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potty training regression

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Followup To

Question -
To answer your questions:  Yes, he is nuetred. He was 2 months
old when I got him. He was born to a private home breeder in a
positive dog enviroment.  The changes in our home include me
being home most of the day during the summer months as I
don't
teach everyday like during the school year.  I'm also redoing the
bedroom which requires my daughter and I to sleep in the living
room, however this problem went on before the  redecorating
problem.  I removed his crate 4 months ago as he seemed quite
comfortable sleeping on the floor beside my bed.

( Sorry my intial question was repeated 5 times, not sure why)

Answer -
Hi Myrna, where in the bedroom is he peeing (the location in
respect to the bed) and also, do you have an idea approx. how
long he has been doing this?

Dawn


He is peeing at the end of the bed and the side.  He has been
doing it for about 2 weeks.

Answer
Hi, how long before the redecorating did he start peeing in the bedroom?  I would put the crate along side the bed again and have him sleep in it again.  Basically back up a little on the potty training. Start going back to the basics, getting him on a schedule, don't let him have the run of the house etc.  Then slowly extend things out again just like you did before.  For some reason something stressed him enough to regress on his training, so you need to just back up the truck a bit and start a little  bit of it over.  Hope this helps,

Dawn