***Yasmine*** asked:


Hi- I have a 6 month old Maltese named Louie. We’ve been having some problems with Louie as far as house training goes. We’ve recently moved so for awhile I was attributing these problems to that. We moved into a larger apartment with my fiance’s family to help them out- Our move definitely disrupted Louie’s house training and we had to begin a new routine.
Also my fiance’s mother is home with him ALL day (she has a Chihuahua who is “paper trained” although it’s more like she’s trained to urinate and defecate on anything that slightly resembles her potty pad.)
I felt Louie was getting a lot of mixed messages from everyone in the home as to where it is okay and not okay to go to the bathroom- SOO finally I decided to start his “crate training” over…we have sort of a little gated area we leave him in…and his feet only touch the ground once he’s outside- First question I’m a little worried that he is going to see the mother’s dog peeing inside (everywhere she wants) and begin mimicking that? Is that a possibility? Should i be worried??
Second Louie started peeing literally anywhere even in his “home” so i finally took him to the vet (today) to rule out everything (i was beginning to get sooo frustrated with the poor pup) He did have a pretty severe UTI and is now being treated. So i’m now feeling horrible for him- But am glad we found it.
Any suggestions as to what we could do? Training advice? And will he mi mick the other dog?

Kasey

One Response to “Questions about my dog- and training. very broad-please help?”

1. Reece Braveheart Aussies on August 8th, 2009 4:32 pm

   He will smell the other dogs pee and be attracted to peeing in the same place, the home.So yes the other dog will influence him. This is some advise on crate training. Good luck.