Ruby squatted and peed on the dining room rug

[Dillydoodle]

Oh Debbie, Thanks for posting that, I agree with that 100%. In my house, my husband is the one who is more likely to give in and give Dillon a treat before I do so Dillon, being the intelligent corgi - will ALWAYS beg from my husband when he eats in hopes that the one proven to give in will. I have this same problem with my eldest cat Misty, who pre-diabetes used to get people food treats now and again, unfortunately now, i am only able to give her the tiniest piece of meat and only on occasion, but it does not stop my dear misty from begging. Might I add, that my cat Clinton who passed away was relentless at begging and he always got something at every meal...and no he was not overweight - he was taught to sit on his haunches and paw at the air as his way of begging. I had trained him to do a few tricks ( sit, wave, paw, and give me kisses and to sit in a corner if he was bad). Well all that time training him misty was watching, and after he passed, she began to beg in the manner he did, sitting on her haunches waving and pawing at the air (awfully cute). At every meal you will see Dillon at my husbands feet drooling and begging and Misty cat at my feet sitting up and begging , pawing at me in hopes she gets a treat.
Emilie

Emilie

[dcole]

Originally Posted by Shelly

My Reba who was 8 when we adopted her, never had indoor potty problems, but once she did come in and squat and hardly pee at all, but it took awhile, and I saw some pink in it (our carpets are light beige), so I took her in and sure enough, bladder infection.

By the way Debi, Jesse says hi to bro. ~Shelly

Shelly, you are right. Lyric (our old Siamese) also had a trace of blood in her urine when she "alerted" us to her problem. Something to check for if Ruby has another accident, Cardiguy.

Trevor's waving his paw toward's the north, Shelly. Hard to believe our little guy's are almost 10 months old!

-Debi

[Fluffypants]

Originally Posted by Dillydoodle

At every meal you will see Dillon at my husbands feet drooling and begging and Misty cat at my feet sitting up and begging , pawing at me in hopes she gets a treat.
Emilie

OH BOY! Dinner AND a show!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cardiguy - how's Ruby doing? Hope she doesn't have a UTI.

[sweetlychee]

Originally Posted by glencorgi

Unless caught in the act, taking a dog back to the "scene of the crime" doesn't do any good. (Sweetlychee you've got a lot to learn about normal dog/canine behaviors, relationships and means of communication.)


Debbie

Debbie - To clarify, I said to take him back to the scene of the crime as in immediately. Once they are done with it for like 5 mins, they forget. I did not mean to take him back after an hour or so. I have got a lot to learn? Well, I did learn and now, Milo doesn't pee in the house. If I was doing something terribly wrong, then I wouldn't be giving the advice, would I?

In my defense, we ALL have got a lot to learn. I want to be humble and no one is a particular pro unless you breed corgis for years. We are all here to help and some advice works for others and some don't.

My take on it is that it worked for me. Please don't say I have got a lot to learn. It only means that my advice was silly and my technique was unneccesary.

I know the #1 thing NOT to do is stick the dog back to the poop/urine. When I do one thing right, I don't need any one to commend. But when I make one "mistake," I'm immediately told to "you got a lot to learn" thing. Please, we are all here TO learn. Or why else be here?

[corgimom]

In my opinion, I don't think taking the dog back to the mess, even immediately after and scolding them does any good. I have a friend who does that and the dog is over a year old and still peeing in the house. If that method worked, it would only take one or two times and then the dog would not have any more accidents. I also don't think the dog feels guilty when you yell at them while showing them the mess; they may put their ears back and "look guilty", but I think they are reacting to the tone in your voice which scares them.

A few months back, when I caught Cody peeing, I clapped my hands and made a loud noise and then picked him up and took him outside immediately, where he finished the job. I cleaned up the pee in the house and that was the end of it, I never took him back to show him that , because I didn't see the point of it. He only pooped once in the house and that was when he was 3 1/2 months old, so I never had issues with that.

[MissGambler'sMommy]

I have actually read about the loud noise trick for training dogs and cats. For cats who jump where they aren't supposed to jump, you put a pie pan with marbles there so when they jump and knock the tin pie pan and all those marbles to the floor they run. I tried this with a wood cabinet I had that I did not want my cats to jump on because two hairline scratches were already there from their paws. They never jumped up there again, I never had to put the pan back. It made such a racket, and I still catch them looking up at that cabinet to this day, I guess they think that pan is still there. Granted, this was prior to Miss Gambler, so I would not try anything with marbles around her, I know she would eat them. But the loud noise theory is supposed to work. I know that when I want to correct Miss Gambler, or quickly get her attention, I have a loud click that I make with my fingers, husband hates it, but it works, she does not want to hear that click. It gets her attention every time. So, I think that if I had a puppy and I had just caught him peeing, I would show my displeasure by loudly clapping. Loudly scolding, taking them to the spot, or trying to shame them will not work. Make them not want to do it again, that is the key.

[Cardiguy]

Originally Posted by Fluffypants

OH BOY! Dinner AND a show!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cardiguy - how's Ruby doing? Hope she doesn't have a UTI.

Fluffypants-Ruby has not had any other episodes of "unwanted urination" and all appears fine. I think the little stinker was doing a spite job for being gated up the previous day. Thanks for asking.

[Chip's Mom]

That is great news Cardiguy - glad to hear all is well

[Fluffypants]

Originally Posted by Cardiguy

Fluffypants-Ruby has not had any other episodes of "unwanted urination" and all appears fine. I think the little stinker was doing a spite job for being gated up the previous day. Thanks for asking.

Hooray! So glad she isn't ill. Jackie had a UTI once, and she was miserable - I wouldn't want to see one of our gocorgi pals suffer!

[behinderhereyes]

Mother dogs grab a dog by their nose when they are miss behaving. I was told that if you put a muze on a dog it will help their bad behavior.

[corgimom]

Originally Posted by behinderhereyes

Mother dogs grab a dog by their nose when they are miss behaving. I was told that if you put a muze on a dog it will help their bad behavior.

Could you elaborate more on your explanation in regards to what you suggested above, and how it pertains to what this thread is about/or how that would help solve the issue

[glencorgi]

Originally Posted by behinderhereyes

Mother dogs grab a dog by their nose when they are miss behaving. I was told that if you put a muze on a dog it will help their bad behavior.

Well that would be if a puppy is being too rambunctious and/or aggressive; she'd snap or put a pup's head in her mouth. A muzzle, if that is what you are talking about, doesn't really have any connection to potty incidents or training.

Debbie