Trooper

so this is how house training is going. any advice? last night was a hair puller he went pee in the house 4 times in about a hour.

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mhvonalmen8908

Have you thought about using a crate to help? It made it a lot easier for us to house train Virga. Just search old posts to learn about crate training. How old is Trooper? Is he neutered?

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Annie714

Goodness...that picture reminds me of Annie's baby dog years. I carpeted my floor with those piddle pads and she would find the one square inch that I hadn't covered and make a nice PP right there....or for a really fun time she'd do a brand new puppy loose #2 in the open patch of carpet at 3am. It was all my fault though...she was sleeping in a crate and would cry to be let out for potty and I'd let her go right there on the floor. I should have gotten my lazy rear end up and taken her outside.

So my advice...get the Trooper a crate and when he needs to P, take him outside where he is expected to go It gets easier...I promise.

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Trooper

we have a crate but he just uses it to sleep. we cant shut him in cause he we are still living in a aparment where we are not allowed to have dogs. think the only reason he we havent got evicted yet is beacuse he is quiet, he freaks out when you shut him in. he is 16 weeks. not fixed

Wworm

Oh, how frustrating.

My advice would be: follow him like a hawk every waking moment and interrupt him when he pees. if you startle him and he stops, good. pick him up and take him outside or wherever you want him to pee, and he can finish. if he doesn't stop once he starts, shove a piddle pad under him or a tub or something to catch the pee. anyway, when he finishes, do the same, pick him up & put him in the spot u want him to go.

whenever you can't watch him like a hawk (literally his every footstep), put him in the crate.

We did that with Worm and were tired for the 1 to 1 1/2 months. but it paid dividends. he had about a half dozen accidents total. he is very good about not peeing in the house and uses a bell to go out these days. once he figured it out, he was good and no more accidents. but i did get him at 4 months, so he might be a little older than Trooper (and have better bladder control).

the other hint is it can be confusing if doing piddle pads. easier if very clear cut (ie. going outside vs. no going inside). that is from experience from a wienie dog where we put newspaper in the kitchen where he could go. he did get confused and peed all over the house and not really ever fully housetrained (ie. rainy days he would pee in the house. every so often he would pee/mark the sofa and coffee table...) we are having much more success w/Worm so far (and happy about it).

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CatherineM

We have no carpet. Bassets can be hard on floors.

Soundtrack

1) Throw out the piddle pads. Why train him to pee in the house?
2) Follow him around and supervise at all times. You will begin to know the signs he is about to pee - immediately take him outside and reward him for peeing outside.
3) Crate/confine him when you can't supervise. Leash him to you if necessary.
4) If he does make a mistake, take a rolled-up newspaper and whack yourself over the head with it for not watching him closely enough.

Why would you get a dog in a building where they are not allowed?

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bubbad

Is it a problem for you to take him outside because you live where they don't allow dogs? Are you looking for another place to live? Houstraing is goning to be a bitch untill you are someplace you can do this openly.

Esther

omg i almost spit when I read this.

Trooper

well always wanted a basset, was looking forever couldnt find any, then i found this little guy finally in newspaper. we were planning on moving anyways so we when and picked him up. 2 days after getting him i lost my job. naw we can take him outside. i usually shut the gate and let him run around just have to make sure landlord's truck isnt around. we never wanted to train him on piddle pads we bought those later. alot of the time he wont give me a warning at all. like he will put his front feet on couch, then start peeing. or he will sit down not in a pee squat and start peeing. and nothing breaks his attention once he starts peeing.