I have a 5 month old Lab/Retriever mix. She is a very smart dog and seems to be potty trained for the most part.
When I am home, she will come find me and stare at me until I ask "What do you have to show me" and she will run to the back door, showing the fact she has to go. So when I am at home she never goes in the house.
I work a pretty decent job in the sense I get a hour lunch, so from 8am - 12pm I am at work and this is when she does go. She mostly urinates in the mornings. Before work, I make sure she does got out side both 1 and No. 2. But, I am still comming home to wet spots on my wood floor near the back door.
From 1pm - 4pm I return to work and this is when she sometimes does #2 and again #1.
My question is how can I prevent her going potty when I am at work. She doesn't when I am at home.
I really don't want to cage her and I do not yell at her when I get home and see these "messes" because I read they would not understand what they are being yelled at for. Any help would be much appreciated.
When I am home, she will come find me and stare at me until I ask "What do you have to show me" and she will run to the back door, showing the fact she has to go. So when I am at home she never goes in the house.
I work a pretty decent job in the sense I get a hour lunch, so from 8am - 12pm I am at work and this is when she does go. She mostly urinates in the mornings. Before work, I make sure she does got out side both 1 and No. 2. But, I am still comming home to wet spots on my wood floor near the back door.
From 1pm - 4pm I return to work and this is when she sometimes does #2 and again #1.
My question is how can I prevent her going potty when I am at work. She doesn't when I am at home.
I really don't want to cage her and I do not yell at her when I get home and see these "messes" because I read they would not understand what they are being yelled at for. Any help would be much appreciated.