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My 6month old female corgi escapes from her dog pen (gate) and pees in the carpet when we are not home.. i really don't know what to do. she has a training pad inside the dog pen but she somehow clibs over and pee in the carpet. I yell at her many times after i discover she pees in the carpet. It's been like 8times she has done this. any advice?
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Permalink Reply by Bev Levy on
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Unfortunately yelling at her after the fact will have no effect on the peeing. It will only make her sorry to see you. You need to either secure the pen better or crate her while you are gone. How long is she alone in the pen. Also are you using a specialized cleaner (ex. Urine Off) when you clean up. Many cleaners do not remove the smell well enough.
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Permalink Reply by stella p on
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thanks for your advise~ i'm usually gone for 9hrs. we take her out in the morning first thing when we wake up & first thing when we get home from work. we used the Nature's Miracle brand..i'm not sure if thats the best. This is my first pet and i find it very difficult. =*/ I'm thinking if i should put her outside (backyard) when we are not home and bring her in when we come home.. do you think thats a good idea?
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Permalink Reply by Beth on
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I agree with Bev that yelling after the fact does not help and can hurt. She will not associate your being upset with the act of peeing. At best, she will associate it with your seeing the puddle, and what will happen then is she'll still pee then see the puddle and see you and think "Uh-oh, this is NOT good" without ever making the connection that she should avoid peeing to begin with.
Even if you catch her in the act, the most you should do is give her one firm "No" and pick her up and take her outside. In the meantime, you'll need more secure confinement. Not only is this not helping housebreaking, but if she's escaping she could hurt herself.
This stage will pass. :-) We've all been through the tribulations of housebreaking.
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Permalink Reply by Potus on
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How is she escaping? You need to find out and stop her being able to get out.
Bev and Beth's advice is good for the peeing on the carpet issue. Blocking her escape route will probably also help as dogs don't like to pee in their area.
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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on
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What a cutie! I just went through this with a pup of mine who's owner was having trouble and Rosie actually climbed the fence (she was kept in the kitchen) which is about a foot higher than the one I use. Good news for her though was that once she moved the fence to what included the dining room the dog stopped climbing over the fence and quit peeing...almost like she wanted to be able to see out the window! All is good now! As for Beth and Bev's advice...I agree...does she understand when you yell at her... NO...but it could make things worse.How often and for how long do you take her out before you leave her? 6 Months is still very young and my females were harder(took longer) to train than my males!
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Permalink Reply by Tauna and Kota on
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I agree. I would crate her. I know it's more confined, but she won't escape and she won't pee on the floor. I would make sure you are taking her out RIGHT before you leave and RIGHT when you get home. 6 months she still won't be able to hold he bladder for extremely long amounts of time (ie. a full time day of work). She will be safe in a crate. Don't use the crate as punishment. Just use it when you leave etc. My mom's dogs now like to go to their crate all the time, just to lay down etc. We leave it open so they can go in it whenever they want. Good luck!!! I would also clean the carpeted area with something like Nature's Miracle. It works great. Completely gets out all the smell, so the dog won't think that's her potty place and prevents marking in the future... hugs from me and Kota
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Wow! That's a nice pen for those fence climbers!!!
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Permalink Reply by Kyle, Megan and Loki on
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Dog training as many have said is an act of now, never punish a dog for an act it wasn't caught doing, as its mind will be elsewhere, aside from that never punish a dog, correct it.
My house training experience was a tad odd, the second you turned your back if you had mine out in the living room he would try this, we tried making his daytime away area smaller, but only ever got progress as it became larger. Essentially ours trained as it was given responsibility. when we decided try something else and let him have the living room with the kitchen, he stopped going indoors altogether (1 or 2 accidents with an intestinal infection exempt... ew). My theory is he started to associate the area with his living space, as he grew and had access to it, and once it was associated he would no longer pee in it, before it was much preferable as he rarely had access to it, therefore it was not his bedding area.
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