Dog Poo

[Oor Wullie]

Our 13 week old puppy is coming along nicely with it's training apart from one thing.

We try to stop it going upstairs till fully trained but occasionaly it manages to get up. Everytime it runs back dow it Poo's on the first landing. We have sprayed the landing with a light disinfectant/water spray to discourage her but she persists almost everythime. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to stop her doing this. Hitting her is not an option. Nor is rubbing her nose in it.

Thanks in advance.

Will

[Englishbird]

oh mate, lovely!! lol.  My cats, when they were kittens would poo in the same corner of the lounge no matter what i did.  Luckily i had wooden floors, but they grew out of it eventually, so i just kept the area covered in newspaper until they did.  They're now 2 years and never go to the toilet where they're not supposed to.  The other trick, which takes some good hand eye co-ordination! is to litterally catch her in the act and pick her up and take her outside or to litter tray immediately, to try and make it sink in that that is the only place she's allowed to poo. Do make sure you have something under her before carrying her through the house though :o)

[peanut]

Try "No Go" it is a spray deterrent. It is meant to stop pets from re-urinating so im not positive it will work for poo or not. Your best bet is to consult a pet store. either way, its nice to know you are not willing to abuse your pet to teach her not to go in  the house.

[ursula62]

What about a baby gate at the top of the stairs until she's housetrained?

[Solarjunkie]

Wash the area with a biological detergent.

There is something in it that removes the smell, as far as a dog is concerned.

Other than that, have faith that maximum praising when she gets it right + ignoring when she gets it wrong will prevail in the end!

If this behaviour really does persist, despite biological detergent and the use of a stairgate, then feed her at that spot. Puts a new "name" to the area.

[natalie_1982]

Like Englishbird, my cat used to poo in the same corner all the time (like her cat's, EB doesn't poo in the corner - I hope) and I kept covering it in newspaper so when he did poop I could pick it up easily (on the newspaper!) and plop in in his tray I would then carry him to his litter tray to make him see where it goes immediately after. 

However, the best way I found was to carry him to his tray as soon as his had that "I need to go - where's the best place I can find?" look on his face as he searched earnestly for a little toilet-spot.