Guest Anonymous Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Hi My Dog keeps pooing in my daughters bedroom when given the chance. We have put a child gate at the bottom of the stairs to stop the dog from getting into my childs room. My husband has a tendancy to leave the gate open sometimes and Chester forces my daughters door open and poo's any given chance. Whether it is small or big. He does not pee or poo in the house only in my daughters room or sometimes if you are out and he does not fully go outside, but this is rare. He seems to have a fascination with my daugters room. We have bought a new carpet, as it so grose now. Even after cleaning. I dont want to get rid of Chester, but I can not put up with a dirty dog with a 3 year old. Any help or tips would be great. Also, any help on tackling dog smell in your house. I have tried everything. I bath the 2 dogs every 2 weeks. We vacum twice a day. We have plug in smellies, air freshner and shake n vac. You can still smell them. We have Basset Hounds and I know they smell, but it is strange, as other peoples dogs are not as bad or at least you can smell it. We have the window open, but the winter it gets so cold we have to close it sometimes. Any tips on this would be great aswell. Cheers Michelle Quote
bk_blue Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Hi Michelle... I can't really help with the poo problem, but with the smell problem... you are probably aware now if you weren't before you got your dogs that hounds, more so than other breed groups, are well-known for their "doggy" smell and Bassets in particular. When we had our Basset we just put up with it (I cannot recall it ever being overpoweringly pongy) because having her was worth it; she was around for 14 years! :D Obviously I can't go round to your place and check out the smell... but do they go out and roll in stuff, or bring back smelly things on their paws, or is it just their natural smell? Maybe it has something to do with their diet and it may be worth consulting your vet if the smell is really getting to you. :wink: Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Hi I think its because they play outside. We just had visitors and they said they could not smell it. Perhaps we know coz we know the smell of them. I think it must be the dogs not the room. Before we bought the Bassets we did not know about there body odor. We just knew about the training, there habits and stuff. We love them to bits. I just get annoyed when I have spent the day cleaning and my husband goes on and on about the smell. Yet I find it very subtle. He seems to have a big problem with it. Quote
DogPaddle Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Is chester normally allowed in your daughters room? If he is never allowed in her room he will not see it as part of the den and may then feel it is fair game for eliminating. Take him in their anytime you go in and can supervise him. Make up reasons to play in there with your daughter and Chester too, perhaps feed him in there occaisionally. Other than that all I can suggest is to install a more permanent swinging gate. This sort is a gate "permanently affixed to the walls or doorway but it has a wide door in it that is easy to unlatch/relatch and open/close. This may be a usefful tool in husband obedience training as it makes succesfully obeying house rules easier for the husband. :D Quote
behle Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Hi Becksfan - About your dog pooing in your daughter's room: Is this a previously owned home or a brand new home? If it is a previously owned home there may well be odors you can't smell in the actual wood of the flooring and baseboard from a previous dog or cat that your bassett hound is able to smell. I once lived in a home with a spare bedroom that the previous owners used to pen up their yorkie. There were actually little tiny gnaw marks along the bottom of the door! It took us forever to mask the smell well enough so our other animals didn't try to cover the "other smell" with their own. We had to actually strip the paint from the woodwork and sand and refinish the flooring! But that stopped the problem. That's what worked for us. And as for the doggie smell in the house, I can sympathize with your husband. My nose is much more sensitive than my husband's. Is your vacuum cleaner a bagless type? If so, it helps to wash out the canister from time to time. I also stopped using the sprinkle carpet stuff - it seemed to keep the vacuum from working efficiently. I went to a spray on heavy duty fabric refresher for the carpet spots where my saint and rottie habitually lay. They are kept out until these areas have dried. From time to time I scrub the walls where the guys rub against. You wouldn't believe the dog oils that get on them. I wash bedding a lot. A quality citrus air freshener works wonders for a quick odor fix. And finally, I am a great believer of quality scented candles and always have one burning when I am home. We have a fireplace mantle that is high and fireproof! I've not had any visitor say our house has a dog or cat odor (two cats)! In fact one visitor commented, "Usually I can smell dog odor, but I wouldn't have known you had them." Hope I've given you at least one idea to help combat the problem. Hey, you can always hand over the cleaning supplies to your husband! :lol: I just read DogPaddles comments and I agree with her thoroughly about the den idea. My saint didn't see our remodeled upstairs as part of his den until he was able to be upstairs with us and our smells had gotten around. We had to spend a few nights sleeping upstairs, etc. That stopped his problem! Quote
Cheetah Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 My dog used to have this problem in my parent's room. I think it was partly because it was one of the only carpeted rooms in the house (maybe it seemed more like "grass" to her) and she also almost never went in there...until we put a TV and couch in there! Now everyone in my family watches TV in there fairly often, and of course Roxie follows people in. Before she didn't see it as part of her den as much and she would actually go to the bathroom in there if she got stuck in there for even a second. But she's stopped that now...she'll actually voluntarily go in there now and lay in the sun for hours without a problem. I think your main problem (as dogpaddle said) is that chester doesn't see that area as a part of his "den"...definitely play in there with him and your daughter as often as possible. Or just sit in there with him for awhile...make it a part of your daily routine to go into that room with him a few times a day! If you are in there with him enough, hopefully he will come to accept it as just another part of his "den". Quote
Guest Anonymous Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 Hi Thanks for the advice. We dont live in a new house. The previous owners didnt have any animals at all. Chester is not allowed in Casey's room, after what he has done and everytime you asked him to leave he would pee. My daughter suffers from asthma, so I don't want her going to sleep in her room which has lots of dog hair. Maybe he resents that, but he also is not allowed in our room, but he does'nt do it in ours only Casey's. The problem with Chester is if he does not want to do something he sometimes pee's. As he is getting older this tends to be alot less. Today he did not ask to go out, which he normally does but this time he pee'd in front of the back door. Sometimes I dont know where I am with him. Quote
Cheetah Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 wow, after reading that I realized how many times I said "in there", total count is 8 times! Also, one other thing I meant to add - every basset hound or hound that I have ever known had horrible doggie smell, but after being in the room with one for awhile, I didn't notice it as much. Your husband reminds me of my dad...my dad has a really sensitive nose and he always comments that the dog smells, I should give her a bath. Now Roxie has very MILD doggie odor...it's not even really an odor..you have to physically put your nose into her fur to smell anything! But imagine...if we had a hound my dad would never shut up about it! :o :lol: Quote
cairnmom Posted February 26, 2003 Posted February 26, 2003 One thing my puppy class teacher recommended was feeding the dog in the area they keep having accidents in. They tend to not poop where they eat. I know you don't want to keep the food in the bedroom constantly but maybe you could feed him in there periodically? Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted March 2, 2003 Posted March 2, 2003 HELLO AND WELCOME YOU WILL HAVE TO PUT THE BABY GATE ON AND KEEP IT CLOSED. HOW OLD IS CHESTER. THERE IS AN ODOUR REMOVE SPRAY YOU CAN BUY FROM A LARGE PET SHOP Quote
mouseatthebusstop Posted March 2, 2003 Posted March 2, 2003 HAS CHESTER BEEN NEUTERED. IF NOT THAT COULD BE THE CAUSE Quote
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