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threezero · 01-14-2016, 05:12 PM

So here's the deal. I will be moving into a new place soon with my girlfriend. I have one big 10 year old male German shepherd and she has two small dog a yorkie and a chinhuahua mix both around 2-3 years of age, unneuter. We will be moving in together with all three dogs. My big dog is neuter and has been for years. He never pee or poo inside the house, whenever he does it's always my fault for leaving him too long. The little dogs other hand does not have such control. Whenever unsupervised they always leave little pee droplets everywhere.

Because my dog was neuter when he was only 3 month he never develop this nasty habit. And he seems to have self train himself to only go to washroom in the grass. I'm not sure if neutering the little dogs at this age will help with this situation. I'm thinking 1. Neutering the little dogs 2. Crate training them.

However the problem is we both work long hours and we often can't be home every couple hours to let the little dogs out. I don't know how realistic it is to ask the little dogs to hold it for 8-10 hours. On the other hand I really don't want them to have the ran of the place for 8-10 hours a days.

How should I approach this? Or will I have to live with pee around the house?

01-14-2016, 05:12 PM	#1
threezero OMGWTFBBQ is a common word I say everyday Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 5,185 Thanked 1,379 Times in 578 Posts Failed 96 Times in 53 Posts Member's Picture Albums	Teaching older dogs to not pee everywhere So here's the deal. I will be moving into a new place soon with my girlfriend. I have one big 10 year old male German shepherd and she has two small dog a yorkie and a chinhuahua mix both around 2-3 years of age, unneuter. We will be moving in together with all three dogs. My big dog is neuter and has been for years. He never pee or poo inside the house, whenever he does it's always my fault for leaving him too long. The little dogs other hand does not have such control. Whenever unsupervised they always leave little pee droplets everywhere. Because my dog was neuter when he was only 3 month he never develop this nasty habit. And he seems to have self train himself to only go to washroom in the grass. I'm not sure if neutering the little dogs at this age will help with this situation. I'm thinking 1. Neutering the little dogs 2. Crate training them. However the problem is we both work long hours and we often can't be home every couple hours to let the little dogs out. I don't know how realistic it is to ask the little dogs to hold it for 8-10 hours. On the other hand I really don't want them to have the ran of the place for 8-10 hours a days. How should I approach this? Or will I have to live with pee around the house?