Ugh, I know I've been flooding the board with my 'problems with rory' posts and I have to apologise for that but I just have to say-
she still wees in the house sometimes. And this bothers me greatly, as she is 5 and a half months old now.
An example from 5 minutes ago -
Rory and I are in the back yard. For 10 minutes, I stood still, in one spot, saying "do a wee now Rory. Do a wee." Rory walks around, chews a bone, smells some plants, stands next to me, looks at me, lies down. (repeat all above actions). Finally I decide she mustn't need to go. So we go inside. Because she has a tendancy to go on the floor once we get inside, I walk down the hall and call her to follow me into the computer room. She gets half way down and croutches and starts to pee. While looking at me. I say loudly - "Rory, outside! Outside" and we go outside. She doesn't finish the job, she just looks at me. This is a regular happening.
The weird thing is for about a week and a half, we didn't have a single accident in the house. Even overnight. Now she is doing it two, three times a day, and overnight too. We are still diligent with taking her outside. She needs to be taken into the back yard, even though the door is constantly open for her to come and go, so we do this often.
A couple of months ago, the vet thought she might have developed a preference for carpet over grass. She said some dogs do this and it's very hard to break. She also doesn't go to the toilet when we go on a walk, whether she is on or off the leash. Her toilet habits have definitely improved - we used to be cleaning up puddles and stains 10 times a day, at least. But she is most definitely not toilet trained.
Personally, I think she has toilet issues.
We toilet trained our old dog, no problems. Same methods. I've read books, articles, websites. Had advice here.
Am I going to have to get a dog psych in or something?
What on earth is going on?
she still wees in the house sometimes. And this bothers me greatly, as she is 5 and a half months old now.
An example from 5 minutes ago -
Rory and I are in the back yard. For 10 minutes, I stood still, in one spot, saying "do a wee now Rory. Do a wee." Rory walks around, chews a bone, smells some plants, stands next to me, looks at me, lies down. (repeat all above actions). Finally I decide she mustn't need to go. So we go inside. Because she has a tendancy to go on the floor once we get inside, I walk down the hall and call her to follow me into the computer room. She gets half way down and croutches and starts to pee. While looking at me. I say loudly - "Rory, outside! Outside" and we go outside. She doesn't finish the job, she just looks at me. This is a regular happening.
The weird thing is for about a week and a half, we didn't have a single accident in the house. Even overnight. Now she is doing it two, three times a day, and overnight too. We are still diligent with taking her outside. She needs to be taken into the back yard, even though the door is constantly open for her to come and go, so we do this often.
A couple of months ago, the vet thought she might have developed a preference for carpet over grass. She said some dogs do this and it's very hard to break. She also doesn't go to the toilet when we go on a walk, whether she is on or off the leash. Her toilet habits have definitely improved - we used to be cleaning up puddles and stains 10 times a day, at least. But she is most definitely not toilet trained.
Personally, I think she has toilet issues.
We toilet trained our old dog, no problems. Same methods. I've read books, articles, websites. Had advice here.
Am I going to have to get a dog psych in or something?
