MAJOR potty training issues
So I work during the day 5-6 days per week and my sister takes care of Tibbs while I'm not home. Our apartment is the top floor of a row house so it's one loooong hallway with 5 bedrooms all off one side of the hall and opens up to the living room and kitchen at the back of the apartment. I walk her between 6:30 and 9:30 am then she in her crate for a few hrs until my sis is up and ready. She takes her out as soon as she lets her out of the crate and then again around 6 if I'm not home yet. Lately she has been using the bathroom outside when we take her but also peeing on the house 3-4 times per day and pooping at least once. She gets fussed at for it and looks guilty before we even say anything so she knows its wrong. She seems to always do it toward the end of the hall where we can't see her from the living room. She isn't allowed in any of the bedrooms without someone in there. Should we gate off the living room and only let her in there with us when she isn't in her crate? Would that maybe help since she's less likely to do it right in front of us? She is also in her crate when no one is in the living area or home. Any other suggestions? This is getting ridiculous and my sister is fed up with cleaning up dog pee. She is 10 months old and we know for a fact she can hold her pea for a good 6-8 hrs because she doesn't pee in her crate. Thanks! Helpp!!
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Second is consequences... She obviously knows its wrong but it's not enough to know you're peeved ( and that your sister doesn't love you any more) but she has got to feel the wrath! Nose in it and a huge swat on the rump... In her crate and no love for an hour at least... [my wife treats me like that every time she thinks I'm looking at another woman, so don't feel bad]....
Lastly, "holding it".... Something's not trying up.... She can hold it in her crate overnight ( 6or7?) so she obviously doesn't have a bladder problem... And you take her to pee when you get back?.?????.. So if she's peeing after that she must be doing it for the attention... The attention should be very unpleasant.... So besides the smell and the habit... .??? If you go with serious praises and consequences your timings should be okay.... Just let her know that it's your way....... ( or you can send her my way :-) )
We are lucky that we live in a one level home and our pup Stoeger can get to the front door while in our view.
After two days we had him house-broken at <7 weeks old. We would simply take him out every hour, on the hour. Then we worked it back to every two hours and so on.
After very few "accidents" (which were our fault, we were too stupid to understand that our little man had to go)... He now (13 1/2 weeks old) simply goes to the door and stares at it. Sometimes a quick whimper if he doesn't have our attention. That's our cue, we let him out and he does his business without any fuss.
We clip him to a rope when we can't watch him do his biz (unfenced yard) and he returns with a quick paw at the door we un-clip him and let him in.
When supervised, he is off lead and returns in the same manner or with a quick recall.
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What techniques did you find the most effective?