My 10 month old female GS occasionally pees and poops in the house. My 11 year old GS mix never had this problem after 5 - 6 months.
I have taken her outside for just about every pee and every poop she has done since I got her as a 8 week old pup. I use the words "hurry up" so she knows to go. If I say "do you want to hurry up" she gets excited and we go outside. 95% of the time she goes.
I do a pretty good job of keeping track of when she needs to go to make sure that when we go outside it is successful.
A couple of months ago I started leaving her out of her crate at night. For a few weeks she did fine. Then one time she pooped so I started crating her again. Then probably 4 times over the last 10 days she has either peed or pooped in the house while I have been with her but not looking.
Is this normal? Do I need to keep better track of her? What ideas do you have that I can do to help sort this out?
If you are having to break out the cleaning supplies, I would think that would be enough of an answer to "do I need to keep better track of her"...
YES...
You have apparently given her more freedom than she is ready for. Time to tighten the reins for a bit- unless you enjoy the smell of pee and poop in your house.
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I presume you have taken her to a vet to rule out any health issues?
Then, like Deanna said, it sounds like you are giving her too much area. I presume she doesn't have a problem in her crate, but she may not realize that the whole house is her den which she must keep clean. Some dogs can extend their den easily to a whole house and are super clean, others are not. They may need to be extended one room at a time. You need to keep an eye on her, maybe tie her to your waist on a long line, so you can scoop her up and take her outside whenever she starts having the "I need to go" face. I presume you have read several articles on the internet. This is one: House Training an Adult Dog
Unfortunately it really is all about patience and observation.
Deanna is correct. If your pup is doing this in the house you are not paying close enough attention to it. Sometimes the signs are not as noticeable.
I fortunately dont have this problem as my 5 month old Mal body slams the back door when he has to go. The older dog just sits next to the door.
I would limit where your pup could go. Out of sight is usually out of mind. Even if you have to put a flex-lead on her.
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