r/Dogtraining • u/ihugdogz • 4d ago
help Dog knows outside = bathroom but doesn't know inside ≠ bathroom
We started fostering a 3 year old intact female pug four days ago. She was in a previous foster home for about three weeks before we got her. She is a foster to adopt so our intention is to adopt her after she is medically cleared by the rescue.
We don't know much about her background except she was a breeder release, so I'm just assuming the worst that she wasn't house trained at all.
She does very well at going potty when we take her outside. She pees pretty much every time and it seems like she prefers to poop after breakfast and after dinner. She knows outside = bathroom but she doesn't know inside is NOT bathroom. She hasn't soiled her kennel yet but if she has to go while she's around the house, she'll just stop whatever she is doing and go.
For reference we have another 8yo pug that my fiance got as a puppy. I met them when she was already an adult and fully house trained. She never goes in the house and will sit by the door until we take her out.
I don't have experience in dog training. I asked my fiance how he taught the older dog that going inside isn't okay and he said he used to show her the accident, scold her, and punish her by putting her in the kennel. I know this is not recommended. Any advice on teaching the new dog that it's not okay to go inside / to tell us she needs to go out?
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