my dog wont stop peeing

[mempsey]

I have a 6 month old lab x gsd, she's a lovable dog in all ways, but she just wont get clean. I have done all the text book tricks, moving paper nearer the door etc. I have a small laundrey room and find if i leave her in there overnight, (with her rather comfey bed, i might add) she stays clean. But if i leave her in the kitchen with my other 6 year old GSD bitch then she pees and sometimes poos (but then eats the evidence, yes digusting I know!! but thats dogs for you) any ideas?? I think the reason she doesnt pee in the laundry room is because the area is small and they dont like soiling near there bed (could be wrong about that though) My other dogs have always got clean very early on, but this is a hard one to sort.
Many thanks

[lankeela]

Might be a daft question, but why don't you leave her in the laundry room?

She could be being submissive to the others and peeing herself which some bitches will do if they feel they are the underdog.

If you want them to be together, try a large cage with her bed in it, as you say they don't like to soil their bed area.

[chelsea78]

Sorry i have to disagree with the dogs dont soil there beds coz my pup wont go any where but on his bed which i find very weird coz i also heard that, and its also annoying coz he stinks of pee.
I agree with lankeela why not keep her in the laundry room?

[jules77]

I agree, leave her in the laundry room, if you feel you would like her to have some company, why not put up a baby gate so she can see the other dog, but still has her own space which it looks like she prefers to keep clean.

Not all dogs are the same, someone I know has a small terrier which was 18 months old and still peeing all over the house. Although I feel their methods of training left a lot to be desired as they were using the old trick of rubbing her nose in it which I found disgusting.

I am also now dubious of them not soiling their bedding area since I tried crate training my new puppy, as he peed in the cage, so I just left him with the run of the kitchen and within a week he was clean day and night, and has not been a problem since. My eldest bitch never did anything in the house from 8 weeks old, yet my younger one took 3 or 4 weeks.

Make sure she goes out last thing at night and feed her last meal at tea time ish so it has plenty of time to go through before bed time.

[mempsey]

Thanks to all of you. I have resorted to leaving her in the laundry room. But me being the big softy that I am, Im worried that the colder weather is coming and the room is an icebox then. But as I said it is working, so maybe eventually she will be totallly clean and I can let her back in the kitchen with my other bitch.
Shes only 6 months old and already is nearly as big as my other GSD, so a cage would be difficult to get for her size!!! What have i bought lol!!!! anyway, thanks again.

[riapnash]

I had a similar problem a few months ago when I took on a 4 year old rescue dog, who wasn't completely house trained and had to go back to basics. She had to be let out more regularly than my other dog and praised immediately when she did the deed. Both dogs stay in the kitchen area when I go out and overnight, thus with tiles if there is an accident it is far easier to clean. I have still found the odd accident perhaps once a week, but patience will prevail as they say and in the short time I have had her she has come on in leaps and bounds. Referring to Jules77 comment, the old trick of rubbing a dog's nose in it does not teach the dog what is expected of it - the dog will have no idea of why you are doing this and it is totally wrong; this act is more lightly to scare the dog. To house train a dog, the dog needs to be praised immediately when it has relieved itself outside, the dog then learns that what it is doing is the appropriate behaviour. I don't believe in using paper either, as it doesn't really help when you are trying to train the dog to go outside on the grass.