We have a Lhasa Apso He is not two years old and no matter what we do He will not stop doing his business in the house. We paid a dog trainer $175.00 to come to the house and none of his solutions helped. We have cleaned the hardwood floors and the carpets multiple times to get rid of any smell that he might be smelling. We have put him in his crate if he poops. He just does not get the concept that He cannot do that in the house. When we bought him from the pet store he was 3 months old could this be from that?
We have tried potty pads as well. He goes in three spots, by the dinning room table, this is on a area rug. In the family room, this is carpet and in the kitchen this is a tile floor.
We are to the point of getting rid of him because of this, I do not want to but he is just so stubborn.
HELP!!!
Lhasa Apso will not stop peeing and pooping in house
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HELP with Lhasa Apso
Sorry I had a typo, our Lhasa Apso is 2 years old.
Take him right back to basics and retrain him, it is the only way.
Take him outside when he wakes up, before and after he is fed and every 45 minutes in between. When he goes outside lots and lots of praise.
When cleaning up after him, if you are using normal household cleaners they don't that the smell away for your dog but does for you. If he can smell it he will go again. To get rid of the smell use biological washing liquid, 50/50 white vinegar and water or get something from the pet shop. You can also put his food bowl down and feed him on one of the spots he goes on, he should stop going there.
Lhasa Apso's do often take longer to house train than other dogs so you must be very consistant if you want to do this. No point in watching something interesting on the tv and forget to put him outside so he goes inside again, that is just undoing all the work you have done. The more he goes inside the more he will do this.
Take him outside when he wakes up, before and after he is fed and every 45 minutes in between. When he goes outside lots and lots of praise.
When cleaning up after him, if you are using normal household cleaners they don't that the smell away for your dog but does for you. If he can smell it he will go again. To get rid of the smell use biological washing liquid, 50/50 white vinegar and water or get something from the pet shop. You can also put his food bowl down and feed him on one of the spots he goes on, he should stop going there.
Lhasa Apso's do often take longer to house train than other dogs so you must be very consistant if you want to do this. No point in watching something interesting on the tv and forget to put him outside so he goes inside again, that is just undoing all the work you have done. The more he goes inside the more he will do this.
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Follow Matties advice.
He does not 'get' the very human concept of not toiletting in the house because hes a dog, and you didn't teach him where he should go.
If you had a guest in your house, perhaps one who didnt speak English.... betcha you'd show them where the bathroom was...
Or would you not, but instead you punish him when he goes in the wrong place?
Your dog has to be taught where the right place is, and to do that you have to be there, you have to reward him for going in the right place, and you have to give him every opportunity to get to that place at a time he will need to go.
On top of that you must never punish him for going in the house, or he will want to either, hide his mess as he associates it with a row from you, or he learns not to go in front of you because it makes you angry... (and myriad other lessons that are far from useful, the only thing he WONT learn is not to go in the house).
You have focussed on teaching him 'don't do this' without teaching him 'do this instead'.
Small dogs are harder to housetrain, they have small bladders/bowels that need emptying more frequently.
Once you have trained him that going outside when you are watching him is rewarding, he will want to do that to get his reward.
This is not a difficult concept for a dog to learn. My 10 week old puppy is asking me to take her outside and has been since the third day I had her.... because she wants her reward!
On the other hand, learning and understanding the human social rules, the concept of 'home' and the concept of 'outside' are very difficult for an animal that would call 'home' a tiny cosy den, not the vast (in comparison) areas we have for houses.
He does not 'get' the very human concept of not toiletting in the house because hes a dog, and you didn't teach him where he should go.
If you had a guest in your house, perhaps one who didnt speak English.... betcha you'd show them where the bathroom was...
Or would you not, but instead you punish him when he goes in the wrong place?
Your dog has to be taught where the right place is, and to do that you have to be there, you have to reward him for going in the right place, and you have to give him every opportunity to get to that place at a time he will need to go.
On top of that you must never punish him for going in the house, or he will want to either, hide his mess as he associates it with a row from you, or he learns not to go in front of you because it makes you angry... (and myriad other lessons that are far from useful, the only thing he WONT learn is not to go in the house).
You have focussed on teaching him 'don't do this' without teaching him 'do this instead'.
Small dogs are harder to housetrain, they have small bladders/bowels that need emptying more frequently.
Once you have trained him that going outside when you are watching him is rewarding, he will want to do that to get his reward.
This is not a difficult concept for a dog to learn. My 10 week old puppy is asking me to take her outside and has been since the third day I had her.... because she wants her reward!
On the other hand, learning and understanding the human social rules, the concept of 'home' and the concept of 'outside' are very difficult for an animal that would call 'home' a tiny cosy den, not the vast (in comparison) areas we have for houses.
