My puppy shows no remorse

[windcatcher 0]

for pooping on my floor! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!

Mother to the cutest little thing in the world...

[wildcard451 0]

kick it.

[fueler 0]

rub his filthy nose in the crap then throw him outside with no dinner.

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what!?

[flyangel2 2]

Kennel training is the way to go.

How long are you leaving the puppy alone? Remember the golden rule. Only leave a puppy alone the number of hours for the months of age he/she is.

three months = three hours

four months = four hours

And what ever you do, don't rub his/her nose in the shit and kick/hit. There is no connection.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey

[airtwardo 7]

And what ever you do, don't rub his/her nose in the shit...

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THAT should be in the BONFIRE rules!

~ If you choke a Smurf, what color does it turn? ~

[Icon134 0]

ok... since we've got some wonderful suggestions so far... I'll bring in something a bit more useful and thoughtful.

Your puppy did/does not have any desire to poop on your floor or in his kennel if you were to kennel the dog. If in fact he is house trained he knows he is supposed to poop outside.

unfortunately if you are gone and he absolutely must go... i mean... he doesn't have any choice... he will go in the house.

unfortunately for us though dogs don't live in the past they live in the now by the time you have returned home he's over the fact that he has pooped in the house and subsiquently has no idea why you are yelling at him.

oh, and FWIW on the rare occasion Karma has pooped in the house/her kennel I clean it up... I don't yell at her, I don't punnish her... I just grit my teeth, pinch my nose and clean it up.

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[Shell666 0]

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ok... since we've got some wonderful suggestions so far... I'll bring in something a bit more useful and thoughtful.

Your puppy did/does not have any desire to poop on your floor or in his kennel if you were to kennel the dog. If in fact he is house trained he knows he is supposed to poop outside.

unfortunately if you are gone and he absolutely must go... i mean... he doesn't have any choice... he will go in the house.

unfortunately for us though dogs don't live in the past they live in the now by the time you have returned home he's over the fact that he has pooped in the house and subsiquently has no idea why you are yelling at him.

oh, and FWIW on the rare occasion Karma has pooped in the house/her kennel I clean it up... I don't yell at her, I don't punnish her... I just grit my teeth and clean it up.

Yep, that's the way. When my puppy (and I still call him that even though he's almost 5 years old and 80lbs!) poops in the house, there's no point in getting angry with him.

They don't MEAN to do it. They just have to go!

My puppito has the run of the house all day long (he was in his kennel during the day up until about 2 years ago -- he's big and I didn't think that was fair to him -- he needs to stretch). So I took a chance. If I had stuff to clean up when I got home, so be it. That's the price I'd pay for having a pet in the house.

And he's normally good about being left alone for several hours (sometimes 7 or 8!) without having an "accident". But if he does, as soon as I walk in the door, I can TELL by the way he acts that he's had an accident.

There's no point in punishing him. He already knows and he's punished himself. I let Herc out, clean up the mess, bring him back in and tell him it's okay.

They have accidents. Who can blame them. If you couldn't go pee for 8 hours, you might too.

Puppies pee. Get used to it.

But they love you unconditionally.

The pee's worth it!

'Shell

[skycat 0]

If this happened while you were home, then the puppy hasn't earned the right to have free roam of the house. Keep it on a leash attached to you so you can watch for signs it has to go to potty and then rush it out the door. This also helps keeping the puppy out of trouble from doing things such a chewing on cords or thinking the cat is a self propelled squeaky toy. (oh wait, that's just my dog )

Fly it like you stole it!

[Slowfaller 0]

It takes time too. I couldn't believe when all of a sudden our Silky started going in her litter box without being led there. They're smart and they'll get it eventually.

Syd2: as a pup
Syd1yr: a pic of her sep 06

--"Someday you will die and somehow somethings going to steal your carbon" -MM

[Spdoat 0]

Sarah I'm sorry you haven't got your dog housebroke yet. I'm guessing you didn't use the kennel method and taking him out regularly for the first few months to teach him where he is supposed to be doing his business. It's not too late to start showing him where is appropriate. Our newest one (of 2.5 months now. year old lab mix) came to us without being housebroke and after a few accidents in the house...on the bed...and taking her out regularly until she did her business instead of letting her have free roam of the house by using a kennel, she is housebroke in an amazingly short period of time. By kicking and punishing the dog, they will just learn to go hide to poop in the house and then you can play a game of seek out the poop. Enroll in a beginner obedience class, the instructor will help work through some of your problems with you dog and you will have a well adjusted dog by the time your baby arrives.

Christina

I love my husband!

[ntrprnr 0]

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ok... since we've got some wonderful suggestions so far... I'll bring in something a bit more useful and thoughtful.

Your puppy did/does not have any desire to poop on your floor or in his kennel if you were to kennel the dog. If in fact he is house trained he knows he is supposed to poop outside.

unfortunately if you are gone and he absolutely must go... i mean... he doesn't have any choice... he will go in the house.

unfortunately for us though dogs don't live in the past they live in the now by the time you have returned home he's over the fact that he has pooped in the house and subsiquently has no idea why you are yelling at him.

oh, and FWIW on the rare occasion Karma has pooped in the house/her kennel I clean it up... I don't yell at her, I don't punnish her... I just grit my teeth, pinch my nose and clean it up.

The funny thing is, in my logical mind, I know Icon isn't this old sage in a white robe with a long flowing beard... But when I read something as well written as this...

You're spot on with everything you've said.

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"Why'd you track away at 7,000 feet?"
"Even in freefall, I have commitment issues."

[usedtajump 1]

Our new puppy Andy, (3 months old) has free reigh of a 500 acre farm but he stays close to the house at present. He spends the night locked in the barn with Barney the barn cat to protect them from "the critters" that come around at night. While overnighting in the barn, he uses the concrete floor for relief and I can count on cleaning up three piles every morning when I let him out. That's such little effort to put out in return for the reward he provides with his friendship and service as a "farm dog" .

The older I get the less I care who I piss off.

[windcatcher 0]

Well, Yukon usually won't poop in the house anymore. ( he's about 18 months) We've discovered that part of the reason MAY be that he does it because we leave. We've taken him outside to do his business, leave, and forget something, come back 5 minutes later and he's pooped!

He's going to the bathroom in the house a lot less frequently now...but he's still pretty disobedient. We really need to get him enrolled in a class, but that is something we really can't afford right now.

I just want a puppy who goes outside and can hold it for at least a few hours!

Mother to the cutest little thing in the world...

[ntacfreefly 0]

You should have crate trained him.

I wasn't too sure about it until we tried it with our puppy and she has been nothing short of spectacular. She's not even 7 months and we can leave her out of her crate during the day now with no fear of her pooping/peeing indoors.

at 18 months your dog is pretty much no longer a puppy - I'm not sure how hard it'll be to housetrain them now.

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders. ~ Lao-Tzu

It's all good, they're my brothers ~ Mariann Kramer

[Icon134 0]

Others have said it but I'll reiterate... Crate Training, Crate Training, Crate Training.

It sounds mean to stick your dog in a kennel when you're gone but they really don't mind it... in fact it becomes a den of sorts and I still have Karma go into her Crate everytime I leave the house even if I don't intend to close the door.

she loves to go there because she earns a treat by doing it.

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[flyangel2 2]

A quick search on the Internet brought up some great sites for crate training.

http://www.inch.com/~dogs/cratetraining.html

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He's going to the bathroom in the house a lot less frequently now...but he's still pretty disobedient. We really need to get him enrolled in a class, but that is something we really can't afford right now.

Not having money to go to a training class is not a good excuse. There is tons of information out there for you to learn for free. Getting any kind of pet means spending some money, just like having kids.

http://www.advicedogtraining.com/dog-training/articles.php

I've never taken any of my dogs to a formal training class, yet I can walk them without leashes. A well trained dog is a happy dog. It's not going to happen over night, it takes work, but the pay off is well worth it.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds. - Edward Abbey