Puppy Still Has Indoor Accidents at 10 Months

“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]”

“Hi all, my wife and I have a long haired mini dachshund, she’s 8 months old now, was previously trained to use the training pads (which she learned pretty well except she peed a bit outside due to being a long girl) up until she had all her shots and then it was a whole process. First she didn’t know she could go outside, then she would go but was very fearful of the outside, and now she goes and potties very quickly and has fun (although quite a bit reactive to people and dogs but just to get a”

“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”

“So i want to buy a rug for my living room, but my puppy is 6 months old. She hasn’t had any accidents in almost a month, potty training has finally been going well, but I’m still nervous about jinxing it. When she had accidents before it was always on a blanket or something soft.. 😵‍💫 maybe it’s too soon? when did you guys finally feel comfortable putting rugs down? submitted by /u/Plenty-Honeydew4774 [link] [comments]”

“We have a new pug puppy! She is doing amazing going to the bathroom on the training pads. How do I transition her to going outside? We took her outside last night and she held it in until she was able to go on the pads. I just want to make her feel comfortable going outside. Thank you! submitted by /u/noahfence3231 [link] [comments]”

“FYI this is my first ever dog. I was giving him three meals a day but he wasn’t eating the third meal so I changed it 2 meals from 12:30 and 6:30. He wakes up at 7am and I take him out immediately but he usually only pees and then starts eating grass or goes to the door to come back in, then ends up pooping inside after a couple minutes. I do have a pee pad that he actually knows how to use sometimes because he gets confused with the other regular door mat and sometimes pees on that but he never”

“I just got a new dog from a family friend. They said they couldn’t take care of him anymore, so they gave him to me. He’s an 8-month-old Corgi boy. I only agreed to take him because they told me he was fully potty trained. They said he would bark by the door whenever he needed to go outside. Fast forward to bringing him home: within the first hour, he pooped in my living room. Then, about two hours later, he peed in my living room twice. What are some tips to help him stop having accidents in th”

“I recently got a chi but I’m having a difficult time having him pee outside or a on a pad inside the house, he’s taken to peeing his bed, my bed, the couch, the floors, everywhere. Not crate trained, tried but his cries prevented the whole house from working/sleeping for days. What can I do? submitted by /u/Ok-Leather-9640 [link] [comments]”

“So I recently got a new 9 week old “German shepherd / Lab mix” (Not a hundred percent sure if it’s accurate waiting for dna results to come back.) she is terrible about going to the bathroom; I take her out every hour, after playtime, after naps, 30 minutes after she eats, and 20-30 minutes after she drinks water. The only issue is, she will NOT go outside. She will hold it in until she takes herself back upstairs to our apartment, I take her to the same spot outside EVERY SINGLE TIME. And she a”

“So I recently got a new 9 week old “German shepherd / Lab mix” (Not a hundred percent sure if it’s accurate waiting for dna results to come back.) she is terrible about going to the bathroom; I take her out every hour, after playtime, after naps, 30 minutes after she eats, and 20-30 minutes after she drinks water. The only issue is, she will NOT go outside. She will hold it in until she takes herself back upstairs to our apartment, I take her to the same spot outside EVERY SINGLE TIME. And she a”

“Hi, everyone! I have two 5-month-old husky-mix puppies (not from the same litter - a few days apart). I've had them both since they were 2 months old. One of them seems to refuse to go to the bathroom on walks. She does great at home - goes out the doggie door and goes exactly where she's supposed to whenever she needs to. When we're on walks around the neighborhood or at the park, though, nothing. She sniffs around but just keeps on walking. She did go to the bathroom away from home”

“Hey all, So my almost 6 month old cavoodle has been doing quite well with potty training, up until about last week when he decided the rules no longer mattered. Downstairs, he's totally fine and will take himself out to the backyard. It's upstairs that's the problem. While I do work from home, my job has me in meetings for a large quantity of my day, so I'm not always able to supervise him. I can't tether him either, because he's extremely high energy. His naps are gettin”

“Hi everyone, looking for some advice because we're really struggling with potty training our 5-month-old toy poodle. He's an amazing little dog and has actually been pretty easy to train overall, but potty training has been a completely different story. He's naturally very cautious and extremely aware of everything going on around him. When we're outside, he'll stop and stare if he sees someone walking toward us, even if they're still quite far away. I've tried using”

“I'm having issues getting our dog house trained. She will be two in September, we got her when she was five months old. She was not housebroken when we got her. She got to the point where she was mostly housebroken within a couple of months of getting her but started to backtrack and lose training within a few months. I House trained her by crate training her and having her go out immediately to go potty when leaving the crate and only letting her be loose in unattended if she had used the b”

“My plan was to have my puppy have his crate attached to a play pen and putting pee pads around. He is actually doing veryyy well with potty training but had an accident yesterday because I didn't take him out soon enough. Given my work schedule, I feel guilty leaving him alone for two 4 hour periods and I don't plan on using a crate in the future. My trainer said that if you leave him in a puppy pen with pee pads, he will learn to pee on the pads, but then have to learn to pee on the gra”

“hi! we have a 4 month old dachshund puppy. She’s still learning potty training and still has accidents inside, but she normally never pees in her sleep area or on beds. We got her a new bed because she’s out growing her other one and likes to be low to the ground/spread out. She really likes this bed but she pooped on it, then peed on it and just peed on it again in the morning before she went out. Has anyone dealt with this before or know why this is happening? the bed is really nice and high q”

“How long did it take to potty train your pup? My boy is 13 months old, I've had him since he was 6 months old. He's neutered and never alone more than maybe 3 or 4 hours a day. I'd say we're 90% potty trained, but never 100% and it's getting old. We just had our longest stretch ever of no accidents, just under 2 weeks. It's like he does so well, perfect angel. Until something slightly different happens, and we have a back slide. He's peed or pooped inside at least onc”

“Hey folks! So one of my roommates got a puppy few months ago and they’ve been crate training her, but because she’s a big breed she’s able to break out of her crate and she was outgrowing it so they got her a new one which is a bit bigger, but in this one the rods are bit apart so she’s breaking out of this one too, it wasn’t this bad with the older crate as much but this she keeps wanting out. Is there any way we can control the pup? For reference she’s a pitbull x malinois roughly 9 months old”

“I've had my puppy for around 4 months now. I take her on walks 2 times a day for 30mins- an hour (depending on the day) but im not always consistent. the thing is that she never goes potty outside. like rarely ever. she always holds it in till we get back home , which is an issue for me since i live in an apartment and have no access to a backyard. any tips on how to fix this? im really struggling here. submitted by /u/frankoceanfan1125 [link] [comments]”

“Hi, I’ve never posted before but need some advice! My cockapoo, Rupert, is 17 weeks. He goes outside to toilet consistently during the day. I take him outside every couple of hours, if he doesn’t go that’s fine we try again after a bit later. Night time - I take him out for his last toilet at 1030pm. And for a few weeks I’ve been setting an alarm for 330am. Great all good he toilets. Then again at around 6am. Maybe slightly earlier if my little girl wakes up and is pottering about upstairs. Betw”

“At night she sleeps on our bedroom floor & we keep our door shut at night to keep our bedroom cool. How do I train her to ring some bells in the door when she needs to go outside to potty? submitted by /u/thoruen [link] [comments]”

“Hi all! I’m seeking potty training advice, I recently (yesterday) rehomed an 9 month old lab mix who was already potty trained according to the previous owner. Since bringing him home he’s been scared and slowly adjusting to his new environment which I totally understand. The issue we’re experiencing is he won’t go potty on walks and he won’t go in the backyard. He peed on my carpet and on a pad we had out for our other dog. Any advice on how to train him to go potty on walks and in the backyard”

“As the title says I’m not sure what the best option is. I don’t want my dog to be u comfortable waiting for me to pee, however when I do get home and take her out she never seems to be rushing real bad to go use the bathroom. She’ll take her time like normal submitted by /u/jewkakasaurus [link] [comments]”

“I have a husky mix puppy that is 4 months old (not sure what hes mixed with). We have tried everything we can think of, but he still goes pee/poop indoors without remorse. Every other puppy Ive had shows guilt, especially when scolded for it, but this puppy couldn't care less. He even seems proud of himself at times. The surface doesn't matter. He goes on the carpet, the tile, in the shower, on the wood floor, on the bed, and anywhere/everywhere else. Things we have tried: • Pos”

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“I’m watching a puppy for the second time, and I’m starting to understand why so many pet sitters don’t take puppies. I was under the impression he was pee pad trained because that’s what the owners told me, but he isn’t actually lol. I’ve been taking him outside often, but he’ll sometimes come back inside and pee shortly after. I also only let him on my bed after he’s gone potty, but he’s still had a couple of accidents there. I’m feeling pretty overwhelmed with the constant cleanup, and I have”

“I’ve been working overtime trying my best to potty train my 8 month old Pomeranian. His schedule is: we take him out when we wake up, an hour after waking up, after every meal, after playing, and before bed. And a few short breaks in between. He’s either kept in his crate or his playpen. When he needs to go, I can see him circling around and/or scream barks, so that’s when I know. Lately, he’s going without warning though. He pees in his crate, in his playpen, random places in the house like the”

“Hi everyone! This is Lily, a 4 months old toy poodle. She just started going to the grass and we noticed that she keeps repeating the cycle of darting -> spinning like she is trying to chase her tail -> doing a poop crouch to sit. She barely sniffs the grass and keeps repeating this pattern. Hope to get advice if this is normal or is there something wrong? She is initially pee pad trained and transiting her to outdoors since she completed her vaccination. submitted by /u/21mill”

“My puppy is now fully vaccinated. We live in a populated area with lots of dogs so we didn’t feel comfortable letting him outside potty until he was fully vaccinated (we socialized by carrying him). We used pee pads inside and he caught on to it quick since his breeder used them. We bought a bell for him to tell us when he wants to go potty, but he hasn’t used it without prompting yet. He is so excited about going outside and all of the smells that he doesn’t go potty out there. I will bring him”

“I am really struggling with potty training, but there’s a few variables. About dog: she’s a rescue, got her at ~6 months old this January, so she’s about 1 year old now. She’s a 50lb pitty and was fixed before we took her home. Water: she chugs water. Will drink every last drop. Vet has advised to give smaller amounts more frequently or freeze some to slow drinking, because leaving a full bowl out isn’t an option. But she also struggles so much more with accidents when she gets her full recommen”

“I especially need tips on potty training. She’s about 4 months old and lived outside mostly before I adopted her this week so I don’t think any training was done. She’s reliably going on her puppy pads after just 3 days, which is great, but doesn’t seem to understand yet that going outside is better. She’s still adjusting to lots of new stuff and is super anxious about it, but she seems really smart so I think it will improve quickly enough. Also she drools a ton when riding in the back seat of”

“so i have a 4ish/5ish girl that my girlfriend and i rescued. we’ve had her for 3 years and the first 2+ never had potty issues with her. But within the last 5 months shes had some issues. most of the time she’s fine but then she’ll go on a week kick of peeing in her crate or every now and then if both my girlfriend and i are working from home and she feels she’s not getting attention when she wants she’ll pick a place to go pee. originally we moved her crate and there was some new furniture in h”

“I've been reading through a ton of threads here, and the theme is that normal pee pads can unintentionally teach dogs that inside is fair game, which I really want to avoid. Collecting suggestions before my pup comes home. Need the habit to transfer. Leaning toward a bark potty pad and a few other options For those who've potty trained successfully, what worked best for you?? I'm optimistic I can get this right with the right setup. Appreciate any input! submitted by /u/N”

“He’s about 4 coming on 5 months old, we’ve had him for around 3 months maybe plus some. He’s learnt other things really well, sit, shake, down, fetch etc. but he still hasn’t figured out toilet training. We let him out multiple times a day, so usually in those hours he’s not too bad, but he hasn’t started signalling when he needs to go potty. Most the time we let him out and he does his business and comes back in, but sometimes he just goes when he needs to. This morning he was playing on the be”

“Hi everyone - new mom of a now 9 week old Pomeranian/Bichon Frise puppy. I’ve had her for a little over a week now and was wondering if I can get any tips or tricks for potty training and carrier/play pen training. I would crate train but I’m going to another state soon and she hates being caged/closed in and needs to get used to being in a carrier. I know she’s a baby and everything is new to her and maybe I’m impatient, but I’m not sure how to correct/train her. I take her out to pee after eve”

“My husband and I adopted a chihuahua mix puppy when he was about 5 months old. He is now 9 months and he still has accidents in the house (pee only). It only happens 1-2 times per week max but we thought at this point we would be past this. Is there anything more we can do to reinforce potty training? When we go on walks he gets distracted sooo easily and sometimes I think he doesn’t pee enough. We walk him 5-6 times a day at the same times every day. Please help!! submitted by /u/Tr”

“Hi! I'm puppy pad training my 10 week old shihpoo. I live in the city where the closest patch of grass is a 10 min walk away so I've decided to puppy pad train her for now. My problem is I can't figure out what the most efficient way to do it is. When you potty train a dog outside it's pretty clear cut. Take the dog outside, when the dog goes they get a treat and then come inside thus creating a relationship between outside time and potty time. My question is, how do I separate l”

“Hello! I recently got a 14 week old Pomsky puppy (2weeks ago). He is a very smart boy and learning most things pretty quickly, except for proper bathroom habits. I take him out once an hour, and do kennel training (15 minutes outside 20 minutes in kennel, repeat that about 3-5 times). In 2 weeks of owning him, he has not gone to the bathroom outside once. He just stands there, sometimes lays down, sometimes starts sniffing around but never potties. I have made these sessions very boring, standin”

“Hello! I recently got a 14 week old Pomsky puppy (2weeks ago). He is a very smart boy and learning most things pretty quickly, except for proper bathroom habits. I take him out once an hour, and do kennel training (15 minutes outside 20 minutes in kennel, repeat that about 3-5 times). In 2 weeks of owning him, he has not gone to the bathroom outside once. He just stands there, sometimes lays down, sometimes starts sniffing around but never potties. I have made these sessions very boring, standin”

“Hello! My partner and I have adopted a 6 month puppy three months ago. When he arrived we had to do the usual potty training to show the puppy where they had to do their necessities. Everything went without a hitch, the dog is smart and we always made sure of using positive feedback when they peed or pooped on the right place to the point that this became a non-issue. A couple of weeks ago it seems the puppy forgot it all. He's actively avoiding the place where we taught him to do potty, we”

“My 3 yr old has officially been day time potty trained! we’ve been using the potty all day with no accidents for about a week now during the day. However night time he’s still wetting himself and enough to where it goes through his pull up. I’ve tried limiting drinks prior to bedtime, lots of potty breaks before bed and getting up earlier with him but not much seems to be helping. Is this just a part of the process? Any advice or thoughts welcome. submitted by /u/mamaaud1 [link] &#32”

“Our baby Ryuu is around 4yrs old. We’ve had him just over 3yrs and in that time he’s never once used the bathroom anywhere except our yard. We’re frequently traveling for small overnight/ weekend trips. He loves walks but just won’t use the bathroom. He stayed at my mom’s house for 4 nights, held everything in and exploded all over her patio on day 3. We tried taking an extra patch of turf from our yard with us but it still didn’t work. Has anyone been through this? Send tips and tricks!! Pictur”

“I have a 14 week old cockapoo that I've had for around 4 weeks. She's a joy and I love her so much, However her big issue is potty training. I will take her out after naps, after food, after drinks. I will wait at the same spot and wait. If she won't go after 10 minutes we cuddle for 5 minutes and then I take her back out, but she still won't go. It only takes a minute of her down for her to have an accident. I'm anticipating what she wants but she just won't go when she&”

“It's my First time having a dog. Brought golden puppy home this morning, It's her first day. I took her out two times for a walk and leaved her in the garden but nothing. She is eating and drinking well. It has been 10 hours, Is it normal? submitted by /u/Sfed9091 [link] [comments]”

“We just got our 10 week old WPG puppy this past week. She’s been doing great and for the most part is taking to potty training but one issue we’re having is first thing in the morning, when we go to take her out for her first break she starts peeing immediately before we can get her outside. We try to avoid even letting her paws touch the floor but she’ll literally just let loose the second she’s out of the crate. It does seem more like excited pee vs full on bathroom though because she’ll go ag”

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“my 14 week old pup has 2 out of 3 distemper/parvo shots. i would really like to potty train him, but our yard is unfenced and we have lots of deer. no stray dogs, but the occasional fox and bunny. will he be okay going in our yard? the lack of consistency with the pee pad has led to more accidents than i'd like. a vet said it should be fine, as long as he doesn't eat sticks or feces submitted by /u/AbjectViolinist3548 [link] [comments]”

“Sorry in advance as im sure most if not all of these "Problems" have already been spoken about in this lovely thread before, and apologies in advance for a long post, me and my partner are just getting a bit stressed and worried we aren't doing things right. Me and my partner brought home an 8 week old Staffordshire Bull Terrier pup last week. he is now 9 weeks old. Neither of us have had a puppy before. My partner has only experienced her childhood dog many years ago, and ive only”

“I got a puppy or so I call her a puppy about 3 weeks ago. I typically let her out about every 2 hours and walk her after dinner. She typically pees every time she’s outside. However, just now, she peed practically right in front of me. She knows to pee outside but it seems like she doesn’t know how to signal me when she does have to pee and instead of waiting to go outside or alert me, she just pees. Every time she pees outside whether a walk or in the backyard I tell her GOOOD GIRLLLLL, and giv”

“heres my question of the day for everyone lol ive been doing pretty good potty training my 12 week old goldendoodle but the one issue i feel like we have is here in new york we have thunderstorms often. other than constantly looking at the radar at the timing what other tips do you have for making sure for both your safeties that they wont have to go out during the storm? lets say your puppy has to go out every 30 minutes, you went out before the storm when it was safe but now its time to go aga”

“I’m taking him out every 45 minutes, we sit in the desired pee spot for 10 minutes, he chews grass and chases lizards and doesn’t go, and then we come back inside and I put him in his playpen, and 5 mins later there’s pee on the pee pad. Should I remove the pee pad? Should I maybe get a grass pad instead to teach him to associate grass with pee? What are the “need to potty” cues? I know I’m meant to praise when he goes outside, but I got him 24 hours ago and he hasn’t gone outside once. So there”

“I just need to rant and feel better about this situation because i’m SO embarrassed. I was taking my pup out for a walk and we were almost at the grass where she usually will poop. Well she couldn’t hold it and had diarrhea (vet appointment has already been scheduled for this) right on the sidewalk. I did the best i could to clean it with poop bags but it was just a mess. Didn’t help that it had to be the busiest part of the sidewalk and everyone was watching this chaos. I ended up leaving becau”

“Hello all- I adopted the SWEETEST chiweenie about two months ago. He was 9 months old and had not been trained at ALL- so I knew I had a lot of structure and training ahead. He was starting to really improve potty-wise over the last week, not perfect by any means but much better! And then all of a sudden in the last two days he started pooping in my bed at night (he NEVER went in the bed so I let him sleep with me) and yesterday for the first time ever, he peed on the couch. Not once- THREE TIME”

“Hi! I have a 14 week old Yorkie. We’ve had him for two weeks. I have left him in his pen twice, and that was because I needed to go to the basement to prepare his food. Both of those times, he started barking and whining and pooped in his pen. Today, I had to leave for an appointment. I sprinkled some treats in his pen, gave him a lick mat. He did the same thing within a few minutes of me leaving. He started to freak out and he pooped in his pen and he did poop about 2 hours before this, in the”

“Guys I’m so conflicted - I’m getting a cavapoo in a couple weeks - he will be pretty much 9 weeks. I live in an apartment and I’m deathly afraid of parvo. Do I use fresh patch and train him inside on the fake grass until he’s done with his vax rounds? Or do I take him away from the dog area at my apt where dogs pee and poop and train him outside then? One vet told me they see high rates in the area, another said they don’t. So I’m just so confused on what to do and it’s making me anxious lol. Wh”

“I could really use some advice because I’m feeling overwhelmed. My puppy is 6 months old, and she was doing amazing with potty training. Once she was consistently holding it and sleeping through the night, I started letting her sleep in bed with me. At first she would just curl up and sleep peacefully. Now it’s like everything has completely changed. She gets up every 5 minutes and paces around the room. I’ll take her outside thinking she needs to go to the bathroom, but she won’t do anything. T”