Roman'sMom
Boxer Booster
Someone who has a boxer told me that boxers were sooooo easy to housetrain. Their's only had 3 accidents in the house. My aunt's only had 2 accidents in the house. Mine has had 4 a day for 3 months. Tell me honestly, are house trained boxers just an urban legend?
He will be 5 months old in a week. We've had him since he
as 7 weeks old and have been working on house training ever since. He IS NOT house trained! Sure, we crate trained. He did marvelously. We praise him and give him treats when he goes outside. He loves it. He lets me know when he has to go outside - about 1 out of every 10 times, anyway. He knows going in the house is bad, he ducks his tail and puts himself in the crate. But HE STILL DOES IT. This morning, he went running to his crate, then realized he hadn't peed yet, so he stepped out of the crate and peed in the floor, then jumped back in! I am so sick of cleaning up all his messes. He knows what I mean when I ask if he has to go outside. He goes willingly - happily. He does 1 and 2, then comes in the house again and pees within 10 feet of the door! He sometimes even pees on his way to the door to go outside. And unlike any sane dog, Roman has to walk while he goes to the bathroom - both 1 and 2. So instead of a small puddle, he can hit 4 rooms with one shot (yes, he's done it before) I watch him like a hawk. It doesn't matter. He gives no signs of what he's about to do. He doesn't sniff around. He just goes. Anywhere. Everywhere. To add to our problems, because obviously we like cleaning up dog messes, we adopted a half grown boxerette who has had no training. Piece of cake. Roman pees in the house, how much worse could she be? But I think they're competing! Rayna peed on the bed earlier today. Luckily we have a bed where we can unzip the top off and wash it. So we did, and as I was putting the fresh clean straight out of the dryer sheet on the bed Roman jumps up and starts peeing! Right away! What's the deal? Someone told me one day it would just click. When will that be? Will it ever happen? Is he doing this on purpose or have I missed some important house training tactic? Are we just bad dog parents? I'm at my wits end. With the way I feel right now, Roman may never see the outside of his crate ever again. Rayna is just learning, but Roman has no excuse. What do I do? Someone please help!
He will be 5 months old in a week. We've had him since he
as 7 weeks old and have been working on house training ever since. He IS NOT house trained! Sure, we crate trained. He did marvelously. We praise him and give him treats when he goes outside. He loves it. He lets me know when he has to go outside - about 1 out of every 10 times, anyway. He knows going in the house is bad, he ducks his tail and puts himself in the crate. But HE STILL DOES IT. This morning, he went running to his crate, then realized he hadn't peed yet, so he stepped out of the crate and peed in the floor, then jumped back in! I am so sick of cleaning up all his messes. He knows what I mean when I ask if he has to go outside. He goes willingly - happily. He does 1 and 2, then comes in the house again and pees within 10 feet of the door! He sometimes even pees on his way to the door to go outside. And unlike any sane dog, Roman has to walk while he goes to the bathroom - both 1 and 2. So instead of a small puddle, he can hit 4 rooms with one shot (yes, he's done it before) I watch him like a hawk. It doesn't matter. He gives no signs of what he's about to do. He doesn't sniff around. He just goes. Anywhere. Everywhere. To add to our problems, because obviously we like cleaning up dog messes, we adopted a half grown boxerette who has had no training. Piece of cake. Roman pees in the house, how much worse could she be? But I think they're competing! Rayna peed on the bed earlier today. Luckily we have a bed where we can unzip the top off and wash it. So we did, and as I was putting the fresh clean straight out of the dryer sheet on the bed Roman jumps up and starts peeing! Right away! What's the deal? Someone told me one day it would just click. When will that be? Will it ever happen? Is he doing this on purpose or have I missed some important house training tactic? Are we just bad dog parents? I'm at my wits end. With the way I feel right now, Roman may never see the outside of his crate ever again. Rayna is just learning, but Roman has no excuse. What do I do? Someone please help!
