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We have a 19-week-old female standard poodle. We are having problems housetraining her. We got her at about 14 weeks, and we thought that she was trained not to go potty in the house within two weeks. but recently she started going inside the house. It's not because she can't get outside... No! It's happened several times that we will let her out four times within an hour, and then she'll wet inside the house a few minutes later, in plain view. We had trained her to ask to go outside when she needed to go, but she only asks to go outside now when she's bored. But the thing that irks us is we know she can hold her water! We can leave her in her kennel for three hours at a time while we go somewhere, and she won't wet in there. But we come home, let her outside, and five minutes after she gets back inside, she wets! We put her in her kennel and punish her for it, we take the smell out of the carpet, but she still goes inside! What caused this and how can we stop it? (link)
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Well, dogs don't go to the bathroom in their crates because that's their space, and they would have to sit in it for hours, so they hold it. To train her, whenever she goes to the bathroom in the house, gasp (dogs seem to know they did something wrong) and say "NO" firmly. Then bring her outside right away, and say "go peepee" or something like that. She will get used to that phrase and know to go to the bathroom, and she will eventually learn to go outside, not inside. Don't ever shove their noses in it.. that's just mean and it doesn't teach them anything- they will continue peeing in the house. It just takes time. But she'll learn eventually. And obviously, right after you take her out of her kennel, she needs to go outside to go pee RIGHT away because she'll have to go. Good luck!! :)
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I didn't know no to shove their nose in it... Thannk you for the advice!
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