{"id":425,"date":"2015-09-21T11:50:58","date_gmt":"2015-09-21T19:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/?p=425"},"modified":"2024-07-13T04:12:36","modified_gmt":"2024-07-13T12:12:36","slug":"are-there-medical-reasons-for-your-dogs-housebreaking-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/blog\/dog-obedience-training\/are-there-medical-reasons-for-your-dogs-housebreaking-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"Are there Medical Reasons for Your Dog&#8217;s Housebreaking Issues?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are dog behaviors that naturally lend themselves to obedience training. Behaviors, such as begging at the table and pulling on walks are relatively easy to train a dog out of. For these behaviors, Sit Means Sit is happy to be your partner, and we offer dog obedience classes and individual training. Others behaviors have deeper roots and have to be resolved by using a multi-pronged approach. One such behavior is housebreaking an older dog. We\u2019ve made a list of things to consider when dealing with an older dog who is eliminating in the house.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Has this dog ever been fully trained? If you\u2019ve adopted an older dog and don\u2019t know its history, you may need to use training techniques that are usually used to train a puppy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is there something medically wrong with the dog? Some dogs are prone to urinary tract infections. Other medical reasons a dog might eliminate in the house include parasites, a blockage, intestinal issues, tumors, and the list goes on.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dietary changes can also cause elimination problems in a dog. If you\u2019ve changed your dog\u2019s food, you may need to change it again or introduce it more slowly. Some dogs have infamously sensitive stomachs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the dog is a spayed female, did the surgery nick a nerve and make bladder control an issue for her?<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Is you dog now considered geriatric? Older dogs often have trouble controlling their bladders.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first thing to do is to eliminate the possibility that a medical reason is causing this behavior in your dog. When you dog has been given a clean bill of health, you can move on to treat it as a behavioral problem<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Call us at 321.248.5966 for information about dog obedience classes.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are dog behaviors that naturally lend themselves to obedience training. Behaviors, such as begging at the table and pulling on walks are relatively easy to train a dog out of. For these behaviors, Sit Means Sit is happy to be your partner, and we offer dog obedience classes and individual training. Others behaviors have&#8230;<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/blog\/dog-obedience-training\/are-there-medical-reasons-for-your-dogs-housebreaking-issues\/\"><b>Read More <i class=\"fas fa-angle-right\"><\/i><\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":154,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[183],"tags":[6721,16426,254,198,201,477,23],"class_list":["post-425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dog-obedience-training","tag-dog-body-language","tag-dog-obedience-training","tag-dog-trainer","tag-dog-training-classes","tag-dog-training-tips","tag-dog-training-videos","tag-obedience"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/154"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5910,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425\/revisions\/5910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sitmeanssit.com\/dog-training-mu\/dog-training-corpus-christi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}