When my husband and I met he had a Jack Russell that was not neutered at the time. Well talk about a pee fest..my wonderfully housebroken dogs marked everywhere. It didn't help that his Jack was only kinda/sorta house trained. Marking is so instinctual..smell the odor..pee on it. And if you have carpet it only makes it worse. Mine learned the "go potty" command when they were outside. Or they were put in an xpen until they went. They also have wee pads that they use when we are gone or the weather is bad. But we also replaced the carpet with hard wood flooring. I think that truthfully had the most impact but the re training and neutering Jack didn't hurt,.
________________________________ From: Peggy & The Girls <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, August 13, 2012 1:28 AM Subject: Re: [Chihuahuas] Peeing in the House Are they all neutered? Neutering helps but is not the full solution. Housebreaking training and neutering together should solve the problem. When you can't watch them inside, then you may have to crate them or put them in a large gated area. Also if they are peeing on the carpet then the smell is still there and it draws them to it. Either train them to be outside or inside on paper or wee pads. Training them to do both at the same time only confuses a dog. (i.e sometimes we go out, and sometimes it's on paper) Dogs will naturally pee outside just to mark territory. Free feeding and irregular feeding times and walking times can also contribute to confusion. A dog needs their built in clock set. So feeding and doing their business at the same time everyday will help a lot. If they don't go when you walk them or put them on paper, then crate them for 15 minutes and try again. They will understand that unless they go when you want them to, they will be crated. Having multiple dogs is hard to always catch which one is the guilty one. Incidentally, even a 14yr old dog can be housebroken, if trained correctly. Peggy & The Girls -------Original Message------- From: katemarcellus Date: 8/13/2012 12:18:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Chihuahuas] Peeing in the House My first male chi at age 3.5 didnt potty in the house. Then I adopt two more boys and Nikko age 14 has always had a problem. And now the youngest chi -Yodee age 6/7 does the peeing and marking also. We can be outside all evening and come in the house and they pee. What am I doing wrong. I have resorted to fannybelts...but cant keep them on and Nikko (listed above info) will pee through the fanny belt. Does anyone have or had this problem and what did you do to correct it???
