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Question by Dee
Submitted on 9/16/2003
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How do you know if your dog is truly housebroken?  I thought mine was and is usually at the door when she needs to go and sometimes stares at me when she has to go.  I even ask her and she responds and barks so she is aware that it's outside.  However, just recently (she is five months old) I was on the phone and she wandered off into the basement for about 10 minutes.  When i went downstairs i found a pile....not a good sight to see when you think your dog is housebroken.  She has not had an accident in weeks and she is crate trained and never goes in her crate.  We were beginning to think that we can let her out of the crate now for about a couple of hours while we are gone but now I am not so sure.  Is she still considered young and is it normal to have that setback?  Perhaps it is my fault because I did not let her out soon enough and she is still to young to hold it in????


Answer by Doglover1234
Submitted on 1/2/2007
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Well....dogs are in a way like humans...we have to go to the bathroom and when we have to go we both go have spots where it is appropriate to relieve ourselves but when we have to go we go. The appropriate place for dogs is outside. It seems to me like your dog gave you the "cue" that he had to go but you were busy so she could no longer hold it and had to LET GO. So yes I think that letting her out will prevent this in the future.

 

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