PEE EVERYWHERE!!! - MyCorgi.com2024-03-19T14:02:41Zhttp://mycorgi.com/forum/topics/pee-everywhere?commentId=1150197%3AComment%3A570311&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI have started to implement m…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-03:1150197:Comment:5703112009-12-03T14:44:08.968ZJessie & Lolahttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Jessie22
I have started to implement many of yall's suggestions and in just two days she has gone from 4-5 accidents a day to just 1! We've implored our parents to come over at lunch to let her out, so while she's in the kitchen, she has yet to make a mess. Same as in the crate over night. She is being a very good girl! She's starting to go to the door to let us know, which is extremely helpful. I think she's on her way!!!
I have started to implement many of yall's suggestions and in just two days she has gone from 4-5 accidents a day to just 1! We've implored our parents to come over at lunch to let her out, so while she's in the kitchen, she has yet to make a mess. Same as in the crate over night. She is being a very good girl! She's starting to go to the door to let us know, which is extremely helpful. I think she's on her way!!! We also used the target words…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-03:1150197:Comment:5699812009-12-03T00:45:07.217ZNicolehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/gonzoforlife
We also used the target words - ours is "Hurry up!" for pooping, haha.
We also used the target words - ours is "Hurry up!" for pooping, haha. We got Caleb when he was 7.5…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-02:1150197:Comment:5696502009-12-02T16:10:38.742ZMel Khttp://mycorgi.com/profile/MelissaKlingerman
We got Caleb when he was 7.5 weeks old. From the get go we took him out every hour, after every nap, every play time, every meal, every cuddle...you get the picture. We also started with target words 'go potty' for pee and 'go poop' for poop. And offered treats for each. Over night we'd set the alarm and take him out after about 5 hours.<br />
During the day if he'd start to squat (we NEVER had a poop accident on carpet, only in the kitchen) we'd go PSHT!! and say happily 'OUTSIDE' and take him…
We got Caleb when he was 7.5 weeks old. From the get go we took him out every hour, after every nap, every play time, every meal, every cuddle...you get the picture. We also started with target words 'go potty' for pee and 'go poop' for poop. And offered treats for each. Over night we'd set the alarm and take him out after about 5 hours.<br />
During the day if he'd start to squat (we NEVER had a poop accident on carpet, only in the kitchen) we'd go PSHT!! and say happily 'OUTSIDE' and take him outside where he would either go or finish (if we'd been slow) and praise him.<br />
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He's now a bit over 4 months old and is pretty much house trained. We don't take any chances and take him out at regular intervals but I don't have to eagle eye him at every moment. I suspect we'll run into some more accidents in the future but he's definitely catching on and been accident free for weeks.<br />
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Consistency is always the key. I got Winnie when she was six…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-02:1150197:Comment:5696252009-12-02T15:34:56.913ZAmanda & Winniehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/AmandaCaudill
I got Winnie when she was six weeks old, and now she is 15 weeks old, and we still have accidents, maybe once a week. She tends to have more accidents when my husband is watching her because he just doesn't pay that much attention to her "I gotta go behavior." When I first got her she would pee and poop right out of no where, anywhere she was, and would also pee, and sometimes poop, in her crate. I started to keep her in her crate most of the day and take her out about every 30 minutes to use…
I got Winnie when she was six weeks old, and now she is 15 weeks old, and we still have accidents, maybe once a week. She tends to have more accidents when my husband is watching her because he just doesn't pay that much attention to her "I gotta go behavior." When I first got her she would pee and poop right out of no where, anywhere she was, and would also pee, and sometimes poop, in her crate. I started to keep her in her crate most of the day and take her out about every 30 minutes to use the bathroom. She started to want to keep her crate clean and would bark when she needed out, which I rewarded. As time went on I just let her spend more and more time out of the crate, still taking her out about every 30 minutes, and eventually she started to bark at the door for us to let her out, which I really rewarded with treats and praise. Oh, you must give Lola more t…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-02:1150197:Comment:5694252009-12-02T06:15:29.282ZNicolehttp://mycorgi.com/profile/gonzoforlife
Oh, you must give Lola more time! At 10 weeks they aren't really able to hold their own pee. Their bladders aren't strong enough. The reason they can do it when they are in their crate is because it's a dog's instinct to keep its bed clean. Gonzo only had one or two accidents in his crate.<br />
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Gonzo was pretty good about housebreaking. He learned very early that he shouldn't pee in the house, but he just couldn't control it physically yet, so as soon as he started peeing he would run for the door.…
Oh, you must give Lola more time! At 10 weeks they aren't really able to hold their own pee. Their bladders aren't strong enough. The reason they can do it when they are in their crate is because it's a dog's instinct to keep its bed clean. Gonzo only had one or two accidents in his crate.<br />
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Gonzo was pretty good about housebreaking. He learned very early that he shouldn't pee in the house, but he just couldn't control it physically yet, so as soon as he started peeing he would run for the door. We'd have a pee trail through the living room! haha<br />
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To start, every time he started to pee in the house we said "NO," scooped him up before he finished, and brought him outside. Then, when he finished, we'd either give him a small treat or get really excited and dance and say, "Good boy Gonzo! Yay!" That seemed to work wonderfully for us. We just had to wait for his bladder to get stronger.<br />
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If you have trouble watching her all the time, keep her on a leash even in the house so she's never out of your sight or reach. This will make it easier to see the signs that she has to pee. Gonzo didn't have obvious signs either. He would just suddenly stop whatever he was doing and start to pee, or he'd run to the door peeing already. Eventually we started to see little warning signs (I can't remember them now, sorry).<br />
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Take Lola outside EVERY time she wakes up, even if it's just a 15 minute nap. Take her outside after she eats. Take her outside every hour to always give her the opportunity to pee in the correct places.<br />
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Some dogs are harder to housebreak, but these worked for my husband and I and neither of us had ever housebroken a dog before :o) Totally agree with Beth. We w…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-02:1150197:Comment:5692772009-12-02T03:01:45.551ZPotushttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Potus
Totally agree with Beth. We were lucky in that when we got Po at 12 weeks he had been an outside/newspaper trained dog. I think he peed twice on the carpet and once on the newspaper whilst he was confined and then never again.
Totally agree with Beth. We were lucky in that when we got Po at 12 weeks he had been an outside/newspaper trained dog. I think he peed twice on the carpet and once on the newspaper whilst he was confined and then never again. Does the puppy have access to…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-02:1150197:Comment:5692722009-12-02T02:57:14.527ZDavidhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/David251
Does the puppy have access to water all the time? If he is drinking more than he needs than he is going to pee more than he needs to.<br />
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For healthy dogs under 20 lbs, their daily water requirement is 1 cup (8oz) per five pounds of its body weight, excluding excess physical activity.<br />
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So, give the puppy the right amount of water can cut down the hassles.
Does the puppy have access to water all the time? If he is drinking more than he needs than he is going to pee more than he needs to.<br />
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For healthy dogs under 20 lbs, their daily water requirement is 1 cup (8oz) per five pounds of its body weight, excluding excess physical activity.<br />
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So, give the puppy the right amount of water can cut down the hassles. When we first got Nibbler at…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-02:1150197:Comment:5690932009-12-02T00:48:16.403ZMaryhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/marysmonster
When we first got Nibbler at 8 weeks, I brought her outside every half hour. Or if I forgot I usually had a mess to clean. I was only able to do this because I work as a teacher and I had the summer off. Nibbler is really bad about giving us any warning sign that she has to go so this was the only way to spare our carpet and even then we usually had about one accident a day. Someone already mentioned not freaking out after the fact, if we got Nibbler in the act though we'd usually yelp and then…
When we first got Nibbler at 8 weeks, I brought her outside every half hour. Or if I forgot I usually had a mess to clean. I was only able to do this because I work as a teacher and I had the summer off. Nibbler is really bad about giving us any warning sign that she has to go so this was the only way to spare our carpet and even then we usually had about one accident a day. Someone already mentioned not freaking out after the fact, if we got Nibbler in the act though we'd usually yelp and then when she stopped we'd say outside! And then praise her. As much of a pain in the butt it is, I'd recommend taking her outside at regular intervals. Every half an hour worked for us, if you can get away with longer intervals then do that, but if you find that she is still having accidents in the house take her out more often. We installed a doggie door and for the first week she still had about two accidents but after that she was fully potty trained at four months old. Good advice. Also be sure to…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-01:1150197:Comment:5689362009-12-01T21:10:34.104ZBev Levyhttp://mycorgi.com/profile/BevLevy
Good advice. Also be sure to use a special cleaner (ex.urine off) because reular cleaning will not remove the smell and the odor will be a trigger for her to do it again.
Good advice. Also be sure to use a special cleaner (ex.urine off) because reular cleaning will not remove the smell and the odor will be a trigger for her to do it again. Thank you!! Yall have been so…tag:mycorgi.com,2009-12-01:1150197:Comment:5687822009-12-01T18:08:40.246ZJessie & Lolahttp://mycorgi.com/profile/Jessie22
Thank you!! Yall have been so helpful. We just want the best for our Lola! I'm pretty sure her grandmas are about the become dog walkers!
Thank you!! Yall have been so helpful. We just want the best for our Lola! I'm pretty sure her grandmas are about the become dog walkers!