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Old January 4th, 2011, 03:44 PM
Elle47 Elle47 is offline
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I have a 7 year old Border Collie and a 1 1/2 year old Papillon. I went on vacation for 10 days and my 23yr old step son stayed with the dogs. We came home to a house filled with pee. I was sick. It took us hours to get the house clean. Anyhow I have been home now for just over a week and I can't get them to stop peeing in the house. They will not stay outside alone. I work part time and put the papillon in a cage but I'm afraid the border collie will hurt himself if I get one for him. He has never been caged. Any advice?
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Old January 4th, 2011, 04:11 PM
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You must start all over in house breaking them. Good news is that it will be easier.

It is imperative that you physically go outside with them. Take them for walks, and exercise them. When they do use the great outdoors, praise them. Remember that punishing them when they have mishaps only sets things back.

In short go back to 101 house breaking.
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Old January 4th, 2011, 10:40 PM
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i had a dog trainer tell me to put bells on the back door, then every time the dog needed to go out, the bells would ring...finally my dog caught on that when he had to go out, he would either jump up and scratch at the bells with his paws, or nudge them with his nose to ring the bells. then when he came back in, we would reward him with a couple pieces of food, and lots of praise. our puppy who was only 12 weeks old caught on within 1-2 wks. it worked out great. just make sure u have lots of patience. don't get angry when they have accidents, otherwise they will be scared to tell u when they have to go outside, because they will think u are going to yell at them for telling u they have to go outside, so they will just sneak off somewhere and hide and pee/poop. if they have an accident, say NO once (make sure this is done immediately after they do it, since they forget about it right after they have done it), then clean it up, and forget about it. don't make a huge deal about it, just remain very matter of fact. make sure to clean it with a product that gets the smell out so that they dont keep going back to that spot. good luck, just give them time.
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Old January 5th, 2011, 06:53 AM
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Thanks for the replies. I do the bell thing already and they do use it. The problem is when I am not home so I can't catch them in the act. If I don't catch them doing it and I find it hours later when I get home how do I correct it? They are only alone for about three hours at a time. Boy they mused have been PISSSSED at me for going on vacation. (pun intended lol).
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Old January 5th, 2011, 05:16 PM
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Elle, are you dogs neutered by any chance? This sounds more like marking behavior rather than a simple issue with housetraining. Could your son have had any friends over with their dogs while you were gone?

What are you using to clean?
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Old January 5th, 2011, 10:25 PM
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Good point Luckypenny!
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