Housebroken pup rebelling?

Question

About 2 months ago, I got a 5 month old Daschund/Beagle mix. It only took one accident in the house, and going outside to get him housebroke. Over the last couple of weeks he has started to use the bathroom (voiding and deficating) in my 5 year old daughter's room. We take him out frequently and even in the middle of the night and he goes in the yard, then comes in and goes in the bedroom too-we are giving him time to go and doing what we should; and we watch him pretty closely. He still manages to get in there and go. Any suggestions as to why this might be happening and how to fix it? One friend told me to put ammonia on the "accident" and rub his nose in it, but I am afraid of the physical damage that may do to him. All I can think is he is doing it out of spite for some reason. HELP!!!

Answer 1

Well, it could be spite but I doubt it. It may be that the dog sees your daughter as compitition for him in the affection department. My suggestions are: 1 - Keep the door to your daughters room closed except when occupied. 2 - Consider crating the dog at night. Ammonia is one of the smells in urine. Putting ammonia in the area and rubbing his nose in it may encourage him to go to that area.

Answer 2

NEVER EVER RUB OR PUSH A DOG'S NOSE IN ANY KIND OF ELIMINATION.

For all the dog knows, you're showing him that it's good. Not only is cruel and abusive, it doesn't work.

Unless you catch the dog in the act of going to the bathroom, it's completely useless to push their noses in it.

My dog did the same thing and had a kind of regression stage when she reached 6 months old. It She would let me know when she had to go, but since I waited too long to take her out, she went on the floor. It was MY FAULT ... not hers.

If you have to, keep the dog tethered to you on a leash. If the dog tries going, go to the bathroom, correct him wi a sharp snap on th leash, and a loud "NO" and take him outside. Be sure to praise him when he goes outside, too.

Have patience. This will pass. If it happens again, it's not his fault. It's yours for not being more attentive and aware of the dog's signals.

Make you clean the area where the dog eliminated with something like Nature's Miracle. A regular household cleaner may eliminate the odor to people, but your dog will still be able to smell it.

Answer 3

Rubbing his nose in it, especially with ammonia, will only accomplish one thing - make him afraid of you and make him know he can't trust you! First of all for him to associate punishment with his accident AT ALL, you need to catch him in the act.

The first thing you need to do is thoroughly clean the room so absolutely no trace of the smell remains. If it does, that will always draw a dog back to the spot. Then until he's reliably housetrained he needs to be kept in a crate at night. The crate can be in your room if you like because it's very important a dog always look upon his crate as his safe place, never use it as a punishment. During the day, you need to keep him out of the room unless you're able to be with him to keep an eye on him. If he looks like he's going to pee, immediately take him outside, tell him "go pee" or whatever you've been saying and give him lots and lots of praise the second he pees. Then come right back in.

Dogs do not do things out of spite - they're not like people. He's simply in the habit and as long as the smell is there, he'll keep going back to her room. Once it's cleaned up, it shouldn't take you long to retrain him if you're consistent and give him lots of praise for correct behaviour.

Answer 4

My first notion is that he is feeling neglected. Has your attention toward hm grown thin over the past few weeks? Do you play, walk and cuddle with him like you used to?

Do NOT let the "accidents" go unpunished. Don't use ammonia... just stick his nose up to it, tell him that's NO-NO and give him a swat on the bottom.

Answer 5

Here's what we did to our Pit when she went in the house we put her nose in it and spanked her behind and told her no!! Then we let her outside and let her stay out there for a week, she loves being inside, so my hubby talks to her just like she's human and explained to her why he was putting her outside and after he decided to let her back in she doesn't poop or wee in the house, she'll go to the back door or if we're in the bed she'll come and try to wake us to let her out. Dogs are very intelligent, just talk to her and explain that the house or your daughters room is not the place to go and a good spanking , I know it sounds harsh, but it will work!