I have a 9month old chow-chow/ rotwiler mix and he keeps pooping in the house i take him out side for about 20min every 2-3hrs and he comes in and then a few hrs later he poops in the dinning room how do i stop this behavior in him?
2006-09-20 16:38:25 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Dogs
Buy a crate if you don't already have one. Until he is 100% trained keep him in the crate at all ties that you are not playing with him or watching him. Dogs love crates because it feels like a little den, if you introduce it right. Get a crate big enough only for him to stand up, turn around, and lie down in. Give him a toy in there, and a blanket (not too soft or he may pee on it) They don't go to the bathroom where they sleep. At 9 months he is able to hold it (assuming he is healthy) for 5 hours. Take him out 20 minutes after you feed him or water him. Only go out there for a couple of minutes and say "go potty" or "do your business" - whatever you tell him to do. Let him sniff around but if he doesn't do it within 3 minutes take him back inside and put him right in his crate. Wait 20 minutes, and take him back outside, making sure he doesn't have the chance to go potty in the house on the way out. By then he should have to go. If he doesn't go within 3 minutes take him back inside again and put him directly in his crate. 20 minutes later take him out again. Repeat until he goes right when he gets outside. Praise him by saying "good potty", or something like that. Do this consistantly and you will have a housetrained dog. If he does have an accident clean it up with Nature's Miracle - found at petco or petsmart. I did this with my dog and now he pees on command! Even if he only has a little pee and I tell him "go potty" he will squirt a little out!! Good Luck!1
2006-09-20 16:58:09 · answer #1 · answered by lilrnblover86 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This may seem odd but spend some time with him in the dinning room. A dog will not soil it's territory. It is my guess that he and you do not spend too much time there so he does not consider it to be home/territory. I had the same problem with my dog. In my case it was a spare bedroom. No one used it, it became the place to go...to, uh, go! When my brother had some troubles and had to come stay with us he moved into the room and the behavior stopped. It was now part of her home because part of her family and her lived in it.
Make sure that the room becomes an everyday stop. A place that you share a meal, groom, play, something that gives him the idea that it is part of his territory.
Good Luck!
2006-09-20 16:58:28 · answer #2 · answered by macberly m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is what worked for us:
Take him outside every hour until he improves. I know it's a lot but it's worth it in the long run. Our dog recognizes the words "outside" & "pee pee". If he has to "go", he will run towards the back door & look at us. Watch him from a window. If he "goes", tell him "good boy" & pet him a bunch or scratch his belly when you let him back in. If he has an accident in the house, tell him he was "bad" in a firm voice and take him outside. Also, dry dog food and hard dog bicuits are better, because if he does have an accident it won't be so messy to clean up. Our dog had more accidents when we fed him canned food or "human" food. Now, he only gets dry food. If you get up during the night, let him outside... that helps too.
If he seems to be having accidents while no one is home, you might want to put him in a large pet taxi if he is home alone. If the accidents are at night, same thing.
And no milk.
Good luck.
2006-09-20 17:08:17 · answer #3 · answered by lisakay_tx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you mow your grass regularly? The reason I ask this is because recently I heard someone at work say that their dog would not urinate outside because the grass was tickling her behind so she would end up coming back in and letting it flow in the house. I don't know if this could be an issue with pooping as well.
2006-09-20 17:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by soulguy85 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
get a leash and hold him with it in the house. Don't give him free rein until he stops. If he goes outside like a good boy, then cut him some slack. Sooner or later he will get the idea. Keep him in a crate when your not home. REWARD him when he goes outside.
2006-09-20 16:40:49 · answer #5 · answered by barbaradjt 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You must get rid of any previous odor in the house and do
not let him have the run of the house, and take him outside after
he eats or drinks and when he goes to the bathroom in the house
scold him and take him out immediately and praise him whenhe
goes outside.
2006-09-20 16:42:40 · answer #6 · answered by xdogma 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try crate training him. Put him the crate then take him out and walk him. My dog actually sleeps in there as security.
2006-09-20 17:07:09 · answer #7 · answered by Paige M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try using a crate with him. He won't want to poo where he lays, so this may help get his used to the idea of going outside to potty.
2006-09-20 16:52:58 · answer #8 · answered by Butters 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to a pet supply store and get something to take the odor out because as long as the odor is there , he thinks its ok, ive had that problem and i buy the stuff and it works
good luck to u
2006-09-20 18:24:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try putting paper down so he does'nt destroy the floors & keep it in one spot so he knows that's where he is 2 go.Good Luck
2006-09-20 16:47:40 · answer #10 · answered by sugarbdp1 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋