What is the most effective method to stop my dog from urinating in the house?

Question

Help!I have a female pomeranian who is a little over a year.I take her out regularly, as well as keep her in a crate.Despite this she still urinates in the house atleast once every other day.She's a good dog otherwise and I would like to let her stay out during the day.I have tried everything I can think of from crates to schedules.I yell at her when I see her doing it and it is as if it doesn't even phase her.Are there any other methods I can use to help her understand it is not acceptable behavior?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

You have to catch her in the act. Then shout very loudly and firmly "No" then immediately take her outside. Don't worry if she's still peeing when take her out. Just get her out there. Then let her roam around for a few minutes. If she stopped mid flow when you caught her praise her like you would a puppy. It's a matter of going back to basics with her. Keep using this method until she gets the picture that peeing in the house is a BIG no no.
Your going to have to keep your eye on her, so you can catch her.Good luck.

Answer 3

Is she peeing in front of you? and how often does she pee? First you need to rule out a urinary infection, the vet can do that if that is not the problem then I suggest you continue to use your crate and when she is not in the crate she should be on a leash and the leash attached to you, I thread it through my pant loop. Why? Your dog can not sneek off to the other part of the room to pee if you have her with you. Take her out often and monitor her water intake small dogs need to go out 15-30 min after drinking. do this until she stops. For the urine smell use nature's miracle or K.O.E you can get this from a vet it what they use to clean kennels

Answer 4

Well, I do have one suggestion for you. When you take your
dog outside for a walk, take some treats with you.
Everytime the dog does pee or poop, praise her and do it alot.
and give her a treat. Do it all the time. When she pees inside
just ignore her. Sometimes dogs do things out of spite.
But I think giving treats to reward good behaviour and keeping
it up is a good idea for any pet.

Answer 5

Attach a bell to the door, when you open the door ring the bell.
No matter the reason the door opens, ring the bell. The dog learns that the bell ringing opens the door. Be prepared to open the door every single time you hear that bell ring, no matter time of day or night, no matter what you are doing. Builds a means of communication.

Answer 6

for starters when she does pee you should scrub the area really well to get rid of the smell so she doesnt think of that spot as her urine territory. I think white vinegar is supposed to help with that. When you do catch her at it, grab her and take her outside. While outside watch her and when she goes, praise her really strongly, maybe give her a dog treat.

Answer 7

Roll-up a newspaper and smack her on the behind area. Its makes a loud noise and does not actually harm the dog. Scares
them real good, lets them know U mean business.

Answer 8

you should pee in the same spots a few times and then start attacking her when she even sniffs it, maybe you will become alpha-dog and she will stop