Question:We bought a dog for my son from a shelter in January. She is a very sweet dog, very good with kids. However, I think her previous owner beat her because she is VERY clingy and is always cowering. In the last few weeks (maybe couple months?) she has started to pee EVERYWHERE in my house. In fact, tonight I was sitting on the floor putting my boys pajamas on and she came right up behind me and peed. I let her out all day long, my sons let her out all day long, so I know it's not because she needs to go and can't hold it anymore. She does is everyday. One day, not long ago, the back door was wide open and she stood right in front of the open door and peed on my rug. Every time she does it, she either runs outside or runs to her kennel. I don't know what to do. I have seriously had it and am really considering getting rid of her. Any suggestions on how to get her to stop doing this?
Answers:
A puppy is like a baby. He will relieve himself anywhere, anytime. Because a newly adopted adult dog is unfamiliar with your home, he may not understand where he should "go"! Housetraining, or teaching your dog to go outside to relieve himself, is an important lesson your dog must learn.
It is up to you, the new parent, to housetrain your new puppy or dog with patience, love and understanding.
CRATE TRAINING
In the wild, wolves live in a den or cave. It is important the entire wolf pack keep this area clean. The same idea works with your family pet. Your dog’s crate is his home, his bedroom. It is likely that your dog will not like to soil his bed. Therefore, he will wait until he is let out to do his business.
HOUSETRAINING WITH YOUR CRATE
On average, puppies can hold their bladders one hour for every month they have been alive, plus one hour. For example, if you have a three month old puppy, he can wait 3 + 1 = 4 hours. If you work longer than this, the best solution is to have someone (a neighbour, a relative, a dog walker) come in at an appropriate time to let your dog out.
100 PER CENT SUPERVISION
Supervision is the key to housetraining! While you are at home, your dog must be supervised. Whether you are watching television, making dinner, on the phone or on the computer, your puppy must be watched. While it sounds like an impossible task, it isn’t. Keeping the crate in a social part of the house makes it easier. Using a house lead – a small, thin lead with a little clip on it – also helps immensely. Outside, you put a lead on your dog so you can control him. If the lead is removed after returning home, control is lost. For example, when watching television, have the lead tied to a couch leg. Your dog can have his blanket and toys with him. He’ll feel safe and comfortable. The majority of accidents happen when your pup wanders off and you haven’t noticed. You don’t want him to sneak off into the kitchen and find a puddle a short time later. If your pup is kept from wandering, the possibility of an accident is diminished because he will not eliminate where he is sitting. 100 per cent supervision means ensuring your dog is playing with you, in his crate, outside or on his house lead.
SCHEDULING
In the morning, take your dog outside. He should urinate and possibly have a bowel movement. Spend about five to seven minutes with him and then bring him in. Do not play with him yet. Feed him breakfast, either in the crate or with the lead, and supervise it. If your pup did not have a bowel movement earlier, take him back outside about 15 minutes after he has eaten. Use the lead to keep your pup moving along while outside. Otherwise, he may start sniffing, stopping and playing to avoid the job at hand. You can say “hurry up” and your dog will begin to associate these words with the task at hand. Praise him excessively when he has eliminated. Bring him back in the house and place him in his crate if you are going to work. Continue to supervise him with the crate or the lead if you are home. When returning after being out, go directly to the crate, let him out, praise him and put him back in. Feed him his meal, take him outside 15 minutes after he has eaten, praise him after he eliminates, and bring him back in. Continue to follow the same steps consistently.
While you are home, you should take your pup outside on a regular basis. Even if your pup is in a crate or on a house lead, he still needs the opportunity to eliminate. Also, be careful what you wish for! A pup who barks to go outside may be cute and clever now. However, you must try not to fall into the habit of leaping up every time your dog wants in or out. It is a very submissive gesture on your part. Have your pup wait a moment or two.
Setting up a schedule is also a good idea. If your pup is under four months of age, take him out for five minutes every hour on the hour. If your pup is over four months old, take him out every second hour on the hour. The schedule will help you remember when to take him out. Go out for five minutes only. It provides the opportunity to eliminate even if your pup may not need to go. Take your dog out after active play and also after napping. If an accident occurs, you may have forgotten to take him out .
FEEDING TIME
Having a puppy drink a lot of water and then placing him in his crate is much more unkind than letting him be a bit thirsty for an hour or two. Adult dogs should have access to drinking water at all times. However, this is not the case for untrained pups. Most parents will not allow their children to drink a big glass of water before going to bed. Avoid setting your pup up for failure. Restrict his water intake to three or four drinks daily and make sure you remove the water dish about three hours before bedtime. This will help your dog sleep more comfortably.
If it is a hot evening, supply your pup with a few ice cubes. They will enter your dog’s system at a slower pace. When feeding your pup, provide a high-quality food that is a good source of protein. The food must be concentrated so your puppy’s body doesn’t require much of it. If you feed less, your puppy eliminates less. Food is directly related to how well puppies do in their housetraining.
EXERCISE
It is important that your pup gets a lot of exercise, especially while crate training. You can play fetch, chase or hide and seek in your home. You can call ‘come’ at the same time to provide further training. Anyway you do it, your pup needs to be able to run and play.
Other Answers:
Get a dog trainer
Keep her as an outside dog. Our stray (also previously abused) peed inside maybe two or three times but she hasn't in a long time. I don't think we did anything different. Just make sure she knows you love her.
don't get rid of her - she could have a medical problem - take her to the vet - and give her lots of love - she needs you not to abandon her
dog trainer
The Dog Whisperer is the best at dog rehab I have ever seen. He has a show on National Geographic channel and he has a good website. Check him out, I have not seen a case he can't "fix".
She's marking her territory, I've had that problem but not on going just when my dog had her first litter, Best of luck, It's hard I hate when they do that
I know they pee on things they are marking their territory...I do not know how to make her stop though.
WELL YOU COULD TAKE IT TO DOG SCHOOL
RUB HER NOSE IN IT
consult your vet and dog behavior expert..
Sometimes it has nothing to do with her housebreaking. It could be submissive urination. Some dogs when they are too excited they pee or when they are submissing they pee. It's a mental thing. I think with some more love maybe a trainer she will become more comfortable and stop.
Dog is experiencing nervousness or stress. Maybe a trainer could help you.
hi get the dog wisperers book he has the answer for anything, he also has a program on tv. he can do anything to change a dog. hes unbelieveable
i just got two new puppies and one of them (the boy of course) knows he's supposed to pee outside but pees on the carpet RIGHT infront of the patio door. i think he just does this because he is lazy and stubborn. like your dog, once we yell at him and tell him no he runs to hide. my puppies were rescue puppies and were treated VERY horribly where they came from so when we got them we had to socialize them a lot (hold them, pet them, make them trust people again) and they are so much less anxious and scared. (but the girl is still a little bit more needy than the boy, i think its a girl thing). i hope that helps!
Had the same problem with first wife - i just got rid of her and got another one
get a dog trainer
her owner before might not have let her out so she thinks she is making you happy or she is obsessively marking her space she has probably been very traumatized
try a dog trainer preferably some one that knows how to deal with trauma talk to SPCA until then try keeping her outside so that your house and carpet isn't ruined
Consult a pet behavior specialist and a vet to determine the level of care a particular dog will need
Check out this website, I think it may have some further answers for you. Good Luck.
http://www.dogfocused.com/dog-behavior/shy-and-abused-dogs.php
dog whisperer and dog behaviorist is the best:)
any service for his physcological need.
It is common to think that dogs were abused by their previous owner, almost every pet owner thinks it, but it's usually not true. The only true sign of abouse is "hand shyness" when you put your hand near your dog's face to pet it and it turns it head to the side and closes it's eyes or blinks rapidly with its tail between its legs.
your dog is either having a health problem (see the vet) is submissive urination (dog rolls over on back and pees when you tower over it or talk in a loud voice) or just plain old bad habit peeing.
First clean all the pee spots dogs will pee in places that smell like pee. (so will cats that's why if you want them to use a new litterbox, just put their poops in there.)
To break bad-habit peeing you need to do crate training. Your dog stays in the crate all day except for walks outside. Your dog slowly earns freedom by peeing outside. Each time she pees outside she gets a few minutes of freedom with the leash on in the house. You have to watch her the etnire time she is free. When you are tired of watching back in the crate (it is not cruel as long as you walk the dog well each day and give access to water in there.) Make the reward time longer and longer and go back to step 1 if the dog pees in the house again.
If she pees you will catch her since you are watching hier, say NO and clap your hands very loud (it only works in mid-stream, after doesn't work), then lead her outside and praise her if she pees.
If you walk in and see that she peed, you messed up, you need to supervise WHENEVER she is out of crate for at least 3 weeks. Calm down, ignore the dog, and Soak the pee into some paper towel (quicly) and say NO to it very loud, do not look a the dog, look at the pee. Then take the pee towel outside and put it where the dog pees and praise the pee for being outside. The dog will watch fascinated by this and get the message.
I don't know why yelling at a pee works but it does. Had 4 dogs, only three accidents total. Crate training WORKS.
You could try a dog trainer,But it sounds as though she maybe jealous of the attention you give your child!I had a poodle years ago and when our son was born that dog started peeing and pooping everywhere and chewing things up.No matter what we tried it didn't work.When one of us were tending to the baby(diapering,feeding etc" that's when the dog wanted attention,and when she didn't get it she'd wait till we left the room or went to bed then raised havoc!
I wonder if it could be a medical condition? Call the shelter where you adopted her from and see if you can get more information regarding her history. I would also contact a veterinarian. Maybe something as simple as a blood test would reveal something.
That would be very difficult to tolerate. I feel for you. I had a cat once who started pooping on my daughters bed for no apparent reason. She would do it right in front of me or even at night when my daughter was sleeping. It was like she was trying to tell me something. She started it shortly after her kittens were born. I couldn't keep her any longer, but I did keep one of her kittens who has been a wonderful pet.
get her a crate and crate train her. there are lots of books, sites, etc. on how to. Whole Dog Journal, dogsters.com, just to name a few and then there's the ASPCA, HSUS,and Animal Planet.com.
Don't give up on her and she will take care of the kids for life!
Also get some Natures Miracle at a pet store for your carpet. Bless you for adopting.
Take the advice the others gave you about the trainer, first, take the dog to the vet and make sure it does not have an infection causing this. I know this is hard and can't tolerate it but if you hit her or rub her nose i it, she will never tell you when she has to go out then. Just keep taking her out and praise her for going out and doing her business outside. i hope she don't have a kidney problem either. Have her checked to make sure and seek the vets advice as well.
Submissive urination is a natural response by a dog who is trying to tell you that you are the boss and he accepts his submissive role. Dogs who roll over on their backs and urinate when approached are signaling an extreme submissive position. Quite often a dog who has been physically punished—hit, kicked, slapped or verbally reprimanded in an abusive way—will exhibit this behavior. If you just adopted this dog and have not been the abuser but he is submissively urinating, then you must rebuild his trust in humans. If you are physically or verbally abusing him, stop it!
To rebuild trust or re-establish a bond with your dog, do the following. Teach him what it is you want and reward him with praise and a food treat for complying. This will take time. First, as soon as your dog starts to cower or roll over or begins to look like he is submitting, do not approach him. Wait and let him approach you. Then give him lots of praise. If he does cower or roll over and urinate, back off, say nothing, clean it up and try again. The important thing here is for you not to forcibly approach this dog. Let him approach you and reinforce his non-urination behavior by giving him a ton of praise. Eventually, he will learn that you are different from his last carelessgiver, and that you are not going to scold or hit him. Once he figures this out, the submissive urination will disappear, and a bond will be built between you that will be strong and will last forever.
It sounds like submissive urination to me as well. in order for the dog to gain more confidence in it's standing within the household, you must help it by showing it trust and love.
One of the strongest is to let the dog sleep on the bed of the master. If you are truly the dominant personality of the household, it must be you. Just because you want the dog to bond with a child, does not make that child the dominant personality.
Clean up previous accidents and do not yell at the dog for any accidents.
Also, when housebreaking, always take the dog out the same door, say a phrase to signal going out, do not talk to the dog until it has completed it's business. Once it has, praise the dog and it will respond well.
Good Luck!
Stick her nose in it. If that doesn't work, slap her nose with a rolled up newspaper. Worked for my sister's dogs.
Adding to the voices that say this sounds like submissive urination, and not marking, where a fearful dog releases their bladder in front of you, "You are the boss, please don't hurt me!"
If you are dealing with submissive urination, the most important thing you can do is NOT scold the dog in any way. With a normal puppy piddle you might clap to distract them, but with submissive urination, anything scary will actually make the dog more likely to pee. You may need to completely ignore her, too; many dogs will start to piddle when their owner or someone else starts to talk to them, so you need to keep excitement level very low. Pay attention to what else might be happening every time she does this: is it right when everyone is finally settling down for the night, or is there a loud noise, or are you leaning over her making direct eye contact? If you can find a pattern, you can try to break it.
In the meantime, regular training (even just tricks... involve the kids!) would be helpful to get her confidence level up. It is imperitive that you use gentle training methods with a dog like this; look into clicker training, which is a fun thing that the kids can participate in.
I agree with the others...she is basically marking her territory..but she also needs training and your firm hand especially if she was abused in the past. Get a trainer to help you.
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