She was given to me 5 months ago and she wasn't trained. She is a very nervous and scared dog she is always running in her kennel. She likes to pee on the couch lately and I don't know what to do. Please HELP!
2007-12-30 02:55:34 · 11 answers · asked by trista_michelle 1 in Pets ➔ Dogs
Okay, LOTS of misinformation being spread here... first off, have her checked by a vet for a UTI and to make sure she isn't having a problem because of a health issue... Second, it sounds as if (assuming she has no health issue causing it) that she has submissive peeing issues - as in fear based peeing... so biting her or reprimanding her (which I am sure has already been unsuccessfully attempted) won't work. She needs to be trained where to go -- when she is finished eating, sleeping, playing - she will automatically need to void and taking her outside then and allowing her to do so and praising her when she does will help -- do not do anything 'excessive' with this dog though. No yelling, or over-praising or anything like that -- the key is to remain calm around her at all times and to try to help build her confidence - she is likely extreemly poorly socialized on top of a not great temperament to begin with... if you can find a good obedience class to take her to or agility even, that can help her start to become confident -- but be sure it is outside and you won't be having to feel bad for her being incapable of holding her urine as there will be times people approach her that will cause her to urinate... just blow it off and do things that ARE positive and will build her self-esteem. I know it is very hard to tolerate but basically for the future, you have to -- you will need to just not tower over her -- encourage her to follow you outside to exercise and void and don't grab and take her -- just makes her less confident and will pee more :( You will need to be patient and watch what actions of yours trigger her urinating -- usually it is frontal approaches and being over her or fast movements - things like that and while you want her to overcome that, it is a slow process and you will need to help build her self-esteem up instead of making it worse by being angry or disgusted or upset... build really strongly on the calm and positive that can be done with her... maybe make sure that the area she has access to is not large and expansive -- not the whole house but maybe a single room that can be easily mopped and such (mop when she is outside) -- actually her actions are not triggered by the smell of the urine like it can be in other housebreaking issued but by lack of control due to fear. Good luck!!
2007-12-30 03:20:20 · answer #1 · answered by Nancy M 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your using a crate or kennel ..make sure you are allowing her so much room and that would be her sleep room..no dogs like to lay in there own do-do. Staying consistent with your pet is the whole key..Try to reconize when its potty time on the dogs schedule...after eating , playing, or napping..Try to take the pet outside during that time. You can give the pet a desinated area like the kitchen without carpet and lay newspapers down and try it that way..I have 2 shelties that are 10 weeks old right now and crate training is the best way ..It takes patience, they will have accidents but the pet needs consistency and they will learn..Good Luck!
2007-12-30 03:03:41 · answer #2 · answered by Just me 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You should start trying to house train your puppy as soon as your puppy gets home. Some puppies will learn very quickly and for others it may take a while. Even if your pup does learn quickly he will still have an occasionally accident, perhaps when he is excited for example, so don't be disheartened when this happens.
Here are suggestions to how you might go about house training your puppy so that he stops 'peeing in the house'.
Take your puppy outside regularly to pee.
When he pees outside give lots of praise and reward.
As he pees you could give a command that you will use in future, such as 'go pee'.
If you catch him in the act of peeing in the house tell him 'no' and carry him straight outside to where he should go. Then praise him if he goes again in the correct place.
If you do not catch him in the act of peeing in the wrong place do not tell him off as he won't associate the telling off with the 'accident'.
Make sure you use proper animal cleaner to clear up urine in the house, or your puppy will smell it and will go there again.
http://www.thepuppyguide.co.uk/puppy-faqs/puppy-training-and-behaviour/puppy-peeing-in-the-house.php
2007-12-30 03:00:57 · answer #3 · answered by esor kcalb 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
our dog trainer says use chicken liver as a treat when they potty outside with alot of praise. when u take him out and she does go praise her and give a treat to her if he goes inside don't give her anything. Use the kennel when u take her out of it take her out right away when she is done eating or drinking take her out and before u put her back into the kennel. Use the kennel to train when done playing with her take her out then when u bring her in put her in the kennel take her back out with in a half hour to see if she goes but use alot of praise and a treat when she does go outside. give also time for food to digest and for her to go outside before u put her in for the night cut off the water and food at a certain time
2007-12-30 03:08:28 · answer #4 · answered by Tammy2073 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You could train her to pee outside. Get a good book on housetraining, crate her when you can't watch her and when you go out. Take her out, praise her when she pees, and watch her when she is in the house. Take her out often... Teach her that it is more beneficial to her to pee outside than it is to pee inside.
2007-12-30 03:03:18 · answer #5 · answered by DP 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The only surefire, guaranteed way to keep a dog from urinating in the house is to keep it OUT OF THE HOUSE. Whether you want to admit it or not, if you have animals in the house you are living in a kennel. And we non-kennel dwellers can tell who you are, trust me.
2007-12-30 03:05:55 · answer #6 · answered by gunplumber_462 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
potty training a dog, complete instructions:
http://www.netpets.com/dogs/reference/training/cratetrain.html
Spayed females sometimes have spay incontinence which is usually helped by the medication Proin
2007-12-30 03:01:04 · answer #7 · answered by dogger 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everytime it pees you have to put it's nose in the pee then smack it's butt so it knows it's wrong to pee on the couch.
and then when she pees outside give her a treat so she knows thats good.
2007-12-30 03:03:39 · answer #8 · answered by Stephiie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
every time it pees pik it up and bite its nose gently then put it in the garden and leave it there for 10mins, every times it needs a pee it wont doit in the house becasue it will fink about its nose being biten an it will hold it in till u put it in the garden, it worked on my pitbull
2007-12-30 02:59:28 · answer #9 · answered by John H 1 · 1⤊ 4⤋
you need to properly educate YOURSELF and properly housebreak/crate train her..
2007-12-30 02:58:35 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋