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By jazzgirl on 05/11/2007
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i have this one year old lab and when i leave her at home, she will still go in the house after i take her out before i leave. what can i do to got her to stop doing that?

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hi

Submitted by taysha on Sat, 2007/05/12 - 12:17pm.

Sometimes dogs soil the house if they are scared of being home alone. If you can set up a video and film her after you leave it will be easier to determine if that is the case. If she is also destructive and/or barks/howls that is further indication that she is scared.
If it is separation anxiety you will need to contact a good behaviourist.

Often housesoiling is question of non-completed housetraining.
Start over, think of her as a puppy and do the things suggested here:
http://www.clickertraining.com/housetraining
and here.
http://clickertraining.tv/product.html?item=FREE-02
Browsing the website will bring you other articles too.
Basically: supervision and frequent trips outside. Supplemented by cratetraining is often the solution. Do concider how many hours the dog will be crated though.
best of luck

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