Are your dogs potty trained? Be honest
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Strider and Kaia are both. Strider hasn't had an accident in....I want to say years but he's only two and a half.
Kaia hasn't had an accident since three days after we got her. She's a very vocal girl for a borzoi, every time she has to go she runs to the door and howls at the top of her lungs. :rofl1:
Oh Charlie. He was pretty much potty trained, but had a submissive peeing problem until he was about 9 months old. We would give him a back massage outside before bringing him in to empty his bladder, and then he'd be good for a couple of hours. He's got a sensitive stomach too, so if he eats anything not his kibble it's poo everywhere.
Then last week he decided to lift his leg on the dryer for the first time. It was the last time too, I've been tethering him to me in the house to interrupt it before it becomes a habit. So far he hasn't done it again.
Kaia hasn't had an accident since three days after we got her. She's a very vocal girl for a borzoi, every time she has to go she runs to the door and howls at the top of her lungs. :rofl1:
Oh Charlie. He was pretty much potty trained, but had a submissive peeing problem until he was about 9 months old. We would give him a back massage outside before bringing him in to empty his bladder, and then he'd be good for a couple of hours. He's got a sensitive stomach too, so if he eats anything not his kibble it's poo everywhere.
Then last week he decided to lift his leg on the dryer for the first time. It was the last time too, I've been tethering him to me in the house to interrupt it before it becomes a habit. So far he hasn't done it again.
Daisy is completely potty-trained unless she gets sick from something.
Benji, well, he still likes to mark certain rooms (we keep the doors closed/blocked off so he won't), and sometimes, even though he's been outside for a while, when my mom lets him in, he'll run straight upstairs to her room and take a crap.
Benji, well, he still likes to mark certain rooms (we keep the doors closed/blocked off so he won't), and sometimes, even though he's been outside for a while, when my mom lets him in, he'll run straight upstairs to her room and take a crap.
Here yes .... but when Ollie's in a new place , I have to watch him . Smkie couldn't believe Mary peed when here the first time ~ to me it was fine . My vet says they want to leave their scent in case you forget them . I asked him as when I moved into my daughter's and then here , both Bubba and IB marked .
my hounds make up their own rules if you're not there to let them out, and they have to go, they say "well, you've taken long enough! i'll just poop here near the door. close enough, right?" they're fine if i'm home. they're fine overnight (and will sleep in! like 14 hours sleep in!) I was under the impression I just sucked at housetraining, but my foster dog (corgi/sheltie guy) is doing really well! It's just my old ladies that refuse to be tamed...
if you're not there to let them out, and they have to go, they say "well, you've taken long enough! i'll just poop here near the door. close enough, right?" they're fine if i'm home. they're fine overnight (and will sleep in! like 14 hours sleep in!) I was under the impression I just sucked at housetraining, but my foster dog (corgi/sheltie guy) is doing really well! It's just my old ladies that refuse to be tamed...
THat is because Mary had just finished a long road trip to your house and she was confused by everything because she had never traveled before and had never stayed at someone else's home like that. It was my fault because she didn't know where to ask to go out and I didnt' think about it because she wasnt' asking so she just held it until she couldn't hold it anymore. Not her fault., totally mine. I dont' believe it happened the second time we came. I made several mistakes in traveling with dogs that first trip. Including letting Victor come in without a leash to Ollie's toy box.
I dont' believe it happened the second time we came. I made several mistakes in traveling with dogs that first trip. Including letting Victor come in without a leash to Ollie's toy box.
My guys are all 100% except I do have to watch Bobbi for marking when a girl is in season but then that is the price you pay when having a stud dog in the house with them. They all have different ways of telling us when they need to go out. The only time we have ever had accidents was when someone (young son) didn't let them out and I wasn't home. I don't count that and I know the dog would have had to go very badly to go inside especially after being trained. But that hasn't happened in so long I can't remember the last time.
My guys also wont go in an x-pen let alone a crate. At the JRTCA Nationals once, we set up a couple of x-pens together around a tree. They wouldn't go, had to take them out and potty them.........poor guys had to power pee the first time when I realized they wouldn't go in the x-pen, never made that mistake again. Poor Bobbi had to pee for so long he almost fell over and got tired of holding his leg up!! Bad me for not realizing sooner.
Who at almost 5 months old is almost completely trained, at the trial this past weekend she was great and she does let you know when she needs to go out. I am happy that she will 'go' while on leash, which never happens at home, so the only time we get to practice that is at the few puppy classes we went to and two agility trials.
My guys also wont go in an x-pen let alone a crate. At the JRTCA Nationals once, we set up a couple of x-pens together around a tree. They wouldn't go, had to take them out and potty them.........poor guys had to power pee the first time when I realized they wouldn't go in the x-pen, never made that mistake again. Poor Bobbi had to pee for so long he almost fell over and got tired of holding his leg up!! Bad me for not realizing sooner.
Who at almost 5 months old is almost completely trained, at the trial this past weekend she was great and she does let you know when she needs to go out. I am happy that she will 'go' while on leash, which never happens at home, so the only time we get to practice that is at the few puppy classes we went to and two agility trials.
Sierra was VERY hard to house train (stubborn little brat ) but she's almost there. I'd say she's 90%. If we follow our routine and don't leave room for error she doesn't have accidents in the house. Recently Matt has decided he doesn't want her crated so much when we're gone, and has taken it upon himself to leave her uncrated when he goes out. But he doesn't always take her out for a bathroom break before these trips. This = accidents. The last time it happened I told him very firmly not to do this anymore as it's obvious they're both not ready
) but she's almost there. I'd say she's 90%. If we follow our routine and don't leave room for error she doesn't have accidents in the house. Recently Matt has decided he doesn't want her crated so much when we're gone, and has taken it upon himself to leave her uncrated when he goes out. But he doesn't always take her out for a bathroom break before these trips. This = accidents. The last time it happened I told him very firmly not to do this anymore as it's obvious they're both not ready 
Murphy was actually really hard to housetrain. I got him from the shelter when he was four and I don't think he'd ever actually stayed in a house prior to that. He had a horrible marking problem and he still has issues when we go somewhere new although he's improved 1000%. At home he's fully trained though. I just have to keep a very close eye on him when we go to Petsmart. He asks to go out by staring intently at me and if I ignore him he'll start pawing me. I don't mind the pawing because he does it when he needs to throw up too and I HATE cleaning up puke.
Mu on the other hand....well it was mostly our fault because apparently housetraining isn't my strong point and it's definitely not matt's...lol. She's really good now and I'd put her at 95% but if she's running around and we have the doggy door closed she will just stop, squat, pee and then take off again. That hasn't happened in a couple months though. The problem is that she doesn't ask to go out...I mostly blame the doggy door.
He asks to go out by staring intently at me and if I ignore him he'll start pawing me. I don't mind the pawing because he does it when he needs to throw up too and I HATE cleaning up puke.Mu on the other hand....well it was mostly our fault because apparently housetraining isn't my strong point and it's definitely not matt's...lol. She's really good now and I'd put her at 95% but if she's running around and we have the doggy door closed she will just stop, squat, pee and then take off again. That hasn't happened in a couple months though. The problem is that she doesn't ask to go out...I mostly blame the doggy door.