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Expert: - 12/9/2009


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I live in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada and it is COLD here. I think this is the cause of my problem but I am not sure. I have a year old female Beagle named Lexi and she is house trained she rings a hanging bell with her nose when she needs to go out to pee. The problem is that she can't seem to make it through the night without going to the bathroom in the house (both forms). She doesn't even try to ring the bell she just goes and does her business. I thought it may be because it is so cold she just doesn't want to go outside. Any ideas of how to fix this? I don't want to just buy training pads and teach her that peeing in the house is ok. Please help any info would be appreciated!

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HI thanks for writing, I am somewht stumped on this one as I oive in warm weather CALIFORNIA and don't have any experience with cold weather and how it affects a dog. It could be becuase she is cold but it couod also be beucase she cannot get out. Is it possible to put in a doggy door so she can makeher own choice about going out without having towake you up to get outside> Otherwise as I said I am not sure how to advise you on this one.

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I am happy to answer BEAGLE BREED SPECIFIC behavioral questions. Please DO NOT ask CRATE TRAINING OR MEDICAL questions! I am not a vet nor an expert in the use of crates.

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I currently have one beagle, a male age 5, an 12 month old Pit Bull, and a 8 year old min. poodle. I have had to let go of three of my dogs, 2 beagles and 1 whippet/rat terrier mix in the past 5 years, most recently my whippet mix. The two beagles lived to 15 and the whippet mix to 13.5, it has been hard to say goodbye to them. I have done rescue work on and off for years as well as fund-raising for the local animal shelter. I worked for a dog magazine in the past (Southern California Dog Magazine). Being a psychotherapist has encouraged me to do in depth studying of animal behavior as well. I have worked with many people to help curb undesirable behaviors in their dogs (or them!) or to form good behaviors. My life is devoted to and surrounded by my dogs........The picture you see here is Zeppelin but we also call him the "miracle dog". He was hit by a car April 2010 while out with the dog walker and had very serious injuries... 4 surgeries and $17,000 later my boy is whole again and back to loving life. He is so special to me and he weathered a lot of pain and trauma yet is still the sweet boy he always was! I also work to stop Breed Specific Legislation and help to get pit bulls adopted.

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HSUS, PETA, SPCA DONT SHOP...ADOPT!!

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I am a Marriage and Family Therapist licensed in the state of CA and am also credentialed as a Certified Addiction Treatment Specialist

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