My corgi, Winnie, was and outdoor dog for the first 8 months of her life. I have been working on housebreaking her for three months and am still not having luck. She has had two two-week-long stretches where she was reliable, but something has happened to upset her training twice. Once, a storm made her anxious and she acted like she completely forgot her training (did #1 and #2 inside the next day, and was impossible for the next week- peeing inside at every opportunity, in her crate, right after spending lots of time outside, etc). After that bad week, we spent two intense weeks of work with her during a vacation- observed her all the time, kept her on leash indoors almost all the time except right after she pottied outside, etc. She had 14 accident-free days in a row, was asking to go out, everything. Then, she ate some cat food and had diarrhea indoors, and now she's back to peeing inside. She's had two days in a row of accidents now, and didn't ask to out either time. Yesterday was my fault- I should have crated her because I wasn't watching her. But today, I took her out, she peed, and only 45 minutes later she peed inside the second I quit giving her attention. She's over a year old, and she only left a little puddle, so I know that she's not doing it because she needs to go. It's starting to feel like her peeing is an attention-getting problem rather than a housebreaking problem. She did well when we were giving her constant attention, but now that we aren't on vacation, she's back to having problems again.
She understands that potty outside=good, but she doesn't seem to understand that potty inside=bad. I'm worried that she thinks potty=good, and that when she does it she'll get a treat, no matter where she goes. I'm going to go back to leashing her all the time when she's out of her crate and reintroducing freedom slowly, but does anyone know of a way to discourage her from going inside while also encouraging her to go outside? Also, any way to get her comfortable with holding her pee for longer periods? She can go the whole night, so I know she's capable of it, but during the day she will pee every time we go out (which is every hour).
Thanks all,
~m
She understands that potty outside=good, but she doesn't seem to understand that potty inside=bad. I'm worried that she thinks potty=good, and that when she does it she'll get a treat, no matter where she goes. I'm going to go back to leashing her all the time when she's out of her crate and reintroducing freedom slowly, but does anyone know of a way to discourage her from going inside while also encouraging her to go outside? Also, any way to get her comfortable with holding her pee for longer periods? She can go the whole night, so I know she's capable of it, but during the day she will pee every time we go out (which is every hour).
Thanks all,
~m
