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Originally Posted by SlimJ87D
Well... here I am again...
I don't know why Apollo is becoming so much trouble now. Well now he's at my "house" and not my apartment. He knows he's not allowed to pee in the house, and he gets taken outside at least 6 times a day, but he still does it anyways. When I come home, he is sad and knows he's going to get in trouble for peeing in the house. He knows it, but still does it.
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New environment, he's still adjusting. Even the most reliable of dogs can still have accidents in a new place simply because they don't know which door to go to. You should go back to house training 101.
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He doesn't do it in my apartment, but why is he doing it now? I don't know if it's because he's just a puppy at 9 months old or if it's because he's a male... but he doesn't seem that bright...
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IF he's like most corgis, he's smarter than we are.
Why in the new house - because it is new and he doesn't have the routine worked out yet and he's puppy. You've given him too much freedom too soon and are expecting too much out of a nine month old puppy.
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scolding him and showing him the pee and taking him outside to pee isn't seem to be working. What should I do?
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THAT usually doesn't work. IF you can't be watching him, then crate him or gate him into an area where he cannot cause damage. The other option if you want him out with you is tether him to you with a leash and when he starts to go, immediately pick him up and take him out. He should NOT have full run of the house at his age.
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Is there something in his brain that clicks and makes him cause trouble? He also dug up all the plant sin teh backyard, and knows he's not suppose to do that either.
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He's not causing trouble, he's being a puppy and just doing what puppies do. He's going to have to be taught and trained and that is going to take time and patience and repeated efforts on the human end of the equation's part.
Debbie