training adopted golden?

Question

Just adopted a beautiful 1 year old golden. She had been found half dead by the side of the road, skin and bones with half a tail. She was timid at first, but has become very loving. My problem is housetraining. She seems to be good with not going poop in the house. Peeing is different matter. She just sniffs around outside. She gets positive reinforcement when she goes potty outside. But daily (even though she gets to go out no less than 10 times a day) she pees on the rug. Its like having a horse pee on the carpet! Have tried a bunch of treats... but she doesn't really get too excited about them. She can be in her cage all night. I take her out in the morning for about 20 minutes...no pee. I bring her inside and she starts to play wrestle and then starts hosing all over the place! Then ends up having to sit in her cage for 20-30 minutes and I take her outside immediately to go and still nothing.

Answer 1

MY sister is dealing with this with her flat coat retriever. It is a problem.

1. Limit water, but don't dehydrate her. If you can pinch the skin on her back and it does not spring back immediately, you are limiting her too much. What goes in on a schedule comes out on a schedule. She needs to go within 20 minutes after drinking.

2. Tie her to your belt loop by her leash. When she starts to look for a place to go you'll see the signals and have a ready handle to get her outside.

3. With puppies, when they get excited and the excitement stops, they will pee. Could this be the case with you Golden? In this case, you may need to do the exciting playing outside.

4. Putting the dog in the crate after does nothing to teach her anything. Get her outside immediately and don't punish. Then ignore the behavior except to be alert to prevent it next time.

5. The smell in the carpet may be drawing her back. Once you "allow" her to use the rug she will remark it over and over. Get the carpets professionally cleaned with pet odor removal products, then afterward clean up each "on purpose" (rather than an accident) with enzyme treament. It will kill the odor that YOU can't smell but the dog can.

6. Treats: are you using "dog treats" or the good stuff? If she doesn't get excited about cheese or hot dogs she ain't really a dog. You don't need big pieces, but tiny pieces of people food are very powerful rewards. You only need about the size of a pea. Who ever said don't feed them people food did not mean to include training rewards!

7. When you go outside put her on a leash and stand like a tree in the potty spot until she does what she needs to, then go off leash and have fun, get the reward etc. Always have fun after success. If you go out and she SHOULD pee and does not, she doesn't get to play. Bring her back in, put her directly in her crate. Wait fifteen minutes and try again until you get the response you need.

Good luck and have patience....

Answer 2

Don't play with her until she pees - or, at least, play with her outside and not inside. Activity stimulates elimination, so it makes since she is doing this. Play can be her reward for going to the bathroom.

Make sure you are using an enzymatic cleaner to get all of the pee out of the carpet.

Is it possible to remove the rug, or cover the area where she is peeing with a plastic tarp or shower curtain liner? If she doesn't have the chance to pee on the rug for a month or so, the habit may be broken and you can return your furnishings to normal.

Answer 3

I had someone tell me one time that her dog would only pee if
she was outside with her. IF she was in the house, she would
not do nothing.

Answer 4

i have a golden lab and she pooped in my house only one time and this is gonna sound mean but put her nose in it wiether it be pee or poop she peed mybe 2 more times after that.but now shes house broken when you do that do it only right after other wise she wont know why your putting her nose in crap
its mean but she knows not to do it any more as far as seperation anxiety my dog doesent do to well so she has to be in a kennel while im at work.