Okay, since my mom's dog moved in with us in July, all our dogs are now just shitting in the house, constantly. The internet said not to punish or yell at them, that it would just make them hide, and I made everyone stop yelling at them but this is NO LONGER TENABLE.
WHAT THE FUCK DO WE DO ABOUT GROWN UP DOGS HOUSE SHITTING? THEY GO OUT SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
Content warning: Dogs shitting in the house.
@editrix Sometimes the internet is wrong.
@editrix I doubt not punishing them is going to do anything 😂
@Shadeprint punishing animals is NEVER the answer!
@editrix Zoinks! That's horrible!
I am no expert on dog behavior, but I understand it has much to do with scent. If you can clean the areas with something like Nature's Miracle, or another high-quality enzyme-based scent repellent, that would be an excellent place to start if you haven't already.
@editrix Something else occurred to me. What we do with my mom's dog is provide him a treat (in his case, a baby carrot) every time he goes out to do his business. Another thought—positive reinforcement.
@prunella NOBODY IS GETTING POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT RIGHT NOW PRUNELLA!!!!!1!
@editrix I just snorted my ginger GERD tea out my nose. Fortunately, no enzyme cleaner required.
@msbellows @editrix Yes, well, it's just hippie tea made of ginger and it's excellent at soothing GERD. SO, ~technically~ I should have said "ginger tea I drink for GERD". The things we neglect for pithiness.
@msbellows @editrix It's one of those simple natural solutions that I, with my western medicine bias, didn't really believe until I tried it. I mean, it's not man-made chemically! But a cuppa in the afternoon pretty much cuts it for the rest of the day.
@editrix Maybe when you see them start to do their business you haul their ass outside and then when they do it outside you give them a treat? encourage good behavior?
@editrix Thanks for the content warning! 😂
@editrix ugh that sucks :( agree strongly with enzematic cleaners RIGHT AWAY when there’s an accident. Also, they may need to go outside like, 20 times a day right now. Just try to give them every opportunity to be successful pooing outside. And yes, (sorry 😂) positive reinforcement at the exact time they start to go potty outside, with “good girl good boy good job” which means somebody needs to be out there with them, not that easy in the winter.
@editrix also when you notice they’re about to go potty outside, cue them with a command like “go potty” …if you get the timing right, they will start to grasp that this is their potty opportunity (helpful on long car journeys, etc)
@editrix Use your $4 million to hire a trainer.
oh wait, this was the best one. The very first time (since she was a puppy) that Lucy shit in the house, she CAME IN FROM OUTSIDE WHERE SHE HAD BEEN ALL DAY FOR OUR LABOR DAY BBQ TO SHIT INSIDE THE HOUSE IN FRONT OF ME.