Bathroom Issue

Our corgi, Leena, is a little over 6 months old now. She doesn't have accidents in our apartment, but she often has them at Jenny's parents house, quite often. The house is obviously much larger than our apartment, and we can't always keep an eye on her. Anyone have any idea why she has the accidents there and not here?

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Permalink Reply by Potus on August 8, 2011 at 11:49pm

Do they have dogs or animals? Perhaps she is picking up on scents. Potus has been house trained since he was 14 weeks old and the only time he has gone inside a house since then was at my friends. He peed on the side of her couch, an area where another dog had had an 'accident' recently. Potus was either marking over it or thought, due to the prescence of another dogs scent, that that's where he should be going.

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Permalink Reply by Bradly and Jenny Boesen on August 9, 2011 at 12:14am

They have two dogs (a golden retriever (7 yrs) and some sort of terrier (12yrs)), but I don't think the terrier has ever had an accident in the house, and the retriever probably has not for years. Plus, Leena almost always has an accident when no one is near her to see it, like she's almost ashamed.

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Permalink Reply by Karen Dadisman on August 9, 2011 at 8:10am

She's still pretty young. When you are there, either leash her to you or gate her in the same room with you. It's not her house so she doesn't know the house rules yet. The other dog smells are there whether they have pottied in the house or not and she's just adding her scent to their's. Be sure to let her go potty before you take her inside and every couple hours after you get there. Females mark territory also so it's not just a "guy thing".

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Permalink Reply by Jane on August 9, 2011 at 8:44am

She just doesn't know any better IMO. She's still very young, I would bring along an xpen to put her in when you can't watch her or leash her to your belt loop so she can't wander off.