Hi everyone,
By Thursday, my Pug, Patton, will have been with us for a fortnight. He’s two and a half months old, a tiny little scrap full of love and affection, and he’s very bright, but... he’s doing something rather strange that I just can’t explain. He’s picked up 'NO' really easily, so I can stop him if he's being naughty, but I’m having a bit of a struggle with house training. To explain: he’s perfectly understood that he needs to go outside, because as soon as I take him out, it’s the first thing he does. He runs off to a quiet spot to have a wee (he never goes right at our feet, always a bit further away). It’s the same with poo; he runs under a tree and that’s that, no bother at all. So, as soon as I take him out, he wees and poos without a hitch. But the problem starts when I bring him back inside: even if he’s literally emptied himself outside, within 10 minutes—and sometimes even within 30 seconds—he has an accident on the tiled floor... I’ve just come in with him from a walk, he did several wees, I stopped in the conservatory to take my shoes off and shake out my coat which had bits of twigs on it, basically I was there for 3 or 4 minutes and he waited patiently. Then I opened the door into the house, he dashed in, did a quick lap of the kitchen, and then came back and relieved himself on the lounge floor... I’m totally baffled 😳. I should mention that he can hold it reasonably well; for instance, yesterday I took him to a garden centre to buy some toys. From the moment we left the house until we got back, it was easily 2 and a half hours, and he only weed once we were home, in the garden. At night, he sleeps in a playpen, and generally, he has one or maybe two wees, and almost never a poo. The playpen is in the living room, which is where he usually has his accidents. I’m trying to give you as much info as possible in the hope that someone might have an explanation, because he isn't doing this for no reason. This isn't my first dog; in the past, I’ve had a Collie, two Labs, a Newfoundland, a St Bernard, and a Westie (who’s 14 now), and none of them ever did anything this bizarre! I’m really hoping someone has a lead for me because, aside from this one issue, everything is going brilliantly and there must be a reason for it! Thanks in advance, everyone!
