Actually, he's not testing you or knowing that he's doing something morally "wrong." He's a dog. Those things are too complex. He is simply not reliably house broken. You need to supervise him more diligently and prevent him from peeing inside, take him out more frequently and give him a treat the second he finishes in his designated spot. Are you going out with him? You need to be with him so you can reinforce his peeing outdoors. The more times he gets a high value treat and praise for going in the designated spot outside, the more likely that will be repeated. When he gets a chance to go inside, he is being held back in that guessing stage that all dogs go through when they're learning something. Punishment just tells him that it's dangerous to go in front of you. It doesn't tell him where it is he should go. If he's punished in the living room, that leaves many other possibilities....maybe the guest room, maybe the other bedroom, maybe the hall way. He isn't sure yet where the best spot is. So, communicate it to him in a way dogs understand. Consistency, dilegent supervision...reinforcement for correct responses... he hasn't had enough yet.
Give a cue while he's going, such as, "go pee" and "go poo." Then use those cues when you take him on walks so he learns that he can go other places outside besides your yard. Only use the cues while he's going until he's made the association between the cue and the response. Don't give your cue unless you're sure he's about to go or you'll miss the association.
If he hasn't had an accident for a long time, it is possible he has a bladder infection...check with the vet. But it is also possible for us to think that our dogs are trained when we see several correct responses. But they're not quite trained...they need more practice.
Hi,
This is the first time since he was around 5 months old that he has gone in the house and since this thread he has done it again, not in the same place either.
He gets walked twice a day, once in the morning and once at night 45mins to an hour each time or twice in the afternoon, but twice each day if possible.
Almost 99.9% of the time I am outside with him when he pee's that other small percent is the time when I am watching him in the garden and he goes to the toilet when he needs it, on his own.
He does know the cue to go pee pee and we use it every time he goes to pee and usually twice a day sometimes 3 he will go poo to after his pee, he gets a good boy and a treat when he goes back into his cage in the morning after being out to the toilet as this is hie routine and what he knows to do, we dont even have to tell him in the morning anymore he just knows its his time to go to the bathroom.
For a while he had been displyaing very bad humping behaviour and he got into trouble for that so after about a month of him learning that was bad he stopped then a few days later he started sniffing and lifting his leg.
He did it once hence the reason for this post and then last night he did it again just a small bit as I caught him, nothing different has been happening really just the same old same old and blake being his hyper self, so this afternoon I went to see my vet and she suggested to that he should be nutered and try curb this behaviour as I dont want to breed from him nor do I want his chasing female dogs when they are in heat.
In addition to someone elses post on here about marking my dog does have a whine to himself but mostly when he wants attention, out or played with after we have been and its time to stop playing now.
Despite all this I am terrified that something goes wrong tomorrow when he has his op, he is my baby and I love him to bits I just hope Im making the right choice, I know I want it done anyway for the sake of his humping thats for now stopped as he got the picture but the marking in the house.
The vet did tell me its not a large operation and there's nothing to worry about as she could clearly see I was worried about this but only advised to do this.
Id have got it done in a month or so anyway just needed to get myself ready for it as it will break my heart seeing his wee stitches.
Enough of this ramble lol
