Pees & poops on carpets

[eddasteel]

House trained & uses doggy door, but whena room with a carpet is available, pees or poops on it. HELP!!!!

[kjd]

Sounds as if the pup equates carpet with grass -- is this shag carpet?

Does the dog do it when people are present -- in the home, in the same room? Has the dog always done this or is this new? If new, have there been changes in the house? Or the people/animals in the house.

Has the dog been raised in a carpetless house that now has a carpet?

Sorry for all these questions, but we really need a bit more information to go on.

[kjd]

Sorry, Eddasteel, I just saw your response. It definitely sounds as if he thinks carpet is the same as grass. Have you read the ebook on house-training?

Until he gets the idea that carpet is not grass, can you keep him out of any room with carpet -- unless you are closely monitoring?

kjd

[Shirleyl]

I have the same problem with my mini poodle...I keep him blocked off from the rest of the house because whenever he has unsupervised freedom he makes a mess. I don't know if he is marking his territory or making a statement.