hey everybody, i am new to the forum and i have posted a few threads looking for information about my english bully, i have gotten remarkable feedback from you all so i would like to ask about something else.
nook nook is now 3 months old and is housetrained about 95% and i say 95% because he sometimes has an accident if he doesnt go out for a long period of time, or is let in from outside with out being taken out first. so when i go to work i leave him in my backyard which is mostly cement and it also has a patio and a game room, and an area about 20 feet wide and 40 feet long that is dirt/grass, this is where he should eliminate. the door to the game room stays open all day, this is where his food, water, toys and bed are, so he does fine through out the day mosying around but he soils the game room if im not taking him out to the area where he should go, obviously because im not home. when im home and i say lets go out nook, he leads me to the spot, so he knows where to go and knows where it is, even if i catch him squating somewhere else i will say no, nook GO OUT! and he will stop in his tracks and walk/run with me over to the right area. so i know he knows where it is but he doesnt seem to use it when im not there. maybe he is still to young to have high expectations, i dont know thats why im asking, another thing is that there is a pile of leaves/dirt that i gathered up to dispose of but it got left behind from the trash so now he has a few soils there and thats where he runs to if im not there and hes outside already, so if hes outside he will eliminate in the pile of dirt, and if hes in the game room he will eliminate in there. i need to know how to correct this and get him to go to the right spot and stop soiling the game room. thats my biggest issue, he knows not to go in there, and im very clean so i know he cant smell any residue after i clean up his mess, please help!, thanks.
nook nook is now 3 months old and is housetrained about 95% and i say 95% because he sometimes has an accident if he doesnt go out for a long period of time, or is let in from outside with out being taken out first. so when i go to work i leave him in my backyard which is mostly cement and it also has a patio and a game room, and an area about 20 feet wide and 40 feet long that is dirt/grass, this is where he should eliminate. the door to the game room stays open all day, this is where his food, water, toys and bed are, so he does fine through out the day mosying around but he soils the game room if im not taking him out to the area where he should go, obviously because im not home. when im home and i say lets go out nook, he leads me to the spot, so he knows where to go and knows where it is, even if i catch him squating somewhere else i will say no, nook GO OUT! and he will stop in his tracks and walk/run with me over to the right area. so i know he knows where it is but he doesnt seem to use it when im not there. maybe he is still to young to have high expectations, i dont know thats why im asking, another thing is that there is a pile of leaves/dirt that i gathered up to dispose of but it got left behind from the trash so now he has a few soils there and thats where he runs to if im not there and hes outside already, so if hes outside he will eliminate in the pile of dirt, and if hes in the game room he will eliminate in there. i need to know how to correct this and get him to go to the right spot and stop soiling the game room. thats my biggest issue, he knows not to go in there, and im very clean so i know he cant smell any residue after i clean up his mess, please help!, thanks.
