Potty Training

[h2co-pilot]

I can't tell you how frustrated I am.

We have been keeping Pea-Pie in the butler's pantry- it's like a little kitchen off our regular kitchen. (kitchen is a weird word.) She won't go in there which is great, and she goes outside when we bring her there.....when she "knocks" on the door, after she eats, sleeps....etc.

But as soon as I let her on free roam- even if it is 15 minutes or so.... BAM! She does something. Even if it is a a teeny tiny couple drops of pee- she just has to do it. And I won't find it until later- its normally upstairs in one of the kids bathrooms or someplace inconspicuous where I can't scold her because it's been a while.

I have read that if you keep them with you while inside via a leash you can keep an eye on them and scold, sweep and plunk em where they are supposed to go. I have done that, but she never tries to go in front of me- so it works. But as soon as I let her free in the house.... again, it's a tiny turd or pee spot.

She was in heat for a month- she started at 8 mos old. I wasn't expecting that. So she was definitely holed up because that was just nasty. Hopefully now we can start letting her roam via the leash again and be more consistent, but dammit...

[dеiтайожни]

It's eaaasy. Just be consistent, take the dog out every 2 hours or so during the day. Keep it in a cage at night, one that isn't too big. That way they will cry and try to get your attention before they will want to sleep on their pee/poop. It's how they learn to tell you they have to go out, otherwise you'll have a dog that knows to go outside, but doesn't know how to tell you.

You could get one of these, and make the dog press it everytime you take it outside so it has more options.
http://www.comforthouse.com/doorbells.html

My dog knew all the basic commands before he stopped going in the house too, but he had a confusing puppyhood..being at work in an inside/outside environment. Now he knows the name of everyone of his toys, rooms of the house, objects (tv, computer, etc), some people, favorite places (farm, beach, park, etc..), tasks, etc... Fast learner.

[deserth3]

Sounds like your dog is either marking new territory or she's pissed because you lock her up at night away from her family. i'd guess it's the second.

The word wrong ( in a strong voice) always worked well for me.

A loud snap of my fingers works well too. Beets yelling at the kids....I mean dog. Used to piss the X off when I did it to my kids in a store. But I never liked yelling at the kids. My son who's now 23 still remembers the snap of the fingers. Even he agree's, better than being yelled at.

[KenP]

I think she's just dumb. I mean, how big can a chi-chi's brain be anyway?

But she's really so cute.

[DRTYFN]

Microwave therapy works for kitties, should work for those little squirrel dogs too.

[H2Finally]

Originally Posted by DRTYFN

Microwave therapy works for kitties, should work for those little squirrel dogs too.

Tried that, but other than some singed smell, don't work. Plus the wifey for some reason doesn't like this method..

The puppy is trained to potty outside in the garden, and will do so 90% of the time. It's the other 10% that bugs the heck out of my germ-phobia.

Maybe the problem is we put a box lined with paper in front of his crate for him to potty at night. Maybe paper + grass = kitchen carpet smell?