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Post by laraghcon on Oct 21, 2005 13:31:51 GMT 1
:)Hi Everyone I just joined today from Dublin, I have 2 Weimaraners - Molly & Harry, brother and sister 15 months old. They are great fun and Molly has a passion for Teabags and Tea!! - so we now have a cup of tea together! I would love some advice on house trainnig them, they still think they can do thier business at night even after we go outside in the evening ... are they too old to get trained. All advice appreciated Thanks  SHANA |
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Post by marjolein on Oct 21, 2005 14:53:09 GMT 1
Hiya Shana and welcome on this forum. I have a 7 year old Leonberger, a LH bitch of 6 and a LH bitch of 3.
The best thing to do, to avoid them spoiling your house, is put them in a crate at night. Of course you have to walk them properly before you go to bed, but I assume you already do that. You could get up in the middle of the night too, to let them out, but if it was me, I wouldn't do this. My advice is the crate!!!
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Post by Wetdog on Oct 21, 2005 15:18:33 GMT 1
Hi Shana, WELCOME to the board! We are glad you could come join us.
In addition to crating---you need to clean any areas where the dogs have gone in the past. So long as that smell is there it makes it very hard to housetrain.
If you have carpets rent a carpet cleaner and use a combination of white(distilled) vinegar and water. Really use a heavy spray. The smell is pretty strong while you are using it, but once it dries the vinegar smell will be gone and so will the urine.
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Post by Irena on Oct 22, 2005 22:56:08 GMT 1
Shana, welcome to you and your grey dogs! I agree about crating your dogs, at least until they learn to hold it till the morning. Unless this is a medical problem, of course. Do you think they both do it? Or only one of them?
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Post by moonbeam on Oct 23, 2005 16:20:58 GMT 1
Hi Shana and welcome to the forum. I don't think they are too old to be trained but would suggest you go back to basics and start from scratch as if they were pups. Very difficult to housetrain two together as you can't be certain who has the problem unless you catch them at it.
Are we talking wee or pooh? Have they ever been clean overnight? If so can you pinpoint when the problem started? Tea is a diuretic so may not be the best thing to give as a drink. Have they been neutered? Could the bitch be coming into season? What time do you feed them?
Sorry loads of questions, it's just what's running through my mind as I type. Maybe the answers could throw some light on what is going on though.
Mariy
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Post by smokeybear on Oct 24, 2005 10:41:13 GMT 1
Have you had the dogs checked over by the vet to rule out any medical conditions which may be causing these problems?
At this age, if they have never be clean, you need to look at your husbandry carefully to see why this is happening, eg what they are fed, when they are fed, do they truly understand about relieving themselves outside.
From another perspective, you may need to review what your reactions have been to this behaviour?
If you have been cross with them, it may be that they think it is dangerous to relieve themselves in your presence and wait until you are not around, the surface is immaterial.
It is naturally frustrating for you but the best methods are to avoid any sort of punishment, or negative body language and just ignore accidents but go wild with praise when the dog DOES relieve itself outside so that this behaviour is reinforced and is more likely to happen, giving them their favourite treat which is restricted to this behaviour may also be extremely helpful.
You can then put the behaviour on command.
HTH
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Post by Faust on Oct 30, 2005 11:51:59 GMT 1
Hello!
Welcome on board!
I had the same problem with Faust - he did this very long and he did this job of reliefing himself also at the place where he slept till about 7 months of age.
How long are your weims doing this? All 15 months? If yes, this is very weird to me.
After Fausts death, I got a pointer as a present, pointer Norman was 11 months old when he came from a kennel (he lived outside in the kennel, and I knew I would have problems with teaching him to relief himself outside on the grass and not in the place where he lives) he came to a flat. He reliefed himself in the room where he lived, even if I left him in the crate he did all the job, including the stinky one in a crate.
You must punish him for doing this on the places where he sshouldn't . That's my only advice. I did this with Norman and it worked. But after about 5-6 months.
Goodl luck! ;-)
Best regards,
Kristina
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Post by tishabishakate on Nov 1, 2005 1:25:35 GMT 1
Welcome, Shana. This is a great board as members are from all over. Like TB and me, for example - a small little state in the US - South Carolina - but with a lot of history! Hey, we even beat University of Tennessee in football last night - a first in 10 years!! Mikell
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