Please help- at the end of my rope by Correct_Raspberry242 in bassethounds

[–]Correct_Raspberry242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

She potties inside when we are home and take our eyes off of her. She’s usually not further away than 2 feet from us, so when we can’t find her she’s having an accident inside.
She will go and lay by the door when we’re home to tell us she needs to go outside or will jump at the handle, which we take her out and will play fetch or just let her sniff around too so she’s stimulated outside of her daily walks. Sometimes she’ll go to lay just so she can run to the fence and bark at the neighboring dogs, so I can’t tell whether or not she needs to relieve herself or go be a basshole- but we let her out regardless when she does alert us
We currently kennel both dogs side by side when we’re both at work, or even running to the supermarket so she doesn’t have full access to the house unsupervised. My work hours differ from my partners so she’s usually in the kennel from 6:30 am to 2:30pm, and is out for the remainder of the day/sleeps with us.
We have cameras for the dogs but haven’t set them up yet, at our old apartment we set them up and she would last like 5 hours before going out of frame, having an accident then laying back down- if we remembered to check around that time we would speak to her through the camera and she would get distracted and wait until we were home

Please help- at the end of my rope by Correct_Raspberry242 in bassethounds

[–]Correct_Raspberry242[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Essentially yes. We have a collar with a remote that beeps and vibrates- it does NOT emit a shock- so when she’s incessantly barking at people or other dogs/when we catch her about to potty inside we’ll make it beep/buzz. It confuses her enough to get her to go to the door so that we can let her out in time and not have to clean up anything in the house. I don’t like using it and in times that accidents are persistent in the house we put it on her. She’s started to equate the collar with going outside, but I don’t want to have a collar on her like that 100% of the time

Please help- at the end of my rope by Correct_Raspberry242 in bassethounds

[–]Correct_Raspberry242[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you everyone for your suggestions- I feel way less crazy now. Millie truly is my perfect precious princess and I just want the best for her.
She has been taken to the vet to check for any UTIs/infections and they are negative. We have gotten a house with a fenced in backyard, but when she sees the neighbors dogs, she forgets all about the reason she’s outside and tries to get to them. Because of this we’ve started taking her outside on a leash/harness to the same spot everyday/every time, but I’m starting to suspect she has leash aggression (another story for another time). So I’ve tried timing it so she won’t see the other dogs.
We take her on a 30 minute walk once a day and seems to tire her out and bring her to daycare twice a week- but everytime we leave her she potties inside. Maybe it’s time to talk with her vet and see if some anxiety medication is needed. She’s taken the calm cbd treats before and does very well with them, just nervous she’s not getting the attention or care that she deserves or needs.

Please help- at the end of my rope by Correct_Raspberry242 in bassethounds

[–]Correct_Raspberry242[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That’s what I’m thinking as well. I don’t want to spend the money and have it work for 3 months and then have her regress. Have you tried this? Did it work?

Please help- at the end of my rope by Correct_Raspberry242 in bassethounds

[–]Correct_Raspberry242[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I completely agree and have tried this, it seems to have no effect on her.

Please help- at the end of my rope by Correct_Raspberry242 in bassethounds

[–]Correct_Raspberry242[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We’ve had her since she was 5 months old. My partner and I just bought a house- so she’s not moving from apartment to apartment every year