My wife's puppy peed on our bed today. Having this time been the third time we've had to change the sheets in a week or so, I lost my cool. I just started yelling/grunting as loud as I could at my wife's puppy instead of tearing it limb from limb like my vivid imagination was playing out simultaneously.

After three lung-full yell/grunts, I opened our door, made a quick right to the bathroom where my wife was, and had told her said puppy had pissed on the bed. I then U-Turned it back to our bedroom, looked at our door, yelled/grunted at it, then puched it as hard as I could. Having heard a very satisfying bam! ka-clang-bang sound from my fist, the metal rack bouncing backwards back into the door, and the numb tingily oh so good pain in my knuckles, I proceeded to do it again.

Realizing that violence towards others is not a good thing, I proceeded to my pipe, and headed out back for some calmage.

Without turning this into omfgbloglife: I still feel like ripping some faces off.

Rub the dogs face in it, and then lock it inside of a crate. You need to do it immediately after the dog does its business, otherwise it won't remember what it did and it will be confused as to why you're treating it the way you are.

Meh...as long as you didnt really psychially damage the dog, I say its fine, but don't make it a habit at all. A puppy is not like a kid, but if you continually abuse it, even only when it does something wrong, it will be a messed up dog. Avoid violence but in that last case, maybe it will help, who knows. My guess is the dog got the message...they are den animals so they naturally can learn how to keep the house clean by going outside to piss you just have to teach them, and punching in and tweakin out probably sent a message.

You punched the wrong thing.

[FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WILL TAKE OFFENSE: IT'S A JOKE. MOVE ON.]

In honesty, do what the Ric said. It's always worked for me.

for a momment i thought you were going to put you punched the door and the puppy was behind it

As a dog-lover, I am offended. Security, please escort this man outside the premisis.

>.>

hey go easy on him.. He's 12. You can't expect him to know how to spell... :p

Rubbing a dog's nose it's own stuff and telling them "No" in a very stern voice is the best way to get them to realize they can't go somewhere. They don't like the smell of their own waste and the stern voice reenforces that they did something wrong. Be patient and consistent.

Apparently rubbing it's nose in it permanently damages their sense of smell.
Not sure how true that is, but anyway:
I never rub there noses in it on the first few offenses, because I find the idea quite disgusting. I show it to them, yell at them, and give em a good smack on the rump before locking em outside for a bit.
If they still don't learn after a few of them then I proceed to the nose rubbing, but with some of my animals I've never had to go that far.

Man, I still remember the look of disgust on my older dogs face when I rubbed the puppies nose in it. I never thought a dog could look disgusted but I can say from experience they can.

Rubbing their nose in it probably doesn't damage their sense of smell but it doesn't solve the problem...

You have to catch the dog in its act. Rubbing the dog's face in its waste minutes after the crime has been commited probably won't do much good. Remember the attention span and short term memory of a dog.

They'll remember but even one minute after it happens they may no longer associate the punishment with the crime... they will just follow the negative reinforcement and cease doing whatever it was they were doing RIGHT before you rubbed their face in their crap or whatever.

I would have told my wife the sheets needed changing.

I wouldn't have.

:D:D:D

Which is a myth, when a dog does something wrong and know it he'll avoid you all day. Not just for a minute after the crime.
If you show the dog a wet patch he's responsible for he cowers from it, but if you show him a patch a different dog has done he'll run up and sniff.

Yeah, but what about the first time.

When our puppy pissed on the floor, you yell, "Hey!", pick the dog up, and carry it outside, then wait for it to continue its business. Within a month, our puppy knew that she had to go outside to go the bathroom.

Two words: Eat lead.

i would have posted about it on whopissedyouoff.com
that's what i would've done.

They still remember it's their pee. They know their own scent, and if you show it to them and yell at them they'll know your upset about their pee being on your bed.
Or at least they'll know your upset, they are still only stupid animals and may take a few times to make the connection. But they still know their own pee.

Exactly, this is how you properly train a dog.

Positive reinforcement only is crap, and has never worked for anyone I know.

Both of my dogs were house trained within about a week.

Rub their nose in it? What the ****? People still do that stupid ****?

There are several ways to potty train a dog. If the dog goes inside, and you give it a light but firm (i.e. slightly painful, nothing bad) smack on it's butt (NEVER EVER ON ITS FACE OR HEAD) and keep it outside for a while, it should learn. You can also use newspapers, train the dog to go on the papers, then move the papers slowly towards the door. Then after a while, remove the papers. You can also buy these disposable pads which are soaked in artificial urine, which apparently attract the dog to and it will go on it. Then you move that towards the door and eventually remove the pad completely.

Of course, all of this should be in conjunction with the owner very frequently taking the dog outside and letting it go out there. Give it a treat when it goes outside and punish it when it goes inside. The papers/pads just help to stop the mess for the most part.

[QUOTE=Hell Raiser]I then U-Turned it back to our bedroom, looked at our door, yelled/grunted at it, then puched it as hard as I could.[/QUOTE]
I thought you were talking about punching the puppy first time I read that.

[QUOTE=Hell Raiser]Having heard a very satisfying bam! ka-clang-bang sound from my fist,[/QUOTE]
And that made me think your puppy was a robot.

Robot puppies need love, too!

Yeah, that's what you do when you catch it mid-act.

And that's not positive re-inforcment, thats common sense.

ROBO-PUPPY PREPARING TO LICK FACE. ROBO PUPPY COMMENCING FACE-LICKING.
FACE-LICKING COMPLETE.

[QUOTE=Darth Evad]i would have posted about it on whopissedyouoff.com
that's what i would've done.[/QUOTE]
that hasn't been pimped in ages, good job


I'm a bird person, so SCREW YOU DOG PEOPLE

I'm not of any specific animal.
I'm an animal person. Dogs, cats, birds... not fish though.
Any creature I can interact with, and has distuingiushable personalities I can recognise.

rub their eyes in it

the burn is deep

emon is right. a dog's nose is it's livelyhood. and probably it's most sensitive body part. that would be like rubbing a guys penis on the cement every time he touched himself.

Yeah, rubbing a dog's nose in their waste is just cruel. It doesn't do anything.

Instead of getting mad at the dog, maybe you should be getting mad at yourself for not bothering to train it? If you aren't responsible enough to train a puppy, are too lazy to clean up after it, and you're so hot-headed that the puppy is actually in danger when you're around... you shouldn't have one.

which brings us to the real matter at hand. anmials are supposed to be outside. then no one has to worry about pee and poo.
dogs are not supposed to be in the house. there is no way on earth i would let a dog in my house or in my car. not even if it needed medical attention. it could stay in the backyard until someone came for it.

[QUOTE=Darth Evad]which brings us to the real matter at hand. anmials are supposed to be outside. then no one has to worry about pee and poo.
dogs are not supposed to be in the house. there is no way on earth i would let a dog in my house or in my car. not even if it needed medical attention. it could stay in the backyard until someone came for it.[/QUOTE]Except this is horribly wrong.

You live in Canada. It gets cold in Canada, and there are very few breeds of dog that can survive a Canadian winter in the open. You're a terrible person.

Yes. Don't ever listen to Evad about dogs. What a horrible person. Seriously. Die.

Jon`C freakin' wins.

[QUOTE=Darth Evad]that would be like rubbing a guys penis on the cement every time he touched himself.[/QUOTE]
More like putting it against a belt sander.

hey. that's why i don't and won't have a dog st the house i live in. one day i will have a couple of dogs but only when i have some room for them and they can stay outside.
i have friends that have dogs in 700sq. ft. apartments for 12 hours at a time while they're at work. i feel sorry for the dogs. i have tried and still try to talk them into giving their dogs to people who can properly care for them (obviously not me) but they won't.
i love dogs but they're not getting in my car or in my house. they're dirty and they ruin everything.

Say it with me, "Butcher Knife."

Lol. Guess I'll get escorted through he "permisis" too!

It's his wife's puppy.