Puppy Still Has Indoor Accidents at 10 Months

“Hi All I have a 6 month old puppy that was given to me during a bit a rough patch so i wasn’t able to train him as well in the early days He was sleeping on my bed and has gone to the toilet on my carpet quite a few times. It was haphazardly cleaned at the time but there is still a staining and strong smell. I am trying to do better and he is almost fully toilet trained to go outside and sleep in a crate during the night. Now i need to tackle the carpet cleaning as i know the smell can make them”

“My Cavapoo has been doing really well in the past 2 months, and he knows to go outside or potty indoors to poop. But just this morning, all of a sudden, he decided to poop on our carpet, right in front of me. I don't know what to make of it; is it just an accident, or is he now a teenager and starting his rebellious phase? submitted by /u/yoga8828 [link] [comments]”

“She’s a 9 month old Coton and I’ve never had a dog this difficult to potty train. I got her at 4.5 months and she’d been inside/using pee pads at the breeder. I knew it would be an uphill battle but I didn’t know it would be this bad. She isn’t crate trained, but she has a pen where she stays when we leave the house. (I tried my damndest to crate train her, but for 8 days and nights straight she peed and pooped in the crate and howled and barked every second she was in there. I did all the thing”

“looking for suggestions on indoor potting training (until pup is fully vaxxed). I bought the fresh spot grass, but he plays with it, eats huge clumps of it etc. rather than using it for potty. Potty pads are also toys to him, so I'm open to suggestions. 10 week old dachshund submitted by /u/ParticularSun6085 [link] [comments]”

“I have a puppy who hasn't figure out how to use a mat properly upstairs - I'm making a mat that detects wee and dispenses a treat to train him to go on it (fortunately he is very food motivated) Just curious as to how common this issue is - would anyone else use it? There is actually a product online already, it just seems pretty obscure submitted by /u/srsly-nobody [link] [comments]”

“Hello, I seek some guidance because I’ve almost everything at this point. My 10 month old puppy is going through her rebellious phase. Before that, she always went #1/#2 outside without any issues. Now however, it’s a miracle if she poops outside. I’ve tried almost everything from keeping her near me so she doesn’t relieve herself, praising and awarding her for going outside, to crate time to set a schedule for her. These are just some examples of things I’ve tried. She pretty much goes whenever”

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“So I got a boxer puppy in March and I adore her. She is extremely goofy and can be a troublemaker but is the sweetest thing ever and I see her potential especially when she begins to mature (3 years from now lol). The only gripe/difficulty I’ve been having with her is that she is NOT potty trained. She insists on only using her crate as her place to pee and poop. She makes absolutely zero noise before doing so, she does her business and then begins to cry and whine. She was rescued from a puppy”

“Hi everyone!!! I have a 17 week old husky puppy and live in an apartment. She’s doing great but potty training has been horrible. My community doesn’t have many grassy areas and it’s mainly gravel. She uses the pee pee pads indoors confidently but every time we take her outside she will hold it for literally hours until we get inside and she’ll use the pee pee pads. I have tried taking her outside every 15 minutes even and nothing. She will wait until we were inside. I tried removing the pads co”

“Hi all, we have a 5 month old (23 weeks today) female aussie pup, and I was just wondering if anyone had any advice/experience with toilet training in specific areas of the house. Shes extremely well behaved and very smart, and is excellent at not toileting anywhere downstairs including her crate and separate bed that we have in the living room, doesn’t have any accidents during the night or when we’re at work (we work shifts). However, at some point soon we would like to have her sleep with us”

“It seems our 11 month old pup does not want to pee in the rain on the concrete out in our back garden. She was doing really well with house training too. This is the 1st bit of steady rain we've had in about 3 months now so the ground is permanently wet. Do they not like the feel of wet paws maybe ? She sprints back inside to pee in kitchen. 11 month old Tibetan Terrier. submitted by /u/Necessary_Grape1096 [link] [comments]”

“Hi all! I have a 10 month old Golden Lab retriever mix, GREAT dog in all aspects. Knows how to sit, stay, give me paw, doesn’t beg for food while me and my girlfriend eats, and is a very affectionate boy, love him through and through. We’ve had him since he’s been 5 months, and made aware of very alarming past experiences that he has been through (was rescued by my brothers boss’ wife after being thrown out of a car). Knowing that, me and my girlfriend were very prepared for him to take time in”

“Hi all, first-time dog owner here. My Poodle puppy (17 weeks old) still eats poop whenever she gets the chance, and honestly it caught me completely off guard — nobody mentioned this could happen before I brought her home. A few questions for those more experienced: • Is this something most puppies go through, or is it more unusual? • At 16 weeks, is this still “normal” puppy behavior, or should I be more concerned at this age? • Could this be related to breeder quality (e.g., how puppies were r”

“My 7 month old Cavapoo puppy has been holding his pee and saving it for walks. He is not neutered yet, but will be next week. The problem is he will wake up, having not peed for 10 hours and then refuse to pee in our small backyard. With the leash on he'll sit in place or pull towards the door to go back inside. Once inside he'll bark at the front door like he wants to go for a walk. Of course he wants to mark, but I'm not always ready right away, and now he has free reign of the hou”

“My 11 month old male Catahoula pup is 99% potty trained and fully crate trained. I try to not leave him crated for more than 5 hours at a time other than overnight and we’ve gotten into a really fantastic routine! The issue is, EVERY time I take a shower or bath without crating him, he will pee in the house. I let him out to potty immediately beforehand, and it just doesn’t matter. And we’re not talking long periods of time, 15 min max. I’ve tried leaving the door open in case it’s a separation”

“We got our dog in January. She’s a mix that was found as a stray at a nearby reservation. Potty training has been a struggle since we got her. Lately, it’s seemed like she was making progress. Today I walked into our bedroom and she was peeing on our bed while making direct eye contact with me. This isn’t the first time it’s happened. She’s peed on our bed 3 or 4 times. I have no idea what would cause this or how to stop it. I’ve never heard of anyone else having this problem so any advice would”

“We have a female Yorkie who is fixed. We've had her since she was 3 months old. We love her; but not this particular behavior. She is 10 months old, and we've had her since December! My grandparents and I have done everything our dog trainer has suggested, plus some, but our little land shark is still pooping and sometimes peeing in the house. For some backstory, my nana became super sick about two weeks after we got her and was in and out of the hospital (she is doing better now), so tr”

“I have a nine-month-old male Jack Russell Terrier mix , who's housetrained (no accidents in 2.5+ months). I got him at four months old from a shelter and had to take him out every three hours overnight for a month, i.e. until he turned five months old, at which point he was holding his bladder overnight (from 8:00 PM to 7:00 AM) without needing any breaks. For a month now, his last nighttime bathroom break has been at 7:00 PM (instead of 8:00 PM), and he's been sleeping through the night”

“We’ve had our little lady for almost a month. She is a mutt of unknown breeds, it’s hard to figure out from looking at her. I would guess a staffy mix based on her size and temperament, other breed suggestions have included beagle, boxer, and even whippet, maybe pit. She is a year and three months old, so a teenager essentially. She came from a sad situation. She was adopted at 5 months then brought to a different shelter as a stray shortly before I met her. Upon scanning her chip, the person wh”

“Hi all, I’ve never used Reddit before and this is my first post, so please bear with me if I’m missing something. I have a small breed Heinz 57 puppy, she’s about 11lbs, has a lot of Pomeranian in her. She’s 7.5months old, and honestly, she’s a smart sweet little girl. I’m a new dog owner, and the only other dog experience I’ve had was when I had a family dog that was a large breed and was primarily outside as we had an acreage. I don’t have a lot of friends who have dogs, so I’m turning to you”

“I have a 16 week old poodle mix pup who was trained to use a pee-pad with a tray before I even got her. We live in an apartment so there's no easy access to a yard for her to go potty. She seems to be almost TOO well pee-pad trained, she's had less than 10 accidents in the past 3 weeks and actively refuses to poop/pee anywhere but her own pee pad at home. She just got all her shots and we've been trying for the past 5 days non-stop to get her to go potty outside since we eventually w”

“I have a 9 month old Chihuahua mix, Ozzy; he is scheduled to be neutered in mid-September. Potty training wasn't easy, as we brought him home in the midst of Canadian winter and live in a high rise. Yes, he was trained with one of those fake grass patches on the balcony. Once spring arrived, he adapted pretty quickly to going outside on the actual grass. Always squatted. Since about 7.5/8 months, he started lifting his leg to pee and marking. It's been a challenge, but between making tri”

“I’m hoping to get my first puppy (a whippet!) in a few weeks time, but am unsure how best to approach potty training with my daily routine being split across work and home. I live in an upstairs apartment with no garden in a town centre, but work (self employed) in a garden studio at my parents’ house nearby. The puppy will be with me all the time so will have full access to the private garden for a large proportion of the day which should make potty training fairly straightforward there. Howeve”

“Hi all, Have a golden retriever puppy who is now 12 weeks old and had her just under 2 weeks. Firstly doing this alone is tough work i feel I am needing to monitor 24/7 am exhausted and nobody here to take the slack off me at all. Really struggling with the toilet training. Im logging everytime she goes, pee roughly every 2 hours and poo every 4. Am taking her outside when she wakes up, after feeding and after play. Rewarding her everytime she goes outside. But she will continuously pee and poo”

“This is my 3rd dog and I had no issue with the other two. Hes a working cocker spaniel cross working jack russell. Ive tried all the same things, keeping him close; taking out after crate, eating and play; lots of rewards when he goes outside. The issue is he will do his ‘main’ wee outside, but will then randomly do little wees when back inside. There’s no warnings for these, so no way to prevent them. He will just suddenly squat and pee, then toddle off and carry on with what he’s doing. Hes in”

“I have a puppy who's about to turn 4 months and he has been pretty good at using pads in the past but I got to a point the pads just seemed to confuse him with carpets so removed them. I have a balcony in a flat which I have taught him to use with an artificial grass pad setup. He's good at asking to go out on the balcony for the toilet, so it's really not far off, and it's still "outside" but probably feels safe as well. However now he will almost never go to the toile”

“Hello everyone. I have a 14 week blue heeler and he is doing great with going pee outside. But for some reason he wants to poop indoors. It’s very frustrating. I can take him out for 15 minutes and he will come in and go right to pooping. Please help with any suggestions you might have!!! And thank you in advance! I can’t live like this… haha, but he defeats me every day! submitted by /u/Impressive-Pin6491 [link] [comments]”

“I have a 4 year old Great Dane Pittbull mix I reduced from the shelter about 6 weeks ago. He will sometimes go in the yard, but will more often go to the bathroom in the house. He sometimes just straight up refuses to go into the yard even with coaxing. The yard is fairly big and I have no other dogs. I’m just confused as to why he will only use it sometimes. This going in the house is starting to become defeating. submitted by /u/uncomfortab1ynumb [link] [comments]”

“Good day. I have had my poodle since February. Picked her up at 9 weeks old. Since then she has had all the usual puppy milestones, but one thing that hasn't changed is that I cannot leave my apartment unless she is asleep. This goes for something as quick as taking the trash out or dropping off recycling in the basement. Today I had to bring a package that was mistakenly delivered to my unit down the hall to my neighbor. My puppy screamed the entire time I was gone. I'm talking, full-th”

“I have a 8 month pyr/BC male mix pup that ive had since he was 3/4 months old. He's completely house broken, but has selective hearing. We walk him everyday and have about an hour of play in the evenings alongside frozen Kong time before bed. Recently he seems to not enjoy his crate, often crying at night in it despite having all his needs met he simply just wants out. This is also true while we're at work. As of now, we don't really trust him as he has a bad habit of digging and tea”

“My boyfriend and I got a dog about 3 months ago she’s about a year and a half old. Shes a Dalmatian and GSD mix. When we first got her there was an issue with her peeing in the house for a couple weeks but then we were able to get that to top for about a month and she’s back to doing it again. She pees when she did something bad such as getting in the trash and we don’t hit her. You just look at her and she starts peeing. It also happens when we get ready to take her outside so she can go. You g”

“I adopted a rescue dog three months ago. She is a lovely, but nervous girl. She is already an adult, around 2y and we have been potty training her. She would have accidents here and there, but I was sure we were making progress because many weeks went by without none. Until recently. She started peeing inside my bedroom. I have only carpet there and she keeps doing it. I follow every instruction; praise when she pees outside, consistency with the times I take her out on many potty breaks, and I”

“I adopted a rescue dog three months ago. She is a lovely, but nervous girl. She is already an adult, around 2y and we have been potty training her. She would have accidents here and there, but I was sure we were making progress because many weeks went by without none. Until recently. She started peeing inside my bedroom. I have only carpet there and she keeps doing it. I follow every instruction; praise when she pees outside, consistency with the times I take her out and many potty breaks, but I”

“7-month-old Irish Setter refuses to potty at night because she’s distracted by bugs Hello! I have a 7-month-old Irish Setter who is having a really frustrating potty-training issue at night, and I’m hoping someone might have some advice. During the day, she does great with potty training. She will go outside, do her business, and we rarely have any problems. The issue is specifically at night. I live in an apartment, so she has to be on a leash when we go outside, and I have to pick up her poop”

“My dog pees in a lot of spots and it doesn't bother them, but I guess she particularly pees in this one a lot. And she's an old 55 pounder she outputs a lot of wee-wee. So Father's of Daddit, I call on you, what's the best way to mitigate this? I was thinking to doing a mix of low growing clover that would be cut to about the same length as the grass. submitted by /u/-E-Cross [link] [comments]”

“I am taking my 10 week dachshund out consistently every hour. When he does pee/poop outside (50% success rate) then I reward him. Now i'm not angry he's having accidents inside, he's very young! But i'm just looking to the future. This is my first experience with a small breed. Should i expect a longer "breaking in" period for his toilet training? I've read up to 1 year, but this sounds very absurd to me... I'd expect a dog to be toilet trained by 6 months. I do”

“I got my puppy ( a schnauzer mix) Church when he was 3 months he's about to turn 1 this month, he's never been crated expect for the first few days we were getting into a good potty routine. He's always been good about not getting into anything or tearing anything up expect stuffed animals/ toys. The past 2 weeks he's been tearing everything up he can get, shoes, clothes, cords etc. Iv been making sure everything is put up so he can not get it, today I woke up to him destroying o”

“Our 8mo old dog has started pooping inside after we moved. Even though I take him out every 2hrs, after naps, food, etc. His idea of letting us know he needs to go out is quietly sitting/standing by the door... well, our new place has a glass door where he can see wildlife and dogs go by, and guess where he sits all day!!! I am going to start training him on ringing a bell to go out... But, how do you train that in a way where they aren't just ringing it all the time for non-potty related ou”

“This is without a doubt, the most stubborn dog i've ever had. He is incredibly timid and is scared to take a shit outside! I've never seen a dog so scared he can't shit. I haven't been able to crate train him yet because his cries are keeping the whole household awake, so he sleeps on a bed near me. Still cries? just incredible. I toilet trained and cared for a friends labrador puppy a few weeks ago and it's just night and day. I LOVE THIS LITTLE GUY. I just can't wait ti”

“Hi everyone! I have a 6 month old (just turned 6 months today actually) pitbull mix who I’ve had since around 14/15 weeks. He is incredibly smart, he’s completely basic puppy training, can sit, lay down, sit at my side, etc. What I’m getting at is he is so smart. My problem comes with potty training. He is still having accidents several times a day inside the house, primarily on fabric pillows and couch cushions, blankets as well as his non crate bed. I feel like I take him out pretty regularly,”

“Our dog, a 16 month old Boston, about 32lbs, is still struggling at house training, but it’s weird. Generally at home, we don’t have or rarely have any issues, but I work from home and he goes out fairly often. When we visit grandma’s house, for example, he almost always has accidents. It’s most often if we decide to leave the house for a while, maybe go out to dinner for a couple of hours, etc. Often we’ll make it back only to find that he’s peed lines through multiple rooms, like he’s just bee”

“I have a 13 week old miniature Schnauzer. I brought her home at 8.5 weeks, and the first two-ish weeks were a breeze. Not many accidents, lots of predictability. Lately, though, potty training has become a nightmare and she’s been having accidents almost every time she needs to go, whether crated or not. I am taking her to the vet on Friday, but I don’t think it’s a UTI as she usually holds her bladder most of the night and shows no other signs of illness. She wakes me up twice at night to go, u”

“Hello, We got a rescue dog about 9 months ago. She was estimated to be around a year old at the time. She’s a Pomeranian mix and is 9lbs. She came pee pad trained but only to pee on it. I can keep pee accidents to a minimum by taking her out every couple of hours. Poop is hard to determine. I’m still trying to figure out her “schedule” even though I feed her at the same times every day. She is crate trained but will have accidents in her crate even though the crate is the right size. (I can get”

“I have a 16wk chihuahua mix, rescued at 11 weeks. I was doing so well, she ‘knows’ sit, down, spin etc (with a treat ofc). However, the barking anytime I leave the room and potty training is driving me up the wall 😭 For separation: I’ve tried the leave for five minutes wait until she calms down, but she won’t. Is it because I work from home and see her a majority of the time? are there very clear resources to this? Timetables I can follow? I work 8:30-6:00 and have her either in her pen or napp”

“My very good boy is potty training and he's doing a good job. But, what is the expectation? I'm curious. Most days he is accident free. He lives in 2 rooms of the house and has easy access to an outside deck where he pees/poops on a big square of astroturf. No crate. He's got it! However, he still has occasional accidents when he gets excited, or scared. Never during the night, though. i think he's doing well and goes for days without an indoor accident now - so I'm feeling g”

“Hello all! So I don’t expect him to be potty trained, or even close. He poops outside! Most of the time. But inside? We can be outside for 2 hours, as soon as we get inside, he pees… I’ve been 1) rewarding him every time he pees and poops outside, saying “potty!” And rewarding/praising heavily, playing with him outside after, treating, praising. 2) going AH AH AH very harshly whenever he potties inside, and taking him outside on a very short leash with no fun until he potties outside… but this a”

“Hey everybody! I have a 6-month-old Cardigan Corgi who is amazing. He is crate trained, he's still learning recall and is doing very well, and of course I'm still working on getting him to do his business outside. He does have the occasional accident, but it's usually when I don't get him outside in time. I recently started encouraging him to use a designated outdoor area because he used to use an indoor spot, but I'm getting tired of cleaning the house every day and dealing”

“Hi, my partner and I have a 10 month old Shepherd lab mix puppy that we adopted 6 months ago. When we first got her we did all the things and she picked up on it really well. Potty training was a breeze, teaching basic commands was easy, but the crate has become the bane of our existence. When we were first training her she did good with the crate. She would grumble and whine a little but settle after about 10 mins and could last a whole work day in the crate sleeping away and chewing her bones.”

“My roomates poodle mut it around 6 months old and still shits in the house at least once a week. I’m getting sick of it, is this normal behavior for puppies or is it bad training? submitted by /u/trailrider123 [link] [comments]”

“My fiancé and I recently got a standard poodle puppy she is 4 months old now (not our first standard poodle) we have a 7 year old standard poodle that I got when he was around 2 so we haven’t been through the puppy stage I am a dog groomer and know a lot about behavior and training but potty training is making us go crazy. We live on the 3rd floor which isn’t a problem she picked up on going outside faster than puppy pads she absolutely will not go on one when we have our days off she’s an angel”

“I’m desperate for advice. My husband and I have an eight month old cane Corso pit mix. she’s fixed and we adopted her at five months old. She was a drug bust baby and therefore had to stay at the pound until she was five months and the Humane Society had won her in court. My guess is she peed/pooed inside whenever she had to go and the two times a day she was outside she was probably just so excited to be out of her kennel that going to the bathroom was the last thing on her mind. She drinks a t”

“Ive had my hound mix puppy for almost 6 months now and he is almost 8 months old.He has learned that peeing outside is what he is supposed to do which im very happy with(even though he still has accidents sometimes) but he wants to pee every hour or so.He goes to the door every hour and i dont know if he really wants to pee or just mess around i take him on about 6 walks per day maybe more maybe less depending on his mood.When will he stop doing this?I know most dogs need to pee and poop about 4”

“We have a 7.5 month old female rhodesian ridgeback who will ONLY pee or poop inside our yard. Not at the park, not at the beach, not indoors. She will hold it in all day if she has to, and then she'll let it out when she gets back to our yard. However, we have to tent our house for termites and as such we have to board her for a couple days. We have 2 other dogs as well, but the other two are used to nights away from home and have no issues being boarded. The dogs are going to be out of the”

“I'm getting a Labrador puppy in a month but need help deciding about potty training. I'm in a flat without a private garden but have a shared grass/garden area with my neighbours. I saw 4-5 dogs in the area (probably more) I want to train the puppy to go on the grass area outside but before her 2nd vaccine, is it safe? should I train her in the flat with a fake grassy pad first? Is it hard to retrain her to go outside after she uses to go inside? TIA submitted by /u/Electroni”

“Hello everyone I need a bit of advice, my puppy (Tobi) lab pit mix has been recently for about a week now having accidents in the house. Prior he was fully pee pad trained and we were getting him to transition to be fully outside trained . Recently he has been peeing in the house not on the pee pads and been peeing on himself while he’s sleep . He’ll wake up and be pissing on himself even after he has woken up. When he’s lying down he’ll piss on a pee pad he’s on laying on. He usually squats to”

“We've had our 8 month old rescue for about a week and have been working on potty training. We were told she was surrendered by someone either homeless or about to become homeless and could no longer care for her. We live on the 3rd floor of an apt complex and our pup has been having accidents in the stairwell that leak onto lower floors and is awful to clean up. She gets taken out right when she wakes up, after eating, and every 3 hours in between. She can sleep in her crate for 8-9 hours ov”

“We were given a Miniature Poodle puppy when he was 8 weeks old, and he's now 5 months old. He's a wonderful dog and does great in his crate, but we're really struggling with potty training. When he's out of his crate, he'll pee and poop all over the house. We've tried several potty-training methods without success, and I'm starting to feel like I'm missing something. I love this little guy and really want to make this work. Our situation changed after we got him.”

“he only does it inside. outside, he pees normally. is there a reason behind this? its not every day, just every so ofren submitted by /u/bearybizzare [link] [comments]”

“hey so, i have had my lil guy since the first of the month and i cant count on one hand the amount of times i was able to shower/bathe. its so frustrating, we wake up between 8am-12pm, i feed him, i walk him, we play, i walk him again, i feed him between 12pm and 2pm his lunch, we wlak, we nap, we play, we walk every 2 hours. then at 8pm i give him his dinner, 9pm we walk again, after i make myself dinner FINALLY and at 12am we walk one last time and then bed. i work from home as a freelancer. i”