Hello everybody
My names Roki and have just joined up to the forum as I need some advice on a little problem my puppy has been having for the last couple of days.
First of all my puppy’s name is Aidan, he’s a 8 month old Maltese and cute as a button. After struggling with toilet training for a few months we finally got a routine going and have gotten to the point where he will go outside on his onn and not soil the house (thank god)
During the last weekend we had really good weather so he had a couple of days without room restrictions at home and he had no accidents which was really great.
However the weather here over the last week has been wet, windy and cold and little Aidan is not a fan of any of these three things. He only likes dry, Calm and warm.
Anyways last night about an hour after he his last pee he decides he needs to go again, however this time it’s in my wife’s and I’s room.
Tonight when I got home from work my wife mentioned he hadn’t crapped since the morning and what do you know, 5 min later bang on the floor in my office.
What I would like to know is how concerned should I be and how can I prevent this from ruining his toilet training
Is this a sign of a greater relapse and it’s time to go back to the old routine (see below) or is it more likely just a wet weather thing?
Should I be considering maybe getting him a litter box or some dog version of it for the inside on rainy days?
To help you guys out here is what I have been doing:
Old routine (used until he demonstrated going outside consistently)
Morning – Taken outside to toilet, walked, feed and tied up. Toilets 15-30 min later (most times he would go)
Evening – taken outside to toilet, feed, tied up 15-30 min then taken again (sometimes he would no go for a pooh when I got home so I would feed then tie up and toilet after which normally would be in 5 min as he would be asking to go outside) and once or twice more before bed
At this point he would be treated each time he went outside either on the leash or off the leash.
New Routine: Same as above only difference is that if he did not go he would be allowed to wonder around the house (barred from some rooms though) except after a meal were he would be tied up until he was ready to go. My wife and I moved to this routine overtime and it was working fine, last night was the first time we tried it on a day with shit weather.
Treats: under the new routine he would only seldom get treats when he went outside with us although always got praised – note most times he was on the leash when taken outside
Note- During the day Aidan would either be outside on days with fine weather in a small run (which he has never soiled) or on a bad day he is in the bath room (which he has also never soiled while hes in there)
I would really appreciate people’s views on this. If its possible to keep some of the current routine going that would be great as it makes life easier but if a complete change I am all ears for different methods.
If anyone needs anything clarified just let me know
Thanks everyone for your help
Roki
My names Roki and have just joined up to the forum as I need some advice on a little problem my puppy has been having for the last couple of days.
First of all my puppy’s name is Aidan, he’s a 8 month old Maltese and cute as a button. After struggling with toilet training for a few months we finally got a routine going and have gotten to the point where he will go outside on his onn and not soil the house (thank god)
During the last weekend we had really good weather so he had a couple of days without room restrictions at home and he had no accidents which was really great.
However the weather here over the last week has been wet, windy and cold and little Aidan is not a fan of any of these three things. He only likes dry, Calm and warm.
Anyways last night about an hour after he his last pee he decides he needs to go again, however this time it’s in my wife’s and I’s room.
Tonight when I got home from work my wife mentioned he hadn’t crapped since the morning and what do you know, 5 min later bang on the floor in my office.
What I would like to know is how concerned should I be and how can I prevent this from ruining his toilet training
Is this a sign of a greater relapse and it’s time to go back to the old routine (see below) or is it more likely just a wet weather thing?
Should I be considering maybe getting him a litter box or some dog version of it for the inside on rainy days?
To help you guys out here is what I have been doing:
Old routine (used until he demonstrated going outside consistently)
Morning – Taken outside to toilet, walked, feed and tied up. Toilets 15-30 min later (most times he would go)
Evening – taken outside to toilet, feed, tied up 15-30 min then taken again (sometimes he would no go for a pooh when I got home so I would feed then tie up and toilet after which normally would be in 5 min as he would be asking to go outside) and once or twice more before bed
At this point he would be treated each time he went outside either on the leash or off the leash.
New Routine: Same as above only difference is that if he did not go he would be allowed to wonder around the house (barred from some rooms though) except after a meal were he would be tied up until he was ready to go. My wife and I moved to this routine overtime and it was working fine, last night was the first time we tried it on a day with shit weather.
Treats: under the new routine he would only seldom get treats when he went outside with us although always got praised – note most times he was on the leash when taken outside
Note- During the day Aidan would either be outside on days with fine weather in a small run (which he has never soiled) or on a bad day he is in the bath room (which he has also never soiled while hes in there)
I would really appreciate people’s views on this. If its possible to keep some of the current routine going that would be great as it makes life easier but if a complete change I am all ears for different methods.
If anyone needs anything clarified just let me know
Thanks everyone for your help
Roki
