Help ME! Having problems with potty training my doodle.

[Linda Hershey]

Hi, Just fyi, this is NOT my first dog.  I have had several large dogs a shepherd, and 2 Rottweiler females and now also have a boston terrier.

 

I purchased a Sheep a doodle from a breeder.  I got her when she was 13 weeks old.  I had previously trained my Rottweiler pup and the boston terrier who was from a puppy mill and terrible to train.

She is currently 5 months old as of July 10, 2013.

I started crate training when we came home, ect.  She is good at night from about 11 or 12 until about 6 or 7 am. 

Morning, I let her out immediately upon getting up.  She is out for a few minutes or however long she wants.  I let the two dogs out together.

I feed the dogs separately.  I also open the garage door so while she is eating the door is open and after finishing she has the option to go back outside to do her duty at her leisure.  When she comes to the door, I let her in.

We go through the day usually ok without accidents. 

After supper about 4 pm she eats and has ample opportunity to go out side.  She has many opportunities to go outside. 

This is where we have problems, after my husband gets home all training is out the window.  She will pee, poop in the house.  She will pee anywhere but she usually poops by the door.  We let her out multiple times I just can't figure her out.  We will be sitting down relaxing and all of a sudden without warning she's pooping at the front door.  Or we walk through the house and see a pee puddle, it's so frustrating.

Also one other problem is she is an excited pee er.  She will pee with certain people who come in to our home, not everyone. 

When we take her places, she pees upon greeting people, she's in a sitting position so you don't know until she moves that there is a puddle under her. 

My Rottweiler never peed in the house let alone poop.  I don't remember having any trouble in potty training except for her not wanting to get wet while raining and I cured that in one day.  I took her for a long 2 mile walk in the rain.  She never minded going out in it again. 

I could let her in the house for 12 hours, no accidents, not that we did this but she never would go in the house.

We let Emi have the run of the house during the day except while I have to go somewhere then she is crated.  I make her settle down at a sit and quiet to let her out of her crate.  She is very intelligent, has learned to sit, shake ect.  I KNOW she is smart enough but I can't get her to stop.  We have caught her in this behavior and yelled and put her out many times to no avail...Please help...any suggestions???

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Traci -Bexter & Maggie]

When I potty trained Bexter using the bells, I would take him out like every hour (maybe more than that actually) and before I would take him out, I would take his paws and tap on the bells.  Then, when we got outside I would tell him to "potty."  While he actually was going potty, I would say "Good, Potty."  That way he would associate the word potty with the action.  He IMMEDIATELY got a Cheerio right after the pee stopped coming out.  So, I kept a baggie with Cheerios right next to the back door and grab those whenever I would take him out.

To this day, he will go on command outside if I tell him to "potty." Maggie, on the other hand (my other doodle that I got when she was one), takes forever to go!  She's a good girl, just distracted outside.  I like Bexter's "on command peeing" when I'm in a rush!

Good luck!  Hang in there!

[Joan Shepherd]

First time I have heard of a "Sheepadoodle"???  But the potty training does take loads of patience  - perhaps a little bell hanging on the door where you take her out?? 

[Sherry Craun]

Everyone talks about tethering in the house and I have tried but Lexie just wants to chew on the tether.  Any tips?

[Adina P]

Some possibilities:  Spray the leash down with bitter apple first and have a chew toy available for her to occupy her mouth.

[Sherry Craun]

LOL I think I have the only dog that loves the bitter apple spray.  I thought about getting a thin chain lead.  

[F, Calla & Luca]

I did and it worked well when Luca was a pup.

[F, Calla & Luca]

I bought a metal leash for when Luca as a puppy sometimes needed a time out by being tethered to a doorknob. He chewed through leashes whether sprayed or not.

[Kary, Sparty & Stella]

Linda, potty training is frustrating! Deep breaths, she is still young yet. My tip is always to go back to the basics. Crate, tether, know her pee/poop schedule, etc. maybe when you are cooking you could crate her. After you eat,, clean up then take her out again. Maybe feed her the last meal of the day a little earlier so that when you take her out after eating your dinner with hubby that could be her last poo of the day.

[Margaret & Pebbles]

Linda I also have a sheepadoodle that is over 4 years old and she was potty trained in 3 days.  I also used the bells with her too.  She was the easiest dog to train, can't say enough about her.  Good luck, I know with other pups I've had it gets to be frustrating, but then all the sudden it clicks for them!