My dog wont stop going to the bathroom in the house, no mater how much she is taken out. HELP!?

Question

The thing is that ever since my daughter was born 13 mounths ago, my dog Angel has started going in the housse. Now I've tryed everthing I can think of from locken her outside to rubben her noise in the mess. It's now getting wores, she is going were myh kid plays which is on my livingroom rug. Also, she is going in the trash and taken any food off the conners (bread,leftovers,....) It's getting to the point where I'm going to have no chosse but to get ride of her eventhough I don't want to. Since I've had her for5 years and I love her. If you can give me any ideas I would greatly love the help. If you need more info just e-mail me at [e-mail]

Answer 1

Well, it seems to me like your dog is jealous of the baby. Are you giving your dog as much attention as you did before the baby came? It looks to me like she is upset about the baby and is trying anything that she can think of, (including being bad) just to get some attention. Try taking your dog to the vet to see if they can help her in any way. Be sure to tell them that this didn't start until the baby arrived.

Please do not get rid of your dog. Chances are that she will not be adopted and get put to sleep since she is middle aged.

Good luck on helping your dog. And like I said, it seems like she is jealous of the baby and she is not the only one getting attention from you anymore.

Answer 2

Sound like you have a dog who is being purposely bad to get your attention now the your daughter is in the house. You will have to retrain your dog. Since she is looking for attention this will help her and get her to behave. The best way is praise and disipline. Watch your dog if it shows any sign of having to go take it out. praise heavily when the dog goes outside. If the dog has an accident take the dog to the spot say no, some people give light disipline taps some dont, then put the dog outside. Repeated praise and disipline works most of the time, this probably is not enough for your cituation. For more ideas check my website burdicklabradors.com helpful hints page under training and behavioral problems. Lots and lots of stuff there.

Answer 3

I don't know your original training method to teach her where it was acceptable to potty, but you need to use a crate to re-teach her. She may be exhibiting jealousy over the baby, but it may simply be that her world is "out of order" and so she threw out the rest of the rules with it. Start crating her when you are not interacting with her. Take her outside to potty when she is taken out of the crate each time, and then crate her when you are through interacting. Crate her at night and take her outside first thing in the morning. Dogs will not "go" where they live/sleep. Don't get too big of a crate... big enough to stand in, and turn around... that's about it. It will take some effort on your part, because you are going to have to spend the time to monitor her (just like another baby in the house)... but it shouldn't take that long... She'll get it. It may very well be a power issue with her and she is "claiming her territory", so you need to assert yourself as your "pack leader" or "alpha" and put her in her place. Don't stick her nose in her mess, she doesn't learn anything from that. But don't let her WATCH you clean it up, either. If it happens, put her in another room while it is cleaned up where she can't see what you are doing. Back to basics. When you catch her IN THE ACT, tell her no, and IMMEDIATELY take her outside. Keep her crated when you are not interacting with her directly and let her earn your trust that she will only go outside. And remember, this is just a test... the REAL potty training starts in about another year!! Good luck!

Answer 4

as with any new parent you, need to address the problem how was your relationship with the dog before you had your daughter. if it was strained then you may need to get rid of the dog. if it was very good all you realy need to do is go bak to the basics.

the basics are restraint, consistancy, and patience. just like raising your 13 month old daughter, you would go back to the basic or an earlier training if she got out of control, at say age 3 right. raising a dog is no different, only dogs are much harder to read due to them being a different species. they respond differently then your daughter might. remember to reward good behavior and ignore bad, restrict the dog to a room or crate when not supervising. these are the basic of a good training program. also remember the problems like this may get worse before the get better this is called the "extinction" process

If you have other questions contact your veterinarian for a referal to a good local trainer / behavioralist.

Answer 5

It could be jealousy over the baby. There's an outside chance it's coincidental. Excessive urination is one of the signs of diabetes. To be on the safe side have blood work done on the dog to rule it out (or comfirm). At the same time discuss the problem with the vet. Vets can be a great source of advice.

Answer 6

Your dog is jealous over the baby. You should never rub her nose in anything. Do not get rid of her. You can call Bark Busters they are in the yellow pages. They are a tad expensive but worth every penny. They guarentee behavior problems will be done with it. Do you walk her? Take the baby out with her and walk. Too many people give up on their dogs / cats and its not right. Would you give up on your child if she/he developed behavior problems. No you would seek help. so seek it and you will find a way to deal with this problem. Dogs are like kids.

Answer 7

I had this same problem when my son was born. Your dog needs more attention and being naughty is how she's getting it. A new baby is alot of work, but she was the first baby. What my vet told me was to enclude my dog with thing i did with my son. If i took him in for his bath i called the dog in with me and talked to him, same with a diaper change. Make her feel included. when i had to feed my son my dog got a treat. putting away laundry i would call him and talk to him while i was going room to room. He got so he loved story time as much as my son. Don't get angry when she makes a mistake tell her no and place her outside when she does good praise her. She loves you and is just confused with the baby. Your dog is just like a older child. She just can't tell you she's feeling angry so she's showing you. Good luck to you and you girls.

Answer 8

Make a note of where your dog does it and how often so you get an idea of when she needs to go and take her outside at those times.And where she does do it make sure you clean it really well and spray it with perfume or somthing strong to cover the smell.If she does one when you take her outside give her a treat so that she associates doing it out side with something she likes .Hope it helps

Answer 9

Rubbing their nose in it isn't only unhealthy, but I think it makes them do it again just out of spite.

Anyway... even though you feel you are taking her out enough, you might not be taking her out at the right times or missing signs that she needs to go out.

Rule of thumb.....Anytime a dog wakes up, eats and after 15-20 min of play, they need to go out. If she's been fed and been out, yet just milling around (shopping), give them a treat and put her back out.

Alot of your time has been diverted to your new baby, and they sense that. Take a little time with her any opportunity you can.

Answer 10

dont rub there nose in it as they do not remember doing it u will confuss the dog and it may become aggressive towards u . if u pay attention to him when he does it this is the reason as that is what he wants instead when he does it just clear it up and ignore him and them praise him little and often through the day so that he no's u will still give him attention with out doing anything slowly he will start to go out again