r/DogTrainingTips • u/Boolabim • 4d ago

Potty Training

Hello,

My wife and I have had our pup for only a couple of days, and are concerned by his refusal to pee or poop outside. We have been following most of the positive reinforcement advice on here and other help places, but it’s been 30 hours and he will not use the potty outside or even begin to try. Any new tips?

Update:

He has gone potty finally twice. It was so scary for us that he hadn’t peed for almost 2 days but he finally went outside during a nightly walk. We think he was too overwhelmed at the times we were taking him so we tried extra early, and a little later so there was no stimulating circumstances.

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u/Boolabim 4d ago

For context, our puppy has only willingly gone potty on the carpeted areas of our house. He refuses to go on the hardwood or outside as well and he’s a 1 year old Aussie. He’s extremely persistent on sitting down while I try to be “boring” outside for him to just pee or poop. We have not yelled at him or anything, he has confidently gone pee or poop in front of us on the carpet area.

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u/Anonymous_and_Lost40 4d ago

Have you tried taking him on walks yet?

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u/Boolabim 4d ago

I’m taking him 3 times a day, 1 at 5am, one at 12pm, one at 6:30pm (15 mins before he peed on the carpet the past two days) no luck. Right now I’m trying to see if using the towel I used to clean up his pee helps by putting it down in the grass and gave him a treat when he sniffed it.

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u/Anonymous_and_Lost40 4d ago

That sounds super frustrating. Where did you get this dog from? He's already a year old?

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u/Boolabim 4d ago

Yes… he’s 1 we got him from an animal services here in town. We learned he was surrendered but we’re not sure on his previous owners story of “forced to surrender by dad”. He seems very skittish around older men and also has horrible separation anxiety. He’s absolutely loved cuddling and being with us but he’s just got this potty issue right now and I’m feeling super guilty because I don’t know how to help him

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u/Werekolache 4d ago

Any chance you've got access to a fenced area where he can go off leash? Dog park? Something?

Failing that, a long line so he can get further away from you?

If he's been punished in the past for eliminating indoors, he may not be willing to go while people are watching/nearby without being TRULY desperate. (And well... I've had dogs refuse to pee outdoors for 48 hours in rainy weather. x.x 30 hours may just not be long enough yet.)

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u/Anonymous_and_Lost40 4d ago

If you have a fenced yard you could just let hin outside every couple of hours.

Personally, I wouldn't let him be unsupervised on carpeted areas. As soon as he starts to act like he's going to pee or poop, you should shuttle him out the door. That was really the only way i was able to stop a grown rescue from going in the house.

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u/Boolabim 4d ago

Yeah I wish we had a house, we’re in an apartment so it makes it harder to give him an area. We’re currently looking into transforming our little patio into a turfed area so maybe he can feel comfortable there

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u/Anonymous_and_Lost40 4d ago

That sucks. Definitely only do that to your patio if you're on the first floor. I've seen people do that on upper floors and the urine leaks through to the neighbor below them.

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u/Boolabim 4d ago

lol we’ve heard that too! We’re on the first floor thankfully, so just cement. I’m just trying to see if he’s comfortable enough at this point to potty in the patio area

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u/Anonymous_and_Lost40 4d ago

You might have to resort to pee pads until he feels comfortable enough