We have two dashchunds and a male and a female. The female is about 11/2 and is still having accidents. She loves to be outside and spends most fo the day playing in the yard, but when she comes inside she always finds an out of the way spot to go in Any ideas?

Sorry, I don't have any suggestions from personal experience.

Do you assume it's a health/age related issue as opposed to a behavioural one?

Good luck...

I bet she has a favorite spot to go to?
We beroke pooer from doing that by using clorox bleach spray.
We have raw wood floors so it only lightened teh areas. But it was effective. Some bleach in a spary bottle. enough to make a smell and he was out the door. it took abotu a week and he stopped piddling and other in the living room.

we ahve one though that was so scared outside that he refuses to get off teh bed. We have to physically put him outside.
His accident was very strange. It smelled like old burnt chicken soup....... he did it twice... the doctor has yet to call back..

When you say that the female is 11/2 - does that pertain to size, age, or what? One thing to always check into, when a female dog or cat (and maybe a male, too) is having accidents, is a bladder or urinary tract infection. This can cause them to need to urinate frequently, and unexpectedly. A cat will often avoid the litter box, connecting the box with the pain experienced upon urination. Was your dog ever fully housetrained, or is she still in training. If still in training, a wire cage is the best alternative. You probably can go to the pet supply store, online, or ask your vet about this, in orde to get full details regarding the proper methods of crate-training. We crate-trained both our dogs, and our son's puppy is doing well with this method. The dog will keep the area around it, within the cage clean, until you take it outside. This becomes a habit in the house, in general, and offering treats for the "good deeds" outisde is mandatory. Another help is something that seemed to help with my son's boxer mix puppy. First of all, she had some sort of infection in the urniary tract and the vet prescribed medication. Secondly, he was not feeding her enough. I could see that she was not up to her optimal weight. My suspicion was that she was running to the water bowl in order to fill her tummy with something. (A dog should always have access to water, or it WILL get sick.) But in her case, I think she was drinking more water to fill the void from a sparse diet. Just a guess, but between the medication and the increase in her feeding, she is doing better than she had been. Also, sometimes a certain food may cause a problem. Do you feed any canned food. I have heard that canned food contains a diuretic. I don't know if that is true, but that could also contribute to a problem. You ought to consult your veterinarian for problems such as this.

Doxie Mom,
Another thing to take into consideration is the fact that your dog plays outside most of the day. Maybe she is just used to going where she pleases. Cage-training within your home, where she is actually "learning the rules" may be very useful. Good luck, but don't forget the vet, especially if she didn't used to do this.