Hi, I have 3 furbabies and I love them to bits, however my Shih Tzu girl is just doing my head in. I know how to toilet train, I have done my fair share of fluffs over the years, but I am having issues with my little girl.
She is 20mths old and has been toilet trained to go outside and has been really good since she was about 6-7mths old. However if we leave an old towel down on the floor downstairs for the kids to wipe their feet on she would pee on it instead of walking out the back door , so I stopped leaving the towel down, that went well, she started going back outside for a while, then she just started peeing upstairs on the bath mat so I got rid of the bath mat, I just threw it out, again things went back to normal for a good while. Then she decided instead of walking downstairs and outside she would just pee in her beds , I washed them in vinegar but she kept going back and doing it, so I threw ALL the upstairs beds out. Again things went back to normal and she started going back outside, but now she is just peeing where ever she wants. She peed on my lounge, she peed on the spare matress my son was laying while watching a movie, and she did it right in front of all of us. I yelled " Cassy NO" and clapped my hands and took her straight outside but she wouldn't go, so I put her in her crate.
I have taken her to the vets and she has no medical reason for her behaviour, my vet thinks she is just lazy, she doesn't want to walk downstairs leaving the others incase she misses out on something, I am starting to think she maybe right. I am getting so frustrated because I know she knows to go outside and when she does we make a big fuss and give her lots of treats.
I have even started the crate training. I take her out to the toilet every 3hrs and if she doesn't go I put her in her crate, if she does go she is allowed to stay out and play with the others, today she refused to go and I had her in her crate for 5hrs and I was taking her out every 30-40min but she wouldn't go.
My hubby loves her to bits but has said " if we can't get this sorted she will have to go " , he won't live in a house that smells of pee, he won't have a dog use his home as a toilet. I can relate but we both just love her so so so much and neither of us want it to come to that, I know he is saying this out of frustration. Other than the crate idea I am trying now does anyone else have anything to offer.
This situation really confuses me.
Thankyou all so much in advance... Bek
