Help traning a four year dog.

Pommie are smart dogs. (I think so any way) I don't know if this will work on an older dog, but when I train our inside dog, I will keep him/her on a short leash. I will take him out every two hours. When I am playing with him, I will watch him close so he wont mark his territory while he is loose. After I play with him, I will put him back on the leash. Or put him in a crate. Every day I will make the leash a little longer. A dog will not poop or pee where they lay. After he goes out side to do his business, I will praise him and give him a snack. When you take him outside, bring him right back in right after he does his business. Give him a dog bone and praise him. Good luck.

Let me get this right. You have three dogs, and two of them live outside? Bring them all inside. I don't know why you put two outside but if it's cause they do not get along, then separate them. Babygates, crates, supervise all interactions together. In my opinion there are extremely few breeds that can comfortably live outside and poms certainly do not belong there. Houndsgood gave some good advice on the marking behaviour. Your dogs should all be spayed and neutered if they are not. The marking dog has probably already made it into a habit so he needs to be trained not to mark inside but I've never had to deal with just how to do that myself so I can't really tell you much about it. The only way I can think of is constant supervision, being in a crate when not being watched like a hawk, taken out very frequently and getting rewards when being good. Pretty much the same way you would housebreak a young pup.

Hmm. I've seen dogs trained to use the bathroom when they need to go. While this is okay, the main problem would be in getting rid of what they leave behind. The bathroom, after all, is for use by people, not dogs. It's best to have an area of the house built just for the potty habits of dogs. While it's not a typical way to solve the problem, it is an option to those who can afford to. It should be something easy to wash. If it's not an option, just use a large basin where you can train them to go to every time they need to "use the bathroom" whenever you're not at home.

First of all - are all your dogs spayed or neutered? If not, then do it now. That typically eliminates a lot of conflicts between dogs. And if your dog isn't neutered, marking is VERY common. After you take care of that - a more humane way to prevent a dog from ruining furniture while you are not home is to crate them. Its not cruel. If you do it the right wsay they see it as their "den" and like their "house" that they can go into. A life outside is no life for a dog. Poms have thick coats but they are no match for cold, rain, or extreme heat. Not to mention your other dog.

They need to be neutered/spayed. The male is marking his territory by telling other dogs that he owns that female. If they are not both sterilized, the behavior will only get worse, plus you'll be adding to the millions of unwanted animals that are abandoned and euthanized at the hands of shelter workers each year. Spay her. Neuter him. There are no reasons not to.

Shellfish is sooo correct; this is not, not, not, a potty, or a 'hold it' problem; it is a unspayed & unneutered and a territory problem. It has gone on for a long time and will be so hard to correct. A kennel with a door for each pet will assist you so much in training. I feel so bad for you, because the road ahead will be really, really hard. But, with respect, there can be only one master in the home, and right now, you are not it. The male is owning his territory. Dogs are pack animals. Right now, the male is at the head of the 'pack' (you are also one of the pack, but right now, not the leader). It is a very responsible choice to spay and neuter your pets, and it will help so much with your problems! You want pets to love, not be money making machines! The world doesn't need more animals to go to shelters to be put down. Some very difficult decisions face you, and you have my best wishes.