Sorry if this isn’t allowed, I don’t know where else to post for advice. Context: I live in a house with my (separated) parents and my dad recently decided to get a dog, against my advice, because I knew he wouldn’t be responsible for her. Surprise, it’s been about a week and he is not being responsible. His dog is very cute and friendly and we love her, but she’s not potty trained at all and tends to just pee and poo everywhere. Half the time my dad won’t clean it up because I guess he’s comfortable with filth, being a piece of crap himself, so my mom or I do it, and when he does clean it up he does so sloppily. I’m getting really sick of it because we’re both super busy and this isn’t even our dog, but every time I’ve tried to potty train her I feel like it doesn’t work because my dad feeds her at random hours so I can’t predict when she’ll poo and he will praise her if she poops on the pad indoors. She doesn’t have a crate either, just a bed.
I apologise if this is beyond the scope of this subreddit, but I was wondering if it would be possible to encourage/train his dog to pee or poo on his things instead? (As I believe that is the only way to get him to attempt to train her or at least clean it up.) He has a corner of the living room as an office where he works from home and it’s the only part of the house he ever cleans. I was thinking of something like hiding her poo near his things or finding some way to wipe her pee on his things so she smells it? Does this seem plausible? My worry is that the smell won’t stay, and that she usually doesn’t pee in the same place twice, even though I thought dogs usually do that. Would anyone happen to know the volume I need to make it “stick” enough? I want to make sure she does it where I want her to.
Please forgive me if I sound rude or crazy. For financial and logistical reasons we can’t move out, and my dad is quite impossible to talk to. I’m a bit desperate. Thank you so much.
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