Dog Urinates When People Visit, 10 Tips that Will Help Preventing It.
Dog urinates when people visit, 10 tips that will help preventing it.
When your dog urinates in front of visitors, it is very embarrassing. In order to prevent this sort of a situation, you should make certain efforts.
First and foremost, your dog should understand that urinating at home is not a good thing. Whenever you see your dog urinating in the house, act with patience. Don’t shout at him and, definitively do not punish him severely. This may traumatize your dog. The result is that the dog will fear each time he has to relieve himself in front of you.
There are two major reasons why a dog will urinate inside the home, one is easier to break than the other. Reason number one, is that the dog urinates inside because he gets too excited about the visitors. Reason number two, is that the dog is not well housebroken. This article will focus on reason number two.
You need to train your dog so that he can easily urinate outside the house. Here are some tips to train your dog in this regard.
a) Whenever you catch your dog in the act, always interrupt him by saying No. However make sure that you don’t shout at him, then immediately take him outside.
b) Take your dog for a walk. Let him walk for about five minutes.
c) When he wants to defecate command "Poop".
d) Keep the dog in a cage if he does not adhere to your order and walk him again after twenty minutes.
e) Always appreciate your dog and give him a reward when he follows your orders.
You should remember that catching him in the act is the best thing to train him in this regard. It is too late if you fail. If you are walking outside please remember that you are required to clean the dog’s urine or poop. This will let you avoid getting in trouble with the law. Many cities and towns these days have laws that require that you pick up after your dog.
You may carry a small bag to clean up the dog’s poop while taking him for a walk. If your dog goes indoors and you fail to clean up the poop immediately, he will think that these areas are acceptable to create a mess, and will do it there again.
Here are some other steps you can take in order to help houbreaking your dog.
a) Purchase a spray repellent that’s successful in keeping the dogs away from furniture, carpets etc. you can also spray it on the areas you want to keep your dog away from.
b) This is very strange and difficult but works. The process is known as stray animal tip. Stray animals usually get attracted to the place where urine or feces are present. These must be removed. Always spray a repellent to mask the residual odors. This will break the habit of a stray dog to urinate in a particular area.
c) You need to train your dog in a way that he relieves himself on command. As son as he starts passing the urine, pick a word and say it again and again. Practice this every time your dog begins to defecate or urinate. After some weeks, you will find that your dog urinates when he hears you ordering. This will become his habit.
d) Don"t forget to reward the dog when he passed urine or defecate on command. As soon as he eliminates, treat him with his favorite food or take him for a walk.
e)If your dog fails to relieve himself within five minutes of ordering, cage him for about half an hour and then try again.
The key is to practice patience when training your dog to urinate and defecate. Don’t ever shout or punish your dog if he fails to listen.
You should place the outdoors furniture away from the grass. Food treats and appreciation are very important to your dog obedience and training him to urinate.
Following the above mentioned points will let you experience a sign of relief.
Have a great "dog training" day,
Dr. Alfonso
