Peeing On Our Furniture

[bogeysdad]

Hey Guys!
Been a while, I used to be under Lilysmom, but I decided to get a new baby, almost 3 years ago and its taking ALL MY TIME!! LOL
I have a problem...
When we got him, he was 12 weeks already... In that time, he had been able to basically roam free around the house with the other puppies, as well as the parents and another older Doxi... Needless to say, when we got him home, putting him in a crate was BRUTAL! He could not take it... It has now been almost 3 years. We did have him neutered,  albeit a little too late, just last year, but he still pees on our couch or our chair ONLY while we are gone... He has also even gone in our bed.
We let him out with Lilly every morning before work for 20 minutes or so... We are usually gone through the week 9 hours during the work week...
I dont know what to do... Can you please help us out???  He is a TRUE mini, only about 8 lbs I thought it may be his tiny little blatter, but Im starting to think that is not it.. I DO NOT want to leave without any water for them, but if that might help and not hurt him, I would be willing....

Thanks!
Paula

[Kelly]

Here's a couple of suggestions-One is to put red pepper down where he's been going but don't put it where he could try tp eat it and have you tried pee pads?

[Dee Dee and Hallie]

Does Lily go in the house too or just him?
Do I understand right that they both have free rein of the house while you are at work?
If so I would set up an XPen for him in the kitchen with pee pee pads. I am not a huge fan of pee pee pads but sometimes they are the only alternative if you are gone that long and can't come home mid day to let him out. He will never stop going in the house if he's allowed in there unsupervised, and I think 9 hours is way too long for a dog to be in a crate. I'd make the XPen as large as possible for him (not on carpet though) with a fluffy bed and the pee pee pads and room to walk around in there and leave on the TV or a radio while you are gone. I wouldn't leave Lily in with him unless she seems to prefer to be, if she is not going in the house herself. Be sure he won't climb out of the x pen if there is any chance make some kind of cover for it so he can't.

I would not withhold water from him.

That is my two cents!  :thumb: Good luck let us know how it goes.

[papbouv]

I would go straight back to potty training 101 x pen when you are not home like DeeDee suggested  then when you are home tether him to you. Take him outside about every 2 hours on a 6 ft leash go to the area you want him to use as his potty area. You have to go with him each time when he goes Praise like it is the greatest thing you ever saw.Give him a verbal command go potty, hurry up whatever words you want to use.Tell him ever time you go out the same words if he has an accident do not say a word just clean it up using one of the  products like Nature Miracle.He should soon get the idea he is to go outside and outside only.He has been doing this for 3 years so may take awhile for it to sink in.You can also hang some bells on the door you take him out doors ring th the bell every time you take him out he should learn to ring the bell in no time.If you take him out and he does not go and you do not want him tethered to you X-pen time.Also  you could try the pee bands they have for male dogs to keep them from marking in the house but he might take it off if you are not home.Can you have some one come by and let him out during the day while you are at work? An 8 pound dog would have a small bladder but my 7.6# Papillon  would hold it 8 hours or longer during the night???Good Luck with your boy.Papbouv

[Brekkesmom]

When you let them out for 20 minutes, are they supervised, or just out to hopefully do their business?  I have always trained my dachsies to go on command.  I take them out and stay with them and tell them to go potty or go poop.  It can take awhile to do this, but since dachsies are food-driven, a little snack or treat is good when you get results!  It usually requires that AS they go, you say the word signal you want to use, and hand them a treat.

If they are loose all day, I am 100% with DD on the ex-pens, and the pee pads NOT on carpet, as she mentioned, and make sure they do have water.  I have been known to dab a bit of urine on a pp pad just to make sure any stubborn little critters understand what it's for!

[Guinness]

As a 6.4 pound red smooth mini dachshund with "toiletting issues," let me chime in.

Break out da X-pen.  Cover da floor wif several pee pads, and a nice comfy but SMALL bed.  Turn da radio or TV on, so dere are voices and music and stuff to listen to.

When you get home, see where da pee pads got used, an da next day, put pads only dere.  (Auntie Karen says dis is a wabbit housebreaking trick!  Pesky wabbits!!)

Auntie Karen also says you should start on Saturday, when you are home for two days.  Don't jus start wif nine hours da first day.

An' I says dat you should twy a teenager who can stop in after school an' give da pupper a walk an' some play time.  Most of us puppers like kids.

Guinness :thumb: