutes and one time for her to realize she cant go play till she goes.  YAY |
Definitely YAY!! 
And she's smart she learnt with only one leason. |
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