Dog Health Questions: I need dog training help?

Ok so my Chihuahua is 1 years old and he pees on everything including my couch and its hard to get that smell out. i have tried yelling at him and locking him up but he goes right back to doing it. Please help i don't know what to do anymore.

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STOP yelling at him. STOP locking him up.

Heck, I'd go right back to pissing on the couch too if all you did was yell.

So where are you when this happens?? Are you not watching him? The only solution here is CONSTANT supervision -- and when you can't watch him he goes either in his crate or in the kitchen/bathroom/other place you have arranged for him.

Try really, REALLY hard to get that smell out; that could be what's enticing him back there. Hire a professional cleaner if you have to.

Back to the basics with house training.
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• Why would you yell at him? If its submissive peeing your just going to make him more nervous and pee some more. If you need to correct a dog for behavior when they already know better all you need is a stern "no". You need to crate train him. Look up crate training and find out how to do it just like you would with a small puppy. He needs to know what to do. You praise him when he goes outside. Give him lots of opportunities before and after you crate him. Never ever correct a dog for a behavior if its not immediatly afterwards and they don't already know what is expected. Set him up for success.