Accidents in the house...

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  1. newburymark

    newburymark Registered Users

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    Hi guys, hope you all had a good weekend.

    Monty is doing well, although the last couple of days he has been weeing (sorry for this topic) inside the house more. I appreciate that the majority of his accidents might be down to us. Saying that, he goes though phases of taking himself out along with us taking him out and going in his penned off section of the garden...but now it seems as though he is more than happy to go inside. We take him out at regular intervals and usually he goes without hesitation, more recently he is not going outside (after a very long wait from us), but the minute he comes in he goes. If he's had an accident before, we clean it stratight up with the proper cleaning products to take away any smell he might be picking up.

    It's slightly frustrating because he seemed to be making good progress with house training, but now it feels like a backwards step :-\

    Any thoughts?
     
  2. drjs@5

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    Re: Accidents in the house...

    Not particularly my forte, but are you giving him LOADS of fuss and treats when he wees outside (and maybe a cue word) and the opposite inside - as much of a nuisance as it is, hopping around, wiping up, moving him etc is all "reward" I guess, even though its not positive it might seem that way?
     
  3. JulieT

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    Re: Accidents in the house...

    We had days like that with Charlie - felt I was going backwards at one point. I massively upped the rewards for going outside, and he never went outside without me until I'd seen him go. It did the trick, but they all seem to "get it" in the end. Good luck! The mopping up does get annoying! Hope he gets it soon!
     

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