Ok so this July we got a 2 month old Corgi. Everything was going good, he would have a accident outside once in awhile but we would catch him in the act, say "STAN NO", and take him outside. Once he would go to the bathroom outside we would praise him and give him a treat. So our bathroom training went pretty well for about 4 months. He would tell us when he had to go potty by barking, we would respond by taking him to the door and put him outside on his rope. He would always go to the bathroom outside and we had no problem.
Well one day our rope breaks and we go outside with him to go to the bathroom for about a week. When he would go potty outside we would praise him and give him a treat. A week later we finally get a new rope and we start putting him back out on it. He now seems very reluctant to go outside as he will not go to the door when we call him to let him out. He will only go to the bathroom when we are outside with him and he is not on his rope. This is a problem as we cannot go outside with him every single time. Today we tried putting him out on his rope almost every hour and he just would not go outside. In fact he peed in the house 6 times, and pooped 5 times. When he goes to the bathroom inside we put his nose in it and say "STAN NO" and then put him out on his rope.
How can we communicate with him that we want him to go outside on his leash to go potty. This is starting to become a major problem with him, as we love him and do not want to give him up. Any advice on what we may be doing wrong would be greatly appreciated!
Thank You!
****other information
-When he is inside we try to confine him to the same area as us so we can catch him if he goes to the bathroom.
-While we are at work we put him in a kennel, he does not go to the bathroom in here. When he gets out of the kennel is really the only time he now goes to the back door to ask us to put him out so he can go potty.
-He's now around 10 months old
-He is fixed
Well one day our rope breaks and we go outside with him to go to the bathroom for about a week. When he would go potty outside we would praise him and give him a treat. A week later we finally get a new rope and we start putting him back out on it. He now seems very reluctant to go outside as he will not go to the door when we call him to let him out. He will only go to the bathroom when we are outside with him and he is not on his rope. This is a problem as we cannot go outside with him every single time. Today we tried putting him out on his rope almost every hour and he just would not go outside. In fact he peed in the house 6 times, and pooped 5 times. When he goes to the bathroom inside we put his nose in it and say "STAN NO" and then put him out on his rope.
How can we communicate with him that we want him to go outside on his leash to go potty. This is starting to become a major problem with him, as we love him and do not want to give him up. Any advice on what we may be doing wrong would be greatly appreciated!
Thank You!
****other information
-When he is inside we try to confine him to the same area as us so we can catch him if he goes to the bathroom.
-While we are at work we put him in a kennel, he does not go to the bathroom in here. When he gets out of the kennel is really the only time he now goes to the back door to ask us to put him out so he can go potty.
-He's now around 10 months old
-He is fixed