TRAINING YOUR DOG TO PEE AND POO OUTSIDE 101.

If you are doing the following please stop now.

1. Please DO NOT USE TRAINING PADS. They only confuse your dog and teach him/her that it is okay to do their business indoors. Then when they do, they get negative attention i.e scolding. See why this does not help in the next step.

2. Your dog loves attention, even if it is negative so when he does relieve himself in the house, DO NOT SCOLD HIM. DILUTED BLEACH in a spray bottle on floors does the trick and eliminates odors mixed in a 1 to 10 ratio. Let it sit for 30 seconds or so until the pee starts turning white and wipe up. Spray the floor again with fresh water and wipe again.

For your furnishing the remedies of WHITE VINEGAR and BAKING SODA work the best

Then ignore your dog. He will look for attention. Do not gaze at him or meet his eyes. If he comes near you, continue to turn your back on him. (This really works). Do this until you take him out next. Then praise him when he does his business outside. If he does not do his business then DO NOT PRAISE HIM. Continue the ignoring even when you feed him…That means no singing, no talking to him, no treats. The whole family must follow this rule.

3. DO take your dog outside every 2 to 3 hours while trying to train your dog. Use words like “Get Busy” when your dog stops to sniff around. An indication that he may want to poo is that he will walk in circles around on the spot. Do not speak then. When he is finished, scoop up the poo and then liberally pet and praise your dog (” Good Dog is my favorite). Offer his favorite treat then. This is the only time to offer a treat to your dog.

4. Increase the time that you take your dog out. Dogs like humans should not be forced to keep their urine for more that 8 hours. It damages their bladders. So move from 2 hours to 2.5 hours every couple of days. Soon your dog will be holding their urine for 4 or more hours. Praise your dog.. always use the same words and give a treat.

5. Feed your dog at the same times ( 2 times) each day and take them out 15-30 minutes after you feed them. Dogs like people need a routine.
Liberally praise your dog when he goes outside.

6. While training keep the same route when taking him for a walk. You will soon discover that he has a favorite place to go. This transference from your house to outside is an indication that your training is successful.

7. Gradually withdraw the treats and praise your dog liberally when he is starting to get the picture that when he goes outside nice things happen, like praise and sometimes on the odd occasion treats.

8. Always put fresh food and water for your pet at set mealtimes. Dogs are finicky and might not eat stale food. When your dog has finished eating ( which should be in a few minutes). Take away his food bowl even if he is not eaten all. This regulates his system when and lets you know when he had had enough. We do not leave our food on the table all day until we feel like eating, right? Leave fresh water out for your dog.

9. At nights, take your dog’s water bowl away to limit his intake of water. Then he will not need to pee all over the place. Many of us sleep the night through without needing water. Most physicians tell us to do this for children when potty training to avoid bed-wetting accidents. Dogs are important members of our family and should be treated the same as any other member.

10. This entire process can take from 1 week to 3 weeks.

11. Please do not use old remedies like rubbing your dogs nose in pee, spraying your dogs face, or shaking , hitting or yelling at your pet. This only serves to give him negative attention, create an angry, broken, willful, anxious dog and make you feel dispirited and hopeless.

12.Please be encouraged, have patience and love yourself as well as your dog. Like humans dogs can sense anxiety, so give yourself adequate rest and do not rush, more importantly, have realistic expectations from your pet. Humans take up to 3 years in some cases more to be potty trained, do not expect a dog to get it in a day or a week.

After all we got our pets to be faithful companions and give love and get some in return. Do not give up..the rewards are great.

Good Luck

Most of these comments regarding dog owners are disparaging and not really helpful. Please stop bashing owners who are frustrated and loosing their patience if you are not willing to offer positive advice. You are basically treating the owners how they are treating their dogs, so who are you to point fingers.

I am proud of the owners for voicing their frustration so they can get the encouragement they need.

I recently (2 months ago) adopted a rescue dog from shelter. He was not socialized and peed and crapped in the house. Basically I knew what I was getting myself into having had many dogs growing up on my grandparents small farm. It takes time, patience and humor to train a dog and yes they will have accidents. Sometimes it is deliberate and sometimes not.

See TRAINING YOUR DOG TO PEE AND POO in the following posting.

I have two cats and have tried everything. I recently found an amazing new product called Room Shocker. It not only took the urine smell out but it also helped with my husband’s allergies. It seems that it completely purifies the air and eliminates any severe bad odors right at the source. I ordered it online from a website called BiocideSystems.com. The best part was I didn’t have to scrub anything. Very low maintenance just leave it in a room for a few hours, come back and the smell is gone!

This product seems to work well for all severe bad odors.

i have two female dogs and one male rabbit. they all like to pee o my hardwood floor in my dining room. i have tried everything to get rid of the smell. i think white vinegar works best with the smell so far. thanks for all the help.

hi i have a dog he 1year old and every time my dog get so extied when other people bring their male dog around him and the people dog pee on the rug and how canm’t i get rid off the dog pee. thx you roxanne

I had Stainmaster Carpeting installed, and was told by the salesman that stains could be easily removed with bleach. DON’T EVEN THINK OF USING BLEACH if the stains are from cat or dog URINE! I did just that, forgetting that urine changes into ammonia, which when combined with bleach produces chlorine gas — a gas so deadly that it was used as a military weapon.

I was lucky; I just spent 3 days in the hospital and the pulmonologist said I can probably resume normal activity in about 10 days.

Trying to flip a house and the neighbours next door have 3 German Shepherds that have urinated so badly that the backyard air stinks. Any suggestions on how I can neutralize the odour other then calling the health department??

i have a question. what if you have wood floor ,and your dogs constantly pee in the house and sometimes in the same spot?how do you get rid of the smell?what would be the best products in order toget out a very very strong sent?

Tom, sounds to me like the best solution is for you to either take dog training classes or maybe consider a fish for a pet….Ther’s a thought.Good thing your mom never got rid of you when you were potty training!!!!

I really don’t have a tip, It’s more of a question!
I have a 9 year old Skye Terrier (male), and he is fully house broke, but when I take him out, he’ll only stay out for a few minutes and want to come back in, he is yipping and jumping trying to get back in and when I bring him in, it’s no time until he is in my hallway relieving himself, number 1 and number 2 sometimes. But I was wondering if he is doing it because I had a Chiuahua mixed with Rat terrier (female)that I was trying to break and never could so I got rid of her, she would use it in the hallway an places alot, could it be because the stuff has soaked into the padding an he smells it? I have shampooed like 12 times since Ive gotten rid of her an the odor is still horrendous so Im going to try the tips listed on this page, but I was wondering if anyone had any tips about why my Skye Terrier wants to do his thing in here instead of outside after this long?