Another Potty Issue . . . Sorta

now what?

I have a weird problem now with Fiona. She was born Dec. 23rd, 2007. I got her when she was 7 weeks old, and started taking her out on a regular basis, in the snow. I live in Wisconsin, and thought I would never get her trained because it was so darn cold. But, she is without a doubt one of the most intelligent dogs I have ever been owned by, and she was fully housebroken by 10 weeks. But now, the snow is melting, and I see that if Fiona has to go, she looks for the remaining few patches of snow to go on, she won't go on the bare ground! I'm sure not moving to Alaska so she can potty on snow all the time! I was wondering if anyone thinks that when the snow is all gone, it will hurt her if she can't find any to go on. She's never been on grass, and she saw a bug yesterday, and almost went throught the screen door trying to get at it. Any suggestions as to how to help transition her to spring weather?:confused2:
 
My Barkley was born December 23, 2006 and had exactly the same problem last year! I found that if I took him out, even if I had to do it on leash, and encouraged him to go, once the scent was on the grass he got the idea. Isn't it funny how attracted they are to snow? :lol:
 
MadisMomma said:
I would love to have a doggie dog for Madi! We'd have to fence in the yard first and since we rent, that isn't gonna happen ;)

I've been starting to "ignore" her when she hits the door after just a few minutes of being outside or I try and distract her. I've noticed that she will put up a much bigger fuss when she really does have to go, so I'm working on paying more attention to her signals :yes:
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I rented with a dog for a while and then bought a house with a fenced yard so I could let them out whenever. It did take me a few years to actually get the doggy door. can't live without it now.
 
Mine Continues To Be A Challenge

I've had/am having a similar problem,

Getting her to go outside was never a problem, but as she got older she was still insisting that she had to go out every half hour to an hour. If we didn't put her out then, she would just go on the floor. Things are different when she's crated or at night when she's not. Since she was little she had an amazing ability to not only hold it all night but even let us sleep in!

so at six months old we were feeling very frustrated but managed to start working through it. We started making her wait an extra half an hour at a time until she was going at reasonable intervals. She's eight months old and holding it for an appropriate time for a puppy her age but even still, we still have the occasional accident.

I'm not really sure why! She hadn't had an accident in 2 months! She'd been out of her crate all day and held it for 7 hours. That evening, three hours after she'd been out she simply found a good spot and peed on our BRAND NEW CARPET (it had been in for exactly a week), she didn't even ask to go out. Not just a little like when marking either. I could have killed her!:mad:

Anyone have any ideas on this! When she does this she doesn't give us any warning, she just finds a spot and goes. Different places all the time. She knows to ask to go out and does most of the time. I still always give her lots of praise for asking to go out! I swear I'm going to buy her diapers. My parents male sheltie was no way near as difficult to house train as Sadie!:no:
 
I'm not quite sure whats going on in in little Sadies' mind. Is she spayed ? Sometimes I swear they piddle out of spite.:eek2: If she does better crated maybe for awhile when you can't watch her I would crate her. When you are able to be in the same room try confining her to a limited area until she gets back on track. Good luck.
 
Not Sure What She's Thinking Either

She's gone back to being wonderful and standing by the door when she wants out. She's rarely out of our sight when we're home, that night I'd left the room for 20 minutes to take a shower and my husband fell asleep on the couch. Still, she'd gone out not too long ago and shouldn't have had an accident.

She's generally crated when she's left for long periods but we've been working her up to being left outside of her crate. We're up to seven hours and she's never had an accident when we're not home!

Sadie is spayed so I have no idea what gets into her some times. All I know is that its very frustrating! :confused2:
 
Warning Sign

A urinary tract infection can cause these "unexplained" slips. They can be very insidious. I recommend doing a urine catch and having the vet test for a UTI. Our Collie had one for the longest time, but we didn;t know until she became really ill.
 
I agree with Chris; my sable Jack had a UTI when he was about ten months old. He was doing super with pottying outside. Then, all of a sudden, he started going in the kitchen. I was watching one time; he was lying at my feet, perfectly content, and then I noticed the yellow puddle spreading. It was as if he didn't notice it at all, or couldn't feel it. After a course of antibiotics, he was fine and it hasn't happened since.

"Shelties are Love"
 
Re: Warning Sign

Chris said:
A urinary tract infection can cause these "unexplained" slips. They can be very insidious. I recommend doing a urine catch and having the vet test for a UTI. Our Collie had one for the longest time, but we didn;t know until she became really ill.
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I've had cats with urinary tract infections and know what they're about. Sadie isn't showing any signs of illness, she's bright happy and has no problems urinating, I watch her very closely. She's also recently been to the vet. I'm sure there's something going on in her head, I'm just not sure what or how to deal with it.

These accidents happen ONLY WHEN I'm out of the room. Sadie considers me to be the alpha and wouldn't dream of doing in when I'm watching her. She only does this with my husband and ALWAYS has. Instead, she waits till I'm otherwise occupied (usually when I'm in the shower), then she sneaks away from my husband to go pee somewhere, now on our new carpet. I'm struggling to get it in his head that he has to watch her the way he would a child. I'm hoping that if we just keep a closer eye on her in the evenings (thats always when it happens) that she'll stop doing it.

The frustrating thing about this whole issue is that she only does this when we're home and she does it within a couple of hours of already peeing! We can leave her out of her crate for long periods when we're not home at all and not have any accidents. She's out of her crate all night too and some times holds it for 10-12 hours with no problems. She's not even in a rush to get out in the morning, she just wants to play.

I don't know what she's thinking, maybe she's continuing to try and train us!
 
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