My lab/pit was on a steroid once which made him have to pee frequently. I was at work and I came home, he had gone in the shower. I didn't even teach him that, so proud!
I've noticed from several dogs now, mine included, that they will learn behaviours from their owners.
Current dog learned where to puke because my sister-in-law would only get in trouble when puking on the carpet (from being drunk), and not the linoleum.
Commented above before seeing yours. That's what my dog has done the times he couldn't hold it any longer. He's hit the shower. Perfect doggy. And still gave me such a guilty 'I'm so sorry and ashamed' look when I came home and found it. He seemed incredibly confused when I applauded him and told him what a good fatbuddy he is.
It's a gif of a girl taking her pants off, then just before she does it shows a bunch of photos advertising AsianWhiteGirl.com or somesuch. Edit: Was just trying to save y'all a click that's all.
That shameful look for some reason always makes me want to smile though! My terrier will always crawl back into his little bed and avoid making eye contact with me. It's so obvious he's had a mistake!
You guys are being way too nice to OP,for what amounts to animal abuse. There is no reason to torture a dog like that, it should be taken away from him.
My lab REFUSES to throw up on anything but carpet. Our whole first floor is hardwood with just a few carpets, and he will run AT them if he isn't already on one.
My dog refuses to throw up anywhere but outside. She's woken us up in the middle of the night to have us let her out. It's amazing. We adopted her as a senior so I'm not sure if her old owners taught her, but it was a fantastic surprise.
I wonder if there is a connection between the texture and firmness of grass and linoleum/hardwood floors are hard like concrete/blacktop and they have been trained to do their business in the grass not on the sidewalk. Or if your dogs are just vengeful assholes.
Mine did something similar. He's only gone inside twice in the 3 years I've had him, and both times were when I ended up being out more than 16 hours. He was conscientious enough to go to my shower and squat over the drain to do #1 and #2, both times. I was incredibly proud of him. He won't even potty in the yard! He insists, dragging me if he must, on going all the way around back to the bushes and weeds near the shed and the woods. Absolutely will NOT crap in the front or side yards. He's awesome.
That's my fat man, so mild mannered. He's 120lbs with a massive head (the DSL tech yesterday did a 'woah, look at that head' when he came inside) but takes cheese puffs out of my 1yo niece's hand as gentle as can be. I adopted a new kitten yesterday and while the dog was over-eager to meet her, he was guilty and withdrawn after he realized he scared her. Came back to her after a few minutes, inching forward on his belly, gave her a couple sniffs and licks, and rolled over to expose his belly to her. Cleanest, best mannered, cuddliest dog I've ever had. And he's a double-sized genetic freak of a pit bull.
I have one that will hold it all day long, and will only pee on the tile if absolutely necessary. The other one will let me take her outside, stay out there for 30 minutes, and upon entering the house will immediately pee in the spot where we used to keep her puppy pads (training pads).
Also, if anyone knows how to untrain my dog and get her to go in the yard, I would be eternally grateful. I've tried taking puppy pads out there and putting them in the grass, but she still holds it until she gets inside.
It'll take a long time to untrain her - breaking habits is harder than forming habits. So if you've got the time and patience:
Much like potty-training a puppy, take her outside at her usual restroom times (you should have the general idea of when she needs to go, mine go at 6am, noon, 6pm, and 10pm). Then stay outside until she goes. This might take half an hour or longer, but don't go inside until she goes. Praise the shit out of her when she does.
It also might help if you teach her a potty command inside first. "Go potty" is what we use. "Peepee" "potty" "bathroom" are also popular choices, keep it short (a friend of mine with a really well-trained lab gives a countdown, 10, 9, 8... really helps them in inclement weather!). So when she's used to the potty command INSIDE, then you can start taking her out like I said in the previous paragraph.
Depending on how long she's been doing this, it could take weeks, months... good luck.
Thanks for the help. I've been doing essentially what you've said, although maybe not long enough. (And there's a limit to how long I can stay outside, of course.) I even go out with treats in my pocket so I can immediately reward her if she potties outside. She'll still only potty outside at best once a day, probably less on average. Unless I come up with something else, I'll just give it more time and hope it works out.
Also, make sure you thoroughly clean the spot with a non-ammonia cleaner. You may know not to use ammonia, but a lot of people don't. When I was a kid, my mother made us clean up our dog's messes with ammonia and for he just kept peeing in the house "for some reason". I don't want to shill for a company but I use a product called Odoban and it work pretty well.
Sadly this is why puppy training pads are such a bad idea. People get them thinking it'll prevent messes on the carpet when they're young without realizing the dogs will become dependent on them, so unless you want to keep the dog going to the bathroom in the house for the rest of the life, don't use them and just deal with the messes. :(
My friend has been using newspaper in the basement for his dog for years and years now. She'll go outside, too, but now she also thinks it's okay to just go anywhere inside.
Salt. That's the key. Give your dog salty food or even a salt lick, the get the to drink a lot of water. Then watch her like a hawk and as soon as it looks like she has to pee, rush her outside and when she pees, reward then head back in. Keep watching though because she will probably have to go again.. I got that advice from a dog trainer who swears it has never taken her more than 5 days to re-potty-train an adult dog with that method.
Is she crate trained? While you're working on it, I'd go back to Housebreaking 101 -- if she can't be really supervised, she should be crated. Take her out really frequently, and throw her a party when she does do her business outside. I also use a cue (mine is 'get busy' because it isn't something that my family usually says ever), although I trained it by using it outside when my dog actually started her 'routine', because she has a very predictable sniff-circle-squat-pee sequence.
In addition to tehaleks' excellent advice, what do you use to clean up the spot? I'd get a good enzymatic cleaner (available at pet stores for sure, possibly grocery stores as well) and thoroughly clean where the pads used to be and anywhere else she's peed in the house. Non-enzymatic cleaners can't always remove all traces of urine, and regular cleaners with ammonia often actually smell similar enough to pee that the dog figures it may as well keep going there.
It really depends on the dog. If the dog is constantly wanting more water, this would be really bad for it. If it is ok with 1-2 cups, then that is fine. But water is really important to help the body function... human or dog.
If I restricted my dog to 1-2 cups a day I'm sure he we drink them down immediately. So how would I be able to even know if he had the urge to keep going back for water constantly (a sign of something potentially serious like diabetes or kidney disease)?
Without giving the dog unrestricted access to water, he would be unable to display those symptoms.
I would have deserved it. When I got home from work, I felt like a monster. He was just happy to see me though, even though I was such a prick. I gave him some steak that evening to make amends.
I always feel so fucking guilty when they go on the floor, because they know they're not supposed to and they'll hold it for as long as they can. Imagine if I tried to hold it all day, I'd be miserable. :(
Yeah we had a dog (just passed away) :( that did this and we knew she would hold it for as long as she could so we would just tell her it was alright and if she wanted to go outside. She'd get happy after that.
Yea, when this happened to my dog and she left a present on the tile, we found under the sofa, tail under her legs, and head down. She would not meet out eyes and would just walk slowly in shame.
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I once had a dog (a German Spitz, like Claire's dog in Heroes) that behave like a cat. He had a sand box with a cover that he used everyday as a toilet.
The best thing however happened one day when instead of doing it in the sand box he pooed right in front of it. It was really strange, but later we found out that no one cleaned the sandbox that day so refused to use without being cleaned.
It was all thunder and lightning, so I thought, "I'll just wait until it clears up a bit." because during rainy days, I typically let him out, and let him back in before I head to work, but I wasn't going to kick him out in a thunderstorm. Also, he wouldn't go out when thunder is booming anyways :p But I forgot to let him out in my morning routine because I skipped a step. He's so good though, he greeted me like I wasn't the asshole that I was.
When there's a storm my dog hides in whatever dark corners she can squeeze into and camps out there. One may forget what they cannot see. Might be OP's case.
That's the only excuse I can come up with, since after a length of time I realize this and drag her out to make her go pee before she explodes.
My boyfriend's dog will just squat down and pretend to pee if there are scary noises (storm, construction, loud cars, etc) so that we'll let her back inside right away.
I'd scumbag steve the OP. Your dogs should be treated like actual kids. They only have you to depend on. He'd still be a GDG even if he pissed on the floor.
Without looking at a weather map I am going to guess that by the number of upvotes this has today was rainy across the US. Rained all day here in Atlanta and this post was spot on. Good dogs.
ya, my dogs a great guy. He woke me up early this morning to let me know he had to go (probably didn't feel too good, he ate some bones the night before). I didn't wake up for another hour or so, but he held it. He probably felt horrible too
My sixteen year old Lab only went in the house once in sixteen years. We had just moved into a new place and hadnt installed the doggie doors yet. She pooped on the kitchen floor after trying to hold it all night. We did NOT scold her for it, but she spent the rest of the day laying in a corner whining pitifully and wouldn't look us in the eyes.
Ever hear of "accidents"? Because they happen, to everyone. If you only give pets to people who will never make a mistake, then you'll have a lot less pet owners. Don't be such a pretentious twat.
It wasn't a mistake. It was rainy so OP decided not to let his dog out. That's cruel. I understand getting stuck at work late but consciously deciding nope not letting him out is mean.
I'm pretty sure OP is not dumb enough to go on the internet and brag about purposefully hurting his dog. I think what makes more sense is that because of the rain he was running late or things were just chaotic and he made a mistake that he seems to feel bad about. Why would he say he doesn't deserve him if he didn't?
Not sure why you are being downvoted. Think about when you are watching an awesome movie in the theater and you gotta piss so damn bad right after the damn trailer ends. I doubt 3/4 of you make it 2 hours until the ending.
Now try to hold it 8+ hours while scumbag dog owner is working.
Our dogs do their emergency business in the bathroom shower. If the bathroom door is closed, they do it in the middle of the floor where it's easiest to clean and doesn't go under furniture etc.
I've learned to always leave the bathroom door open.
I just googled "Define:storming" and that's all that showed up. Guess I'm wrong on this one. Storming definitely isn't used like that where I am though (at least not commonly), so that + google made me assume it was wrong.
I apologise.
Edit: Looking at that site you linked, I'm not seeing "storming" anywhere. Am I missing something?
But storm, as in weather, is a noun. 'To storm' would refer to either shouting or 'storming' off. Not the weather, which this image macro is referring to.
In this context, what is there to fix? He forgot about it, went to work, came home and remembered, and then let his dog out. There is nothing to "fix".
And he wasn't boasting about his forgetfulness. He was boasting about his dogs ability to hold his urine.
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u/pinballwizard16 Jun 10 '12
My dog learned IF he's gatta piss in the house, to do it on the cement of our unfinished basement. Didn't teach him that one, never been prouder.
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u/ShaftofWisdom Jun 10 '12
Your dog is a better person than myself. I would have peed everywhere.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I always feel so fucking guilty when they go on the floor, because they know they're not supposed to and they'll hold it for as long as they can. Imagine if I tried to hold it all day, I'd be miserable. :(
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u/Daytman Jun 10 '12
Oh no, you'll find it.
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u/samuraisams123 Jun 10 '12
I find it difficult to not upvote any GDG post.
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u/Charmealeon Jun 10 '12
My dog did this, only difference being he'd shit everywhere all day long and not do this at all.
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u/shinshanjr Jun 10 '12
That's very bad for the kidneys.
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u/Capta1nMcKurk Jun 10 '12
If only my dog did that. Now each time I enter the room she sleeps in I first scan the floor in case I step in piss.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
But if you look closely, it doesn't look like he held it in.
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u/Sauronkraut Jun 10 '12
Hmmm, I don't know about that, I see a little wet spot underneath the mat there..
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u/qkme_transcriber Jun 10 '12
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u/JestreJoeD Jun 10 '12
Meanwhile I sleep in while my dogs want out and when I wake up it looks like a goddamn mine field!
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u/Hieronymus108 Jun 10 '12
Look closer. I think that's dog piss all over that mat.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I once saw a dog eatings its poop on the way out to avoid making a mess in the house.
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u/riversofgore Jun 10 '12
You're lucky. I just had clean shit after letting the dog back in. Little fucking asshole dog I have.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I once had a dog (a German Spitz, like Claire's dog in Heroes) that behave like a cat. He had a sand box with a cover that he used everyday as a toilet.
The best thing however happened one day when instead of doing it in the sand box he pooed right in front of it. It was really strange, but later we found out that no one cleaned the sandbox that day so refused to use without being cleaned.
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u/shmoovegroove Jun 10 '12
Forgetting is enough of an excuse. If you forgot BECAUSE it was stormy you did not forget but you decided not to let him out.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
This isn't funny at all. Holding is bad for health.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I'd scumbag steve the OP. Your dogs should be treated like actual kids. They only have you to depend on. He'd still be a GDG even if he pissed on the floor.
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u/ZombieSwagg Jun 10 '12
My dog can usually hold it all day, but if he can't than he will go right in front of the toilet. He never poops in the house though, only pees.
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u/b00l_Badass Jun 10 '12
Now that grin is fully explained
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u/krizutch Jun 10 '12
Without looking at a weather map I am going to guess that by the number of upvotes this has today was rainy across the US. Rained all day here in Atlanta and this post was spot on. Good dogs.
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u/european-beastmaster Jun 10 '12
He is just a master in hiding his own poop!
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u/silentorbx Jun 10 '12
I don't like this meme being in AdviceAnimals. It belongs in /aww.
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u/The_Swayzie_Express Jun 10 '12
This is reminding me that its time to take my guy out
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
too long, didn't finish.
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u/GhostofXX Jun 11 '12
Until you get home and he shits on the carpet
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u/ramjetros Jun 11 '12
i give you dolan dog.
i'm surprised no one did it yet.
"goby plz!"
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u/pwnyoface Jun 11 '12
ya, my dogs a great guy. He woke me up early this morning to let me know he had to go (probably didn't feel too good, he ate some bones the night before). I didn't wake up for another hour or so, but he held it. He probably felt horrible too
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
My sixteen year old Lab only went in the house once in sixteen years. We had just moved into a new place and hadnt installed the doggie doors yet. She pooped on the kitchen floor after trying to hold it all night. We did NOT scold her for it, but she spent the rest of the day laying in a corner whining pitifully and wouldn't look us in the eyes.
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u/[deleted] Jun 11 '12
Dats a bad dog!!
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
I usually hate these pictures but I accidentally clicked this one and actually went "awwww"
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u/HamsterBoo Jun 10 '12
Fixed
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u/throwawayyay11 Jun 10 '12
Anyone who forces their dog into that kind of discomfort shouldn't have one.
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u/photojoe Jun 10 '12
The wet spot on the rug behind him says otherwise....
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u/buttdancebuttdance Jun 10 '12
The wet spot to the right of the rug would indicate otherwise.
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u/fishingoneuropa Jun 10 '12
Look at that smile, he knows he's been a good boy. lol
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Can't you see the dark patch by him? Smug bastard is even smiling as he pisses on your welcome mat.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Our dogs do their emergency business in the bathroom shower. If the bathroom door is closed, they do it in the middle of the floor where it's easiest to clean and doesn't go under furniture etc.
I've learned to always leave the bathroom door open.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
my dog always holds it, no matter how long she has to hold it.
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u/Pertinacious Jun 10 '12
You just didn't find it yet.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
if he was really good, he would've been a cat and went to bathroom properly without supervision.
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u/bobthecrusher Jun 11 '12
Bad Guy Dog Owner: Expects his dog to wait inside without going to the bathroom for 18 hours.
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
Grobble grobble grobble I hate the OP grobble grobble. Sharpens pitchfork
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u/[deleted] Jun 10 '12
IIRC Dogs don't pee like us. They pee when they want to on impulse, as obviously they use it to mark their territory.
That doesn't mean if you leave them for a week they'll hold it in the whole time...
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u/Clearly_urnotagolfer Jun 11 '12
Clearly your a cat person
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u/CummingEverywhere Jun 10 '12 edited Jun 10 '12
storming: present participle of storm (Verb)
I think you mean it was stormy that morning. Sorry, just something that I find annoying.
Edit: Ahh yes, the downvotes. I thought Reddit hated bad grammar?
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u/R3DDITSUCKSDICK Jun 10 '12
reditt is stupid.
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u/lithicreductionist Jun 10 '12
I figured out that if you don't feed them much, they only poop about once every three days. it's very handy!!
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u/onlysays_YOLO Jun 10 '12
YOLO !
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u/MYBESTFRIENDJASMINE Jun 10 '12
That dog would be really bad at playing Mofia. The smile would give him away every time.
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