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Old 01-05-2012, 08:28 PM
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i have a question for you.

we've had our dog about a year....a year in february to be exact. she's a little over a year old. she potty trained fairly easy, but we always have had issues with her pooping in the house. luckily for us, it's usually on the hard wood so easy enough to clean up. lately, she's been going in the house in general. it's like she's regressing, or she's mad about something, or, i don't know what.

when she trained, she never barked to go outside, we just kinda followed her cues. well, now that i'm babysitting in the house, i admit to not following all those cues as well. so, yes, it may partly be my fault, BUT, i guess my question is, do you think you can teach an 'old' dog, new tricks? how would i go about doing that?
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Old 01-05-2012, 08:40 PM
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maybe she is jealous if you are babysitting?

We had this issue when we moved our dog is just now two, this was in Sept when we moved. We basically needed to re-crate train her just until it clicked for her again. It worked within a week.

We would keep her in the crate except to go, to eat or have supervised breaks, but never let her run free throughout the house (she kept going in my girls room) and she was fine in a week... no punishing, just retraining her to do it outside ya know
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Old 01-05-2012, 08:53 PM
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I agree that she might be jealous of the babysitting. We always crate-trained our dogs and I would do just what Tanyia said. What kind of dog is it though?
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Old 01-05-2012, 08:59 PM
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I'm a vet tech, and not that it makes me the expert or anything, but I agree the others. Start back at the begining. As she gets used to the kids you are babysitting then she can gradually have more freedom. Stress, or changes in routine can definitely cause regression in that area. Also, if she seems to be going more frequently, and/or drinking more water, or if her urine has a strong smell, it could be a medical problem. In that case, I would take her to a vet to be checked out. A bladder infection can cause some dogs to have accidents where they hadn't before.
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Old 01-05-2012, 09:00 PM
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Our dog only goes like once a day. She has urinating accidents more often the #2. My hubby walks her outside and she has favorite places she goes usually within a few minutes. She has long fur so when it is hot out she does not like being outside for a long time. Id say just try to get her on a schedule by walking at the same time everyday so she knows to try to hold it. It was so easy to train our dog though and with her not going #2 more then once or twice a day it was not difficult for us
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i am kinda embarrassed to admit that never crossed my mind LOL
i'll definitely try to go back to the beginning with her.

she's a cockerpoo, Marie.
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Yea, go back to the beginning, and try and pay closer attention to her cues if you can too. I'm sure it's hectic with a couple littles running around and stuff, but it'll help. It'll also help to get her on a little bit more of a schedule. Dogs and kids both like schedules
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We had this trouble with our dog for a while -- I think it was mainly anxiety for him when we would leave. We keep him confined to a smaller area (a crate would work too) and he has gotten better. We also installed a doggie door so he can go out whenever he wants.
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Crating/confinement to a small area is the best way to cure a bad habit, IMO.
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Aww, cockerpoos are so cute! I asked because some breeds are harder to trainetrain that others - LOL. I have a friend with a cockerpoo and it's a really smart dog! On the other hand my son had a terrier and that breed wasn't so easy to train!
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LOL marie! she's really a good girl. she's SO good with the kids and she's a very tender soul (fits right in here LOL). i do think a lot of it has to do with the lack of attention she's getting. we didn't try the crate route before, so maybe we should now....
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Old 01-06-2012, 08:31 AM
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She might find a crate her "safe haven" away from the little ones. Once she's retrained she might go in there on her own to just get away from it all
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this is VERY true lol
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In the apartment when I first got Tiger, her crate was in the loving room against the back if the couch. I would constantly find her in there for no reason. She just liked it in there and knew it was her safe place. dogs love dens, it's one of the wild instincts they have that never left after they were domesticized.
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and also if she is sensitive, like my baby, Ginger, I need to crate her where the family is or she just gets sad and lonely and feels crate training is a punishment. So we crate her in the craft room, which is just off the living room/kitchen but she can hear everyone and see us most of the time too
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i definitely would have to put her somewhere near us. she sleeps with us at night because well, we couldn't take the howling from the crate :/
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