Moving, could it effect housetraining?

Durbkat · 10-22-2007, 03:38 PM

We live in an apartment and our landlord had started fixing our bathroom, by replacing part of the ceiling that was rotting out and basically redo the whole bathroom. Well he did all of it except for putting up a new ceiling. But the pipe that is in the ceiling that drains the water from the upstairs bathroom had turned green. This guy I know who does plumbing said that its a sign that the pipe is getting ready to burst open. Well starting yesterday water started pouring into our bathroom, into the tub and it went into the insulation, which already has mold and mildew on it, and it drained over to the toilet and started getting that soaked as well. So anyway, we told the landlord who is currently building a 3rd bedroom in a downstairs apartment instead of completing our bathroom.

He said he can't or won't do anything about it for a couple of months till he can evict the people upstairs who are late on there rent every month so he can go into the apartment and replace the pipe. My mom seems to think that he may be trying to evict us since no normal person would wait 2 months to get a leaking pipe fixed.

So my question is if we have to move, would moving affect housetraining? Snoopy is housetrained to go outside and on pads if he can't hold it, he very rarely uses it. Do you all think if we moved that I would have to housetrain him again?

Sorry for the long story but I had to vent about our idiot landlord.

ozzy · 10-22-2007, 05:05 PM

I don't have a lot of experience with moving and housetraining but I have been housetraining my pup in quite a few places and he does the same everywhere. I take him to my bf's often and he does fine and I take him to my parents a lot and he seems to know outside is the place regardless of where he is. I think as long as you keep up training he will get it. It might be hard in the very beginning but shouldn't affect you too much.

Renoman · 10-22-2007, 06:57 PM

If you keep the same routine and schedule in a new location it might upset things for a day or two (I said might), but no major setbacks.

Just an FYI, your landlord has an obligation to keep the apartment up to code. If the water pipe is leaking and he refuses to fix it - first take pictures, lots of them. Then call the Building Inspector and the Board of Health. They should be able to make him see a different way of doing things.

Durbkat · 10-22-2007, 07:02 PM

Thanks for the tip! Do you think I would need to take a vid or would pictures be enough?

Renoman · 10-22-2007, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Durbkat

Thanks for the tip! Do you think I would need to take a vid or would pictures be enough?

If the water is pouring down - a video would have a nice effect. A video would also be useful to show the rest of the room. Take lots of pictures of the wet insulation and the mold as well as the damage the leaking water is doing and make sure the pictures and the video are date stamped.

Mdawn · 10-22-2007, 07:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Renoman

If you keep the same routine and schedule in a new location it might upset things for a day or two (I said might), but no major setbacks.

Just an FYI, your landlord has an obligation to keep the apartment up to code. If the water pipe is leaking and he refuses to fix it - first take pictures, lots of them. Then call the Building Inspector and the Board of Health. They should be able to make him see a different way of doing things.

I agree with Renoman-I believe that the landlord has to keep the apartments in a reasonable "living condition". Or you have the option to not pay the rent until the apartment is up to code. I can't remember exactly and just because its that way where I live, doesn't mean that it is the way the law is where you live. But I'd definitely find out.

As for the house training... when I was house training Uallis when he was really little for the most part he was confined in the living room with us or in his crate if I couldn't watch him. When he earned the privilege of access to the rest of the house; he did have a few accidents. I think that he was house trained to just the living room and didn't get the idea that it was the same principle all through the house. We went back to step one with the training and within 2 or 3 days he got it. It wasn't a big deal really. If you decide to move, I'd just got back to step one for a few days and everything will be good!

battlemonkey · 10-22-2007, 09:12 PM

We moved into our new condo on May 1st after living in our rental appartment for 3+ years and our dog is now 9yo. When we first moved in, she had a few "accidents" when we were away, which I right away took it that she was nervous that we were living in a new place. But now she's fine. We've been here a while and she still hasn't done anything in the house except for those 2 times in the beginning.