A finishing off house training question?????

[Fiona]

After some help..

Lily the Lakeland/fox terrier is 6 months now, and apart from maybe 2 or 3 accidents in the house in the last 2 months, she has been completely clean, so we were starting to allow her short periods of access to the carpeted areas of the house..

However in the last two days she's had 2 accidents - one on Wednesday night (on my bed ) when I let her momentarily down to that area while I got something from the bathroom, and one last night on the nice rug in the kitchen/diner.. The bedroom incident she had been outside until 1/2 hr before, but not visibly peed for over an hour, and last night she had been out to pee 15 min before, but had drunk a huge amount at a doggy party we were at earlier..

Should I backtrack to putting her in her crate for 20min once she comes into the house (unless I have seen her pee just before we come in) and do I give her any access to carpeted areas of house???

Any way never mind whether she needed to go or not, I would have forgiven her for peeing on the floor if I missed a signal from her that she needed out, but why my bed for goodness sake

My JRTs were completely house trained by 4 months, so haven't experienced this adolescent problem before..

Any advice

Fiona

 

[Clodagh]

I would just make sure she has peed recently before letting her through anywhere special. They always pee on the good stuff. (but you poor thing, the bed is gross!).

 

[Thistle]

We had a similar problem with an old dog. I think he had learnt not to mess in the areas of the house he had previously been confined too but he saw the other rooms as being outside that area and thought it was ok.

He had learnt where not to pee, rather than peeing is outside only.

We had to go back to early days not trusting him in the previously forbidden areas and watch him like a hawk. He very quickly was ok especially as his bladder control was so much better.

 

[Fiona]

She is good at peeing on command, so I think I just need to make sure she pees directly before she comes in. Then she can go to the carpeted areas..

Thanks ladies, and yes clodagh it was gross Need new duvet too, as winter weight so won't fit in machine. ..

Fiona

 

[Bellasophia]

Keep an eye on her...my mini schnauzer came into season at 6.5 m ,so your little one could simply be having a " wobble" due to her hormones. I would continue as you are, but maybe let her outside a bit more often and stay with her to be sure she has performed.

 

[Slightlyconfused]

Keep an eye on her...my mini schnauzer came into season at 6.5 m ,so your little one could simply be having a " wobble" due to her hormones. I would continue as you are, but maybe let her outside a bit more often and stay with her to be sure she has performed.

This, my cocker is a.year old but just before she came into season at 8 months she kept having accidents round the house. She was on her way outside to wee but her bladder had other ideas.

She has been okay since she finished, did get a water infection so that didn't help.