[Will B]

Hopefully I can get some help here as I'm getting more and more frustrated. My youngest dog Ally is 4 months old or so and no matter what I do, continues to relieve herself in my living room. I've tried the bell on the door, having her scratch at the door when she goes out, everything and she still continues to do so. I shampooed the carpet in there and had it blocked off for a week. After I opened the living room back up, it was literally 4 min and she went in the living room. It also seems like when I let her out on her leash she will urinate but wait to come in and then go number 2 in the living room

The bad thing is that my older dog, my 9 month old Diesel is starting to pick up on it. Just tonight he came in and urinated on my bed for no reason.

I have cables set up in the back yard to let them go out and roam around a little and go to the bathroom out there. Neither of the dogs will do their thing out on the cables, especially Ally. I have a hard time even getting her to go in my yard. For some reason if I let her walk across the street or near the neighbors yard(no dogs) she has no problem going.

 

[TooneyDogs]

Housetraining 101:
No unsupervised freedom of the house until the housetraining is done. That means crating or confining when you can't watch them...WATCH means every second they're out of the crate.

Treats and praise for going in the right place...teaching them where they can go potty and get rewarded for it.

Clean up all accidents with an enzyme cleaner...shampooing isn't enough.

It also helps to know that untrained dogs will relieve themselves about every 70-90 minutes and they rarely finish on the first try. Taking them out every 60 minutes (getting ahead of that schedule) can help with the housetraining.

Lastly, puppies don't have full control of their bladder or bowels until about 6 months of age so, you need to be vigilant.

 

[hulkamaniac]

The bad thing is that my older dog, my 9 month old Diesel is starting to pick up on it. Just tonight he came in and urinated on my bed for no reason.

It's early in the morning for me so this cracked me up. The dog had a very good reason. He had to go. Dogs aren't capable of peeing on people's beds for any other reason.

Keep the dogs crated or confined and don't give any unsupervised freedom in the house.

 

[Cracker]

Diesel likely urinated on your bed because he is a bit stressed, most likely because you are too.
Your pup, Ally, is too young to have freedom and too young to have much,if any control over her bladder. Mistakes happen because the human is not proactive enough. Tooney's advice is dead on, but I want to add..that when you take her out, take her out on LEASH and not just let her have run of the yard. Pick a spot, wait for the squat, Use a cue word, praise and reward. THEN she gets a bit of freedom, THEN she goes pee again..lol.
After a nap, first thing in the morning, before and after play, meals etc...when in doubt take her out.

 

[princesstiffany]

another thing that could help, along with the advice given above is keeping her tethered to you while she is out of her crate. that way you can always keep your eyes on her and see if you can pick up any subtle signals she may be giving.
i am also dealing with housebreaking our pup, hes a 5 month old husky, and i let him out every chance i get, and praise him like crazy when he goes outside. hes doing great, but i never give him the chance to go in the house!

 

[TooneyDogs]

keeping her tethered to you while she is out of her crate. that way you can always keep your eyes on her

I'm not a fan of the teethering as puppies have no idea how to walk nicely at your side....they tend to get underfoot...accidently stepped on and both parties often get frustrated with the method.

But, the main idea of watching like a hawk is the crucial/key part.