Puppy Wee'ing

Arigon

Arigon

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Hi, I've got JRT pup girl who's 16wks.
She still wee's in the house. She stopped poo'ing in the house weeks ago.
She sleeps in her cage at night with no wee's so I let her out first thing and she goes for a wee in the garden, great!
At the moment I'm keeping the back door open all the time so she can go out whenever she likes, when she wee's in the house I show it to her, pick her up and put her in the garden and say "wee wee's outside".
When she's woken up from a long sleep or just eaten I put her in the garden and say "wee wee's outside" and she goes a wee, great!
But during the day she seems to just wee in the house whenever she likes :(
I take her out for a walk twice a day, she wee's out of excitement when I put her lead on then after her walk she wee's in the hallway when she gets back from her walk!!
When we get visitors to the door like a postman or deliveryman she greets them with such excitement she wee's all over their feet!
All this wee'ing is driving me crazy! lol!
What am I doing wrong? Is it too early to be worried about this wee'ing habit?
Thanks
 
OK, she's only a baby and she has a tiny bladder, be patient!
Also, some JRTs can be a bugger to toilet train.
Also, don't show her the wee. It means nothing. Also, if you are giving off angry or frustrated vibes, she will be more likely to take herself off and pee in secret so that you won't 'catch' her.
I would follow her around or keep her on a little line in the house and give her water sparingly, not constant access to a huge bowl.
 
Well when she comes back from the walks she will have a drink I guess and then the bladder starts to get full again. Its a bit of a battle to begin with as you need to put her out every half hour no matter how many walks she has but you need to put her out yourself as its the best way and a good way is to put her on the lead to go to toilet in the garden to start with.

Yes dont worry too much yet. I also put newspaper down at the back door incase of accidents.
 
You'll need to get her out every half an hour and encourage her to go, when she does go outside give her lots of praise. When she's inside, watch her like a hawk, she'll probably give you some sort of clue she's about to go for a wee so you can get her outside immediately.

Keep going with teaching a voice command for a wee, it's really useful.

If she does go inside, just pop her straight outside without a word and get on with cleaning it up - you showing it to her will probably just confuse her.

Little pups are like babies, you've got to watch them every minute.

ETA: my dog (also a JRT) still wees himself a bit when he meets new people - it's when they bend over him to say hello. Try to get visitors to ignore her until she is calm - tough with a puppy I know, but it will help not only with the weeing, but to teach her that if she wants fuss, she needs to be calm :)
 
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As others have said, you need to watch her like a hawk. Toilet breaks every 15 mins with huge excitement when she goes for a wee outside :) if you see her circling/ sniffing to do a wee in the house pick her up and get her outside asap! I did many 'wee' runs with a weeing terrier pup so you have my sympathy :p she is only a baby though, don't worry!
 
Thank you so much everyone for the support, I shall keep going with the voice commands for wee wee's and stop showing her the wee :) and continue to watch her like a hawk!
Other than the wee's she's perfect in everyway and so charming!
Betty says thank you for keeping mummy on track! :)

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Betty is a cute little pup, ditto what everyone said about putting her out regularly and if you catch her in the act just lift her up and take her outside. It might work better if she is confined to one room and is more likely to ask to go out. It is early days some catch on very quick others take longer.

About weeing when you put her lead on why dont you practice putting it on and off in the garden so it is familar. When you do take her out and put the lead on dont excite her at all as in we are going walkies, just be calm and keep it low key.
 
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Sorry Arigon - I don't think there's anything to recommend this puppy or its appalling behaviour.

As awful as it is to have to say, I think you should get rid of her. But I'll help you with the sad task, I'll pm you my address for the courier :D
 
Can't add anymore to the advise given here already - she is still very young and clearly making good progress.

Just wanted to add, if it's any consolation, I house sat for my mum when one of her Bull Mastiffs was a puppy...
I would put him out, he'd wee, then come in and a few minutes later wee again - he was only a baby, and thankfully it was a stone floor, so we constantly had squeezy cleaner and a mop bucket available at all times.

You'll get there, my lab had a few mishaps on the living room carpet, but learnt to run into the kitchen and pee on the puppy mat if she was desperate very quickly - she was house trained fully very quickly. Think the key thing is not to make an issue of it and keep going as you are and just clean up the mishaps and carry on
 
Our JRT is the same age as yours and he will be clean for days! He asks to go out and is generally very good but he still has accidents. Only wee's. To be honest, I am chuffed with how well he is doing but know how frustrating it is when they do have the odd accident.* just interrupted by Clyde asking to go out for a wee lol*

I can usually tell when he is thinking about having a wee indoors as he sniffs around a lot. If I see him doing this, I put him outside and use our command "hurry up" and he will then have a wee. He will run back in if his mission is complete or continue to sniff the grass if he is about to have a poo too :D

Keep with it. My friends dog took a year until he was fully house trained so we aren't doin too bad!

The thing that drives me bonkers is the dogs obsession with digging! Lol!
 
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Keep with it. My friends dog took a year until he was fully house trained so we aren't doin too bad!

The thing that drives me bonkers is the dogs obsession with digging! Lol!
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LOL! Yes the digging... digging at my foot right now :rolleyes: :D
Oh and the barking, she barks and growls for everything (except to go out in the garden) she's very vocal :p she doesn't like the word "no" with pointing, she starts snapping like a croc lol! She's quite a character!
 
very cute pup!

I was always told not to leave the back door open.... so the pup really learns the difference between outside and inside. (but then I got H end of Nov, no WAY I'd have left door open!) I took him outside every 30 mins or so, or before anything exciting happened. If I wasn't directly supervising him, so i could take him out if he went to the door, I put him in his crate.

Oh, and are you cleaning any accidents up thoroughly with a disinfectent? To get rid of the smell? You can get a great spray from Pets At Home called Wash and Get Off. Cleans and gets rid of smell but also leaves a smell that discourages them from going there again.
 
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Arigon said:
LOL! Yes the digging... digging at my foot right now :rolleyes: :D
Oh and the barking, she barks and growls for everything (except to go out in the garden) she's very vocal :p she doesn't like the word "no" with pointing, she starts snapping like a croc lol! She's quite a character!
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The reason I love the JRT's! Little dog, big attitude! :D
 
She is not fully toilet trained and is also submissive (2 different things that need tackling in a different manor) in regard to the toilet training as suggested by DG, it is very important to keep her in the same room as you at all times when you are in the house, you cannot correct her/guide her if she squats nor can you see the signs if you are in the kitchen making food and she is wondering from room to room.
When you are in the bath, going out, really busy then place her in the crate, if you are remaining in a certain room for a while keep her with you and wathc for her circling, then scoop her up and place her out (for now always scoop her) she will eventually make her own way to the door.

Puppy pads can be good as an AID (NOT for her to do her business on) so, you place the pad right beside the door and watch her heading for it! do not let her reach the pad, simply scoop her up or open the door and go to the garden and encourage her to follow you out there and as suggested use your commands.

By doing the above you are taking every chance she has to "pass a motion" away.

SUBMISSIVE bahaviour (the clicker is your friend) when you bring her home and she does the submissive urination or the post man/company/people approaching her, introduce a clicker and use the clicker to distract her. So, when you bend down to take the lead of (the bending down is what more likely to make her pee) click! which will then redirect her attention and treat:)
Use the method to distract her in any situation she becomes over whelmed/pees. Be very aware of you body language. If she also rolls to show her tummy (another submissive trait) then walk away from her, this will get her back up on her feet to "see where you are off to) again you have distracted her.

She will grow out of it to a certain extent but dont be to OTT with her in regard to physical attention (and strangers) as this will set her off with the peeing:D
 
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