Help with rescued adult dog training!!!?
Okay its been about 2 years now since my husband and I have adopted 2 dogs from our local animal shelter…… We love them dearly! We were told they were house trained when we adopted them but noticed they had quite a few accidents after we brought them home but we thought hmmm well it because its a new house….Well no matter what we did they continued I am a stay at home mom so I let the dogs out all the time every hour…..our trainer said every 3-4 hours and after meals and after naps and such but I do it every hour because no matter how often they still go in the house! I do not understand this we reward them if they use the bathroom in the correct area…..if we catch them using it in the house I pick them up and rush them outside……We don’t crate them I am not sure if they were crate abused but one goes crazy if confined in a crate so we don’t do that….if we are going to leave for the day we do put them in our master bath which is pretty big but has tile floors so that we can clean up accidents easily…..We just got a new house and the living room has carpet and I am having to steam clean the carpet once a week…..I can not think of anything else I have taken vet advice and trainer advice! anyone know any other solutions? I use the correct cleaners and I have used to home remedies to clean the urine……I don’t think its so much as marking because I have noticed one of them goes and hides when he does it……The other I noticed he will do it out in the open so I think his is just because he actually has to go……I am thinking the problem is they are too busy exploring while outside to use the bathroom……I know they won’t go while on a leash being walked what so ever we tried that you could walk them 50 miles they will pee everywhere just not poo…..I was thinking maybe putting them on a tie out for like 30 mins every couple of hours because husband has not got around to fencing in our yard yet…..but I am afraid a stray dog will come in the yard……we live out in the country on 5 acres I don’t have any close neighbors but I would hate for something like that to happen……ughhh any advice or help is needed we really do love them and need to live in harmony I am tired of scrubbing up dog pee!
1 yorkie and 1 poodle both male both 4 years old boy fixed sorry should probably add those details….normally they use the bathroom when I take them out……but sometimes they can just go pee and they will go back to the door and a few mins later one of them has pooped on the floor or the other way around! and im like ughh can’t win for losing but any little thing is a victory! They were both raised by a elderly lady that we know of and her husband and I know the yorkie didn’t like men at all he sleeps on my pillow and if my hubby trys to get in the bed he will give him a warning that its his pillow not my hubbys lol but the elderly lady passed and the next day her husband dropped them off at the shelter so not only did they lose their mommy the next day they were at a animal shelter and a week later at our house but its been 2 years and we love them to death just need to solve the bathroom issues!