Dog won't wee.

[jamesy boy]

My Jack Russell (5 months old) is well weird; he won't wee or poo when we go for a walk, but will 'go' in the garden, and occassionally in the house.
Any other dog owners got any ideas?

[andy-hughes]

This is just immature behaviour. Puppies instinctively release waste near to, or even in (!) their 'den' area, which is a throw-back to the days of wild dogs, when a motther would eat her pups' faeces to prevent them giving a scent to enemies.

As your dog grows to adulthood, he should looose this habbit - make sure he has regular long walks to encurage him.

[lilacben]

Hi I have two dogs,both rough collies. One the bitch,who is 8, will go while out but the other one,a dog aged 6 will not go out at all and wiats until he gets into the garden at home.

[teash]

We`ve got 2 JRT`s, a dog (18 months) and a bitch(8months)
and their total pains in the rear. We feed them at a time when we think by the time we`re off to bed if they wanted to go out and do something they have the chance, plus take their water up at a time we think is also appropriate. But no low and behold when we come downstairs we`re met with half the english channel and half a dozen walnut whips.
Arggggggggggggg its driving us crazy

[mw]

i have a lhasa 16 wk pup and she does the same.
But i also have have 2 collies - one will wee but the other waits till we get home.
The good thing is it isnt left to pollute the streets and easy cleaned up when you go home.

[shaneystar2]

My dog goes in the garden in his patch..hardly ever whilst out walking ..and I do clear it up.. I hasten to add ..if he does !
He will go on command in the garden.It's all a matter of routine.Dogs like routine with their personal habits the same as we do. Feed the dog then take outside to an appropriate place in the garden ..give a command ..I always say "Bombs away " .If he performs praise and reward. If not not don't make a fuss but do it at regular intervals and he will soon get the message .It's a case of routine,praise and reward.
You may have to hang around out in the cold for a while but it's worth it in the long run and better than getting up to a load of mess in the house.

[ruthann58]

our gsd who is nearly 13 yrs will not poo out of her own garden. she will only poo out when we are away in the caravan

[kita1]

At the moment he is like a young teenage boy, he doesn't want to offend any older male dogs in the area by marking his scent. It is a bit like a 13 year old boy going into a pub and chatting up the girlfriend of a 20 year old! Basically he doesn't want the older dogs to come over and beat him up!

He will grow out of it soon, then you will be fed up of him demanding to go out and 'mark' his territory.

My male dog will now not wee at home - has to be taken out!!!

[kaylamay]

we have a 4 year old female staffie and she will not poop out on a walk. she will pee though. when we get home we have to put her in the garden and then she goes poop in only one area. My husband says shes just modest(lol)
Mikala

[drgnrdr]

I have never heard such funny responses in my life, some of you are hilarious...LOL release waste near or in the den...LOL Offend older males....LOL modesty....rofl...I can hardly type....LOL

[drgnrdr]

I'm sorry I stopped laughing for now and am going to try and respond.
Dogs become surface specific, when we first have them go out it's in our garden because we don't want them exposed to outside germs and such until they get all their shots, they get use to going there. Unless you teach your dog to go on cue, like saying a word"when" they are actually going, and take them to diff surfaces and areas out and about, then they go in your garden, and that's all they know. Pups who are weaned are taught by their moms to move away from the living area to go, she stops cleaning up after them when they no longer are consuming her milk, this teaches pups to not soil there living area, if they do not get this important lesson, you have a dog that doesn't care if it goes in your den (ie..your home). The secret to potty training is "supervision", if they don't have a chance to go in your den, you always take them where you want then you are teaching them. If you can go to http://hssv.org/ look at behavior and go to dog..it will let you read all about it.
Dogs become scared..modest if someone has distracted them with a strong tone or accidently raised your voice when they were in the act, it could be something simple as a pine cone hit their head and they don't want to go in any area cause it's always safer where they are..there are many things I can't address here, I don't have room. I always make my dog go b4 the walk that way she doesn't go on someone elses property, but when she was small she has been taught to go on concrete, asphalt, grass, broken rocks, sand, plain dirt and the curb area, since she goes everywhere with me, I had to make sure she would go if we got delayed getting back home.

[lankeela]

You are very lucky, we should all teach our dogs to go at home. Walks should be for exercise, not to dump on someone else's pavement, garden or any other space.

[jamesy boy]

That's really helpful, your house must stink. And I bet the aroma of your garden is breathtaking on a warm summer's day.

[johnbjohn]

I know this may be hard for some dog owners to do, but i have actually trained my black lab to do his toilets in a section of my garden i have blocked of from children.
As for doing his business in the park i take him on the same route everytime i take him for walks, and do not let him of the lead until he does his business in the same area. I always have dog bags with me to pick up the mess.
All councils should have allocated areas in there parks, and litter bins.

[yummyhunny]

My Lhasa Apso is 20 months old and has never done any mess in the house. The only thing is she will not 'go' in our back yard, we trained her to do this when she was a puppy with great success but all of a sudden she refuses to eliminate there. As far as we know there has been nothing to frighten or stop her. We know that Lhasa's are stubborn but this is the only thing we find difficult.