Peepee in the house...again

[moxiegrl]

My puppy is good about going pee and poop outside, but sometimes (anywhere from 0-3x's a day) she pee's in the house. Im doing everything recommended, not scolding her when I find it just clean it up and disinfect, and if I catch her(which i usually don't), saying No and taking her outside, and then praise her for finishing outside. It does not bother me to much. My boyfriend, who is a great guy and loves Katie to death(although she is still a mama's girl) , gets agitated when he finds a puddle. Usually he finds them by stepping in them and soaking his socks. He scolds Katie when he finds them, and I tell him she doesnt know why your scolding her, and tell him just to clean it up. But he says she should know by now where to go potty. Katie is OUR dog, not just mine, so I dont want to be like "i know best listen to me". I dont want her to be confused by him scolding her and she not knowing why. I also don't know why she is still peeing in the house. She never pooped in the house, and most of the time she pee's. She goes to the back door when she wants out, and she will bark at the back door in the morning to get me out of bed and let her outside. Any suggestion?

[Dizzy]

I think the only thing to do is be more vigilant. Perhaps she needs more toilet trips than she is getting?

They usually only go when they have too, so if they have to go and go inside, it means you have either not read the signs, or not been watching.

They get there in the end!! :D

[moxiegrl]

She can go out whenever she wants...and she does go to the door when she wants/needs outside...most of the time. Also, during the day I am home with her, and my boyfriend doesnt come home til the evening. All of her accidents are usually in the evening. LoL, I would rather her have accidents during the day so he can keep his socks clean. :)

[Brattina88]

Your puppy needs to have constant supervision until she is fully housetrained. There are several ways to do this - tether her to you, go garage saleing for some baby gates and confine her to the room you are in, crate her when you are distracted and can't supervise, ect.
What's going on in the evening that she's not telling you? You're distracted because your boyfriend is home. It sounds like you're doing good so far, kick it up another notch and she'll be potty trained in no time ;)

[makenzie71]

oops...double post...crazy VB4...

[makenzie71]

First, just keep going with what you're doing, just up the frequency of how many trips outside you take. In the end, persistance, consistancy and patience will trump all else.

Also, don't worry about him scolding her...since you believe she doesn't know why she's being scolded, you shouldn't have a problem believing in 10 minutes she won't remember having been scolded. Besides, if he's not being excessively loud or physical, it won't really have any effect anyway.

[tessa_s212]

My puppy is good about going pee and poop outside, but sometimes (anywhere from 0-3x's a day) she pee's in the house. Im doing everything recommended, not scolding her when I find it just clean it up and disinfect, and if I catch her(which i usually don't), saying No and taking her outside, and then praise her for finishing outside. It does not bother me to much. My boyfriend, who is a great guy and loves Katie to death(although she is still a mama's girl) , gets agitated when he finds a puddle. Usually he finds them by stepping in them and soaking his socks. He scolds Katie when he finds them, and I tell him she doesnt know why your scolding her, and tell him just to clean it up. But he says she should know by now where to go potty. Katie is OUR dog, not just mine, so I dont want to be like "i know best listen to me". I dont want her to be confused by him scolding her and she not knowing why. I also don't know why she is still peeing in the house. She never pooped in the house, and most of the time she pee's. She goes to the back door when she wants out, and she will bark at the back door in the morning to get me out of bed and let her outside. Any suggestion?

Brattina gave excellent advise as far as the potty training goes, as usual. ;)

But you are right, your boyfriend should NOT be scolding her. Because for some reason I think it will be hard to convince him not to, being very vigilant in your potty training and not giving her the oppurtunity to potty in the house would be the best thing to do.

[bubbatd]

Hmmmmmm if she's going mostly when he is there ....it could be she's upset and confused by him. I'd tell him to lay off her !

[moxiegrl]

I hope she's not upset and confused by him! We both do our best to make sure she feels safe, loved and taken care of. I really just think hes sick of changing his socks. When I say scold too, he doesnt yell or hit her or anything close, he just changes his usual Katie voice and you can see in her eyes she knows somethings wrong. So far tonight no pee pee accidents so thats good. I will start taking her out even more, and suggesting she go out instead of waiting for her to tell me. As far as supervision, most of the time I can't get away from her. Wherever I am, she is. Unless she's outside (which is doggy proved and fenced in)or until she sneaks off to pee occasionally. Thanks

[zoe08]

If she does it just in the evening around a certain time, I would may try taking her out about that time before she has the chance to go potty. Maybe right before your boyfriend gets home?

[moxiegrl]

Well its been 2 days and no accidents, and tonight she did what she usually does and went to the back door when she needed to pee. How can you know why they do it sometimes and not others? I need a dog psychic :) Anyway shes doing a ok so far with the pee pee

[bubbatd]

Cross your fingers and toes !!