toileting problems please help at my wits end !!!

[lexiepb]

hey i have a problem and am dieing for some help as i just dont know what to do

i have two staffy crosses both rescues.
Ozzy we got in august 09 he was 6 months old
Beau we gor Feb 2011 and she was aproximatley 2 so they are both 2 yrs and 9 months aproximatley now.

ozzy is as good as goil wen it comes to toileting he has an iron bladder and will not mess in the house.

Beau we have had on and off problems with since we got her and have struggled with this as we believe her to have had quite a bad time with her previous owner so dont know what emotional damage may have been done

wen we first got her i was only working two hrs a day so they wer hardly ever on ther own she was pretty good and would only ocasionally mess in the house.

then she went through a faze of refusing to toilet outside and would only go on walks

i started a new job at the begining of september and am now working full time hours, my parter has also had to up his hours and is working as much as possible at the moment due to financial problems which isant ideal, we try and fit shifts around the dogs so they are alone as little as possible but this isant always feesable.

beau is now refusing to toilet outside , she hasnt done anything outide in 2 weeks at least, if we can even get her out the door all she will do is eitehr sit by the back door or go and climb on the table and chairs, no matter how long we shut her out for she wont do anything, instead she will wait untill we are out of the room or at work and mess in the house,

this is becomign a real problem i managed to house train ozzy fine i would tell him off if i caught him about to or doing anything and give him a light tap on the bum and he knows right from wrong (just to clarify i have never and would never hurt my animals)

as beau waits untill she is alone it makes it hard to disciplin her for her mistakes, i make a point wen clearing up of looking at her in a sturn way and showing her what she has done and telling her she is a bad girl and you can tell she knows why i am cross

i just dont know what to do any more.

the situation isant helped by the fact i am pregnant so her weeing and pooing constantly is triggering me to be sick and generally stinking the house up and were just getting miserable with it any more.

besides this she is a wonderfull dog

i just really need some help and suggestions on what i can do, its so hard to know as i dont want to end up punishing ozzy for beaus mistakes , i have started to maybe think about crating her or something as ozzy was initally crated wen we went out wen he was a pup but beau is big... i just really dont know what to do

please please please can some one help me

lexie

[Butterfli]

I'm not sure you should tell her off or make her see how angry you are when cleaning up after her. This is why she hides or waits till you are out and as you say you do not know what emotional damage has been done and this could be doing more harm then good.

I had problems when getting my rescue dog who would pee every time i left the house even if i had made sure he went outside before i went out. It wasn't until i started completely ignoring him when this happened that he stopped doing it.

Maybe you should try teaching her a word to associate with toileting? I taught my dog wee-wee by saying it when he started going and give him a small treat, he now goes on command. Maybe this will help her feel comfortable going outside in the garden? and really praise her up when she does go outside like it's the most amazing thing in the world! especially if you pick up straight after she has done it so she doesn't think she has gone where she isn't allowed! I'm no dog trainer but this has helped me!

Good luck!

[Dog4life]

It is essential to set the time for feeding your dog and do not show irregularity in feeding. The quantity of the food to be given to the dog should be regulated. Adequate time gap between the meals and adequate quantity of food will allow the dog to have set pattern of relieving time. The time for defecate is generally after half an hour of feeding the dog.

Also take your dog for a regular walk and understand his toilet habits. Now the other important step is to let the dog know the place where it can defecate. So by taking dog several times to the same place to defecate, dog will also recognize that. Dog toilet training also includes that whenever dog does the toilet on that particular spot then you need to give compliment to the dog.