Eddie hates my new house...........
I love him but the hubby said I had to retrain him or get rid of him......
He's enjoying peeing on my floors.....

Help?

 

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Erm...
Yeah...

I'm not the biggest dog expert, sorry April.

 

Crate train him again. Lot's of work, sucks, but no way in heck I'd give up my baby because of "mistakes" in the house.

 

I could have sworn you said he was a "keeper" a few minutes ago.

 

Hi April,

Start by giving him paper to go on. A large space near the door you would let him out. Each day make the spot smaller, and smaller moving in the direction of the door. As the paper goes away, put a piece out side the door moving it further and further away. Once you have him trained to a spot, remove the paper. It may take a week or so but it will be worth it in the end. Good Luck. Oh, praise him and reward him after each time.

 

And beat the heck out of him when he messes up. Alright, so that probably won't happen.

If you can keep him confined to one room, try to confine him to the kitchen, probably have tile or some other floor where its relatively easy to clean up as opposed to carpet. May have to buy some baby-gates to wedge in doorways to the kitchen to keep him out of other rooms. Having him in one room will make it easier to catch him if he decides to go. If you do catch him, scold him and immediatetly throw him outside. If you don't catch him, show him what he did, then scold him and throw him outside. (Some say dogs have short memories and won't be able to remember -- bull, if they can remember tricks like sit up, roll over, gimme your paw, etc. they can remember. we had a dog who could open doors, that's not a really simple task when you don't have hands, so dogs can remember and learn through trial and error)

Unfortunately, it probably won't be as easy to housebreak him this time. Afterall, he learned it once and there may be a reason why he suddenly isn't doing it anymore.

Its possible that its a medical problem with him. When one of our dogs got old (the one that could open doors, including locked sliding glass doors, smart dog, best dog ever. EVER.) she couldn't hold it and after she went she knew she had made a mistake and honestly looked like she was embarassed and ashamed. If Eddie looks like he knows he screwed up maybe there's more going on.

Also, you mentioned he hates your new house. I suppose that's possible. It also may be possible that with the move, packing, unpacking, the new job, etc that Eddie isn't getting the attention he used to get and is upset. You got a new kitten recently right, maybe he's jealous.

I don't normally believe in the hippie crap of animals are people too, but I know that dogs can have a lot of the same emotions we do.

Whatever the cause, whatever the solution, at least confining him to one room (preferably with at floor you can mop) will make the clean up easier.

 

I got miss Kitty in July.......Her and Eddie are the best of friends.......

In the old house Eddie had the run of the basement- and accidents happened(who cared it wasn't my house). HERE I don't want accidents.

I got him a proper crate..........He is now in it when he is unsupervised.

I do love my little bat eared dog- I couldn't get rid of him if I tried.

One year ago.........

 

Okay- nothing worked!

I walk him for 20 minutes- he pees 7 times and goes twice........

Then he comes in and craps in my shoes aall the way back in my bedroom closet and pees on my bed.

Brian said its him or the dog. I choose him.

 

You mean from the basement statement that he was never properly toilet trained. Now you have moved you expect him to suddenly learn? It took 5 months to toilet train chick fully (she was a problem case) but I stuck with it.......... A dog isn't an easy animal to live with at first, and if he was never fully toilet trained to start with, it will be a difficult, though not impossible task to accomplish now.

Make sure you find him somewhere nice to live.

 

I am soooooo torn!

I don't want to find him anywhere else to live- I like him right here! I can absolutely pull that off, but the just to get even pee on the floor thing.....Its like revenge-
I don't have a problem with Eddie himself, I have a problem with what seems like..

He pees on my blanket.
He pees on my shoes
He pees on my bed ruffle
He pees on my sons bed blanket
He craps in my shoes.
He craps on my daughters pillow.

But its not like I take him outside and he doesn't do anything- he does it over and over again then waits till our back is turned and does one of the above actions. As long as we are right by his side, he acts perfect.


Even if we crate him when unsupervised, then walk him the second we let him out- and make sure he does both, he does the above all over again. BUT he NEVER EVER messes his crate.

 

Take newspaper, roll it up tight, follow Eddie around and when he starts to lift leg, smack him. Then take him to the door, make him bark, then open the door and send him out. Repaet as necessary. Yea it sucks, but if you devote some time to him now, it will be better for all in the long run.

 

We used to have a dog that peed on my dad's shoes, he hated my dad, my dad hated him more.

We have a dog that (at least used to) craps on my brothers' pillows. It hasn't done it to me... and if it does, it'll be the last crap it ever takes.

 

Don't screw with my shoes....
I like my shoes like Carrie Bradshaw.

 

How old is Eddie? Our pup couldn't hold it long enough. He also like to "mark" his territory. We got him fixed when he was 8 months old. About 2 months after the surgery he stopped "marking" his territory. We recently moved into a new house. He is 1 1/2 years old now and has not had an accident in the house at all. He knows to whine at the door. Our dog was hard to train because the lady that had him until he was 8 weeks old just let him go wherever in the house so he didn't know better.

 

You never, and I mean never, hit a dog. That is pointless. What is the point of making the animal fear you. Take that newspaper and when he is about to lift his leg you say his name in a stern voice and then smack the paper against the wall or the floor. You then immediately pick him up and say outside. Bring him to the door, again, say outside. Take him out on a leash and tell him to do his business (or whatever you want to call it). Once he does, praise the daylights out of him and bring him back inside where you will give him a treat.

I have trained all of my dogs like this within 1-2 weeks. My current dog was stubborn because of the way he was raised.

 

Most dogs will not make a mess where they sleep. If he keeps going in places where he has gone before there must be some sort of scent there that has not completely washed out.

Just remember, if he made the mess without you seeing, don't call him over to show him what he did. That will just teach him not to come to you when you call him. Also, dogs are very smart. If you call the dog over just to hit him or "stick his face in it" they will remember that. I don't know about you, but if someone was calling me after doing that, well, forget about it. I'd go the other way.

Keep the doors to the rooms closed. I setup a gate in my house so the dog was only on the main floor. When I left he was in a large room that didn't have carpet. When I came home I didn't give him crap for going on the floor. I just take him outside and stay there until he goes. Then praise him, bring him back in and give him a treat. Clean the mess with a disinfectant and go on as if it never happened.

 

Eddie turned one at the end of August.

I think he is marking his territory. Last night the bedroom doors were closed and he didn't do a thing wrong- he even went to the back door when he felt the need to go out.

He has his crate and bed when we are not home- and he keeps that spotless.

I truly don't know why he loves to "mark" the bedrooms.

 

I've never done this so I don't know if it would work.
Doggy diapers while you re-train him. If he is not in his crate or outside, on with the diapers.
You'll have to clean his butt if he goes, not everywhere else in the house.
This sounds more like a behavior problem than a lack of control problem, so he may not go at all in diapers.
Hopefully he realizes going outside only is better than wearing diapers.

 

I know it is a pain but don't worry. Just remember, he is only 1 month old and you just moved him into a new house. Most dogs act the way he is, well, except for the pillows..ewww

He is nervous and is marking everything. If you get him fixed you will find that within a few weeks he will stop marking his territory.

 

One year.
He was born 8-10-04.......

I am back home with him now, I think that was part of it. Now that he has me back he is behaving himself.