Thread: Help...Potty training regression!!

It is funny that you posted this tonight because I was going to post something similar. We also got Marg at around 11 weeks old and she is now 7 months old. She seemed to be doing so well with potty training, but lately she has been having quite a few accidents. We take her out at least every 45 minutes or so when we are home and she is running around. If for some reason she has to go potty, she has not learned how to let us know she as to go. She will simply go in the other room and pee on the floor. She tends to only have pee accidents. The good thing is she is now able to be in her kennel all day while we are at work without any accidents at all, and that is a 8 1/2 hour day. So I am also looking for suggestions on how to reinforce potty training to her, and have her try to learn a way to let us know she has to go. It is just getting frustrating that she is this old and still doesn't know she isn't suppose to pee on the floor

Originally Posted by trishkidd24

It is funny that you posted this tonight because I was going to post something similar. We also got Marg at around 11 weeks old and she is now 7 months old. She seemed to be doing so well with potty training, but lately she has been having quite a few accidents. We take her out at least every 45 minutes or so when we are home and she is running around. If for some reason she has to go potty, she has not learned how to let us know she as to go. She will simply go in the other room and pee on the floor. She tends to only have pee accidents. The good thing is she is now able to be in her kennel all day while we are at work without any accidents at all, and that is a 8 1/2 hour day. So I am also looking for suggestions on how to reinforce potty training to her, and have her try to learn a way to let us know she has to go. It is just getting frustrating that she is this old and still doesn't know she isn't suppose to pee on the floor

It is definitely frustrating! With Jax, he is fine when someone is home and he does let us know when he has to go out but for some reason, he is pooping when he is home alone while we are st work/school and he never did before.

@trishkidd24 I was doing some reading last night on the internet and apparently it is not uncommon for dogs at this age to regress. I gave my whole kitchen floor a scrub with an enzyme cleaner last night and this morning which I hope will help as he kept pooping in the same spot (fingers crossed that he doesn't have an accident today).
@mhuinker I guess I am lucky that Jax does let us know when he has to go out. We have a split level house so he will go and sit at the top of the stairs that leads down to outside. Every now and then though when he is playing and running around hard, he will run under the table and pee but he is pretty good for the most part. My problem with him now is him pooping in the kitchen when he is home alone for the day.

I agree with David. They will get the hang of it. Two steps forward, one step back.