April 19, 2011
Our 15-month-old Beagle is going out the 2-way door to the garage and peeing rather than the second 2-way door to the backyard. What can I do to fix this?
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I have a gorgeous 16 month old tri-color beagle. Her name is Annie. She has the typical sweet beagle disposition, doesn't tear things up and is great with kids. We love her to death. The vet says she's the prettiest beagle they've ever seen.We have only one problem. We have two doggie doors in our house which lead to a small fenced yard. She goes out through the garage that leads to a small channel where she goes out the other doggie door to the yard. In other words, she goes through two doors to get outside. She has had a habit of urinating just inside the second door and we can't seem to break her of it. She knows she's wrong when she does it as she seeks the refuge of her crate and trembles.
She is comfortable in the crate, is not defiant or jealous of any kids. We had her checked by the vet. She is not diabetic but does drink a LOT. He prescribed desmopressin or DDAVP to assist her in controlling the bladder. This is the same drug used for kids with bladder problems. It is about $90 per month which well outside the price of reason for a dog. A child is different but a dog? Not!
I'm not totally convinced that it isn't behavioral. We have someone that will take her and make her an outside dog living in the country. My family is very torn up about this and none of us want to lose the dog.
Any ideas on how we could get to the root of this and maybe even keep her?
Robert
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A couple of points.
- Get another vet – this guy falls in the category of an unscrupulous Vet. What a pile of crap – selling you drugs for this. He has his eye on your wallet and not your dog
- This is a training problem not a dog problem. Its not a bladder problem it’s a training problem.
- Nail the dog doors closed and start your house training all over again because what you have done so far has failed. Keep the dog in a dog crate and only allow it out of the crate to go outside (with you)!! I know its hard to go out with the dog and it takes extra time but this is how it's done.
- The only time the dog is out of the crate in the house is after it has been outside and when you have your eyes on it. When you cannot watch it, the dog is in the crate. Read the Q&A section on my web site. You can find the information in my list of training articles.
- Bottom line is dogs with problems ALL need obedience training. It teaches them right from wrong. If you would like to learn more about the principles of obedience training a dog, read the description for my Basic Dog Obedience video. You will probably find that you have not had the full picture on the steps of training a dog must go through before it can be considered fully trained. You can also read why I am not a fan of taking an untrained dog to obedience classes. I think if you read the testimonials on that tape you will see that my customers feel the same way.
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