Mary asked:
Ever since having my daughter (she’s 6 months old) my dog has been jealous for obvious reasons. Who can blame her? My husband and I do our best to spend time with her and take her out to play but with the baby and working, it’s hard to get real outside playtime in. Even though we walk her she still saves up and pees in the house! We’ve laid down wee-wee pads and she’ll go on them for the most part but usually only makes it half-way on the actual pad. She knows better and I know part of this is her showing us she’s upset with us but I’m tired of having to clean up after her in the house almost every day! I can’t afford to take her to training again or to have someone come by and take her out for fun. Unfortunately there are no doggy daycares in my area or I’d leave her there once or twice a week to see if it’d help. Are there any other techniques we can try to help her stop going in the house? Our yard isn’t fenced in, otherwise we’d leave her out there while we’re out!
We trained her as a puppy on the pads so she knows what they’re for but we recently moved from a home with a fenced yard to a home without one (over the summer). So she’s had time to adjust and has adjusted to this kind of change in the past without problems like this. She’s 100lbs so I really don’t have room for a crate that size in my house.
Elmer
Ever since having my daughter (she’s 6 months old) my dog has been jealous for obvious reasons. Who can blame her? My husband and I do our best to spend time with her and take her out to play but with the baby and working, it’s hard to get real outside playtime in. Even though we walk her she still saves up and pees in the house! We’ve laid down wee-wee pads and she’ll go on them for the most part but usually only makes it half-way on the actual pad. She knows better and I know part of this is her showing us she’s upset with us but I’m tired of having to clean up after her in the house almost every day! I can’t afford to take her to training again or to have someone come by and take her out for fun. Unfortunately there are no doggy daycares in my area or I’d leave her there once or twice a week to see if it’d help. Are there any other techniques we can try to help her stop going in the house? Our yard isn’t fenced in, otherwise we’d leave her out there while we’re out!
We trained her as a puppy on the pads so she knows what they’re for but we recently moved from a home with a fenced yard to a home without one (over the summer). So she’s had time to adjust and has adjusted to this kind of change in the past without problems like this. She’s 100lbs so I really don’t have room for a crate that size in my house.
Elmer
Patrick
some pet stores will train them for you
Comment by brace face — April 16, 2009 @ 4:12 am
Jean
Crate train her. If you can’t have eyes on her, she should be in her crate.
Asking her to use the pee pads is confusing her (if previously you taught her to pee outside exclusively). Pee pads do nothing but teach the dog it is OK to piddle in the house. They’re very confusing.
Crate train her. Good luck!
Oh, and dog’s don’t do things for spite – you’re humanizing your pet. She’s doing it because she’s confused by the pads when before she was taught it was NOT ok to pee in the house. She’s probably peeing and running at the same time to avoid the correction she was taught earlier – which would explain the 1/2 on 1/2 off scenario of the pee pads.
I am a single mom and I have two kids, two dogs, three cats and two snakes – I also work 40+ hours a week and volunteer twice a week – so it can be done. Good luck!
Comment by RaysinGyrl — April 18, 2009 @ 11:31 pm
Ruben
almost everything i’ve seen and read has mentioned that the pads are not an effective long-term method of breaking a dog. you may be giving your dog mixed messages because of sometimes having her go outside and sometimes having her go on the pad. i think it’s much less to do with the birth of the baby and her jealousy and much more to do with inconsistent housebreaking methods.
Comment by sheilaspins — April 21, 2009 @ 11:47 pm
Dana
I put my dog in a cage and when it comes out to play I make it go on a wee wee pad then I play with it. After that when they are old enough i take them out of there cage and thye go bathroom and cant play untill they do
Comment by Asklearn — April 24, 2009 @ 7:44 am