Naughty Parsons Terrier

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Hi All

I have a Parsons Terrier that when ever me and my partner leave him he either wees or poohs in the house. other people can be in the house or it can be when we go to bed. We have tried telling him off and this just makes him strop and he does it even more!! he is a very clever dog and we are stuck!!! Mum and dad are getting inpatient with him now. He is a rescue dog that I have had for 4 years and he has done this the whole time I have had him, he is house trained as when we are in the whole day he doesnt mess in the house, or if my partner goes away for a long time he stops doing it.

Help is needed!!

any ideas will be much appriciated.

Thanks :confused:
 
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By telling him off, you are just making him go in secret/in hiding. He is waiting until you leave/are not watching him and then doing it. If someone shouted at you every time you went to the bathroom, you'd go somewhere else too. You need to look at it from the dog's point of view, not the human's.

Have you had him to the vets? How often does he get a toilet break? You also need to monitor when he is eating and drinking or has access to food and water as that also has a bearing.
Also think about a dog flap or and outside kennel or crating him and then allowing him access outside, so there is a clear boundary - this is where you live and sleep/this is where you go to the loo.
 
Thank you, he is in perfect health and he does it even if he has been to the toilet, he is out on our land for most I the day! Just dirty when we leave him.bit can sometimes be if I've walked to the letter box he does it! I love him do if it carries on I will just carry on stocking up on the kitchen rolls and disenfectant :)
 
If it is protest/stealth peeing then I would consider crating him when you are out, but you have to build it up gradually, teach him it is a good place to go and chill out. If you don't want to do that, then as you say, just keep cleaning up after him!
 
Definitely agree crate a good start. My old girl started showing her annoyance at being left by doing the same. Then would escape through cat flap and await our return!! She was pretty far on with dementia by then though. Our JRT loves her crate and it was introduced as a 6yo. It is definitely her domain.
 
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