Dog house training - I don't understand

hello @Chazzzy - I remodeled my house to have a one square porch and I moved the dog door there - the dog went to another door (Sim size) and went out and pee'd on the deck. This house is rather large - with lots of outside doors and decks. Not a big problem but I would like the dog to go outside to terrain. I would like the dog to prefer to go out the dog door. When I gave direction to "go potty" the dog was next to the dog door.

"Tomatplante;c-16161577" wrote:

"JimG72;c-16159908" wrote:

"simstr0ng;c-16159873" wrote:
I got the pop-up and the dog went outside...and potty'd on the deck. The dog should know to go to grass or some other terrain - right? So what now - do I just let the dog direct himself to potty? Who cleans up the potty? Will the gardener or the maid do that?

I think they use the deck because the roomba covers the deck...so I think they were set up that way. Also, if it's a puppy, they can't go down stairs on their own. The puddles will evaporate on their own...although you may get a pet trying to drink from or play in them before they disappear if you don't clean them up. The poo you'll need to clean up...haven't tried it with a maid but seems like that's something they would clean up as they mop up messes in the yards caused by kids. The dog should know to go outside to go potty by himself but it seems buggy as most people are saying they still have to tell the dog to go potty....and that's how it's been for me too.

That doesn't sound right - not every household has a roomba. And if they are supposed to go on the porch, what's the point of having them go outside at all? Then they could just pee inside the house and the "roomba would clean it up"... I hope this is an oversight that they will change in a patch later, so dogs will know the difference between a porch and the terrain.

People who have a dog door train their dogs to use a certain spot in the yard etc. Maxis must have not remembered this or didn't know this about dog owners who don't want the whole yard covered in poo. I agree there should have been another step in training to teach them to poo and pee in a particular spot in the yard.

Maybe the dog doesn't have enough room to turn around on a one square porch. Move the dog door. Or remove stairs and foundation etc. (if there is one). Like when Sims have to go out to greet the Sim knocking on the door, usually due to a porch too small in my game. But sometimes, not.

@Chazzzy - that worked - locking the Sim size doors for all pets made the dog use the dog-door which opened on to a one square deck so the dog went downstairs to terrain. THANKS!

Does anyone know how to make a puppy go potty in an apartment?

It's definitely buggy because I got the notification that my dog had learned the behavior to go potty outside, but still whines at the door and has to be directed by a Sim to go outside.

On a similar note, my cat always whines about needing a clean litter box. There is one on each floor of the house but he never seems to find it on his own.

My dog can't/won't pee at all. Even after I brought him outside tell him to pee or encourage to do business, he just stares at me and whines. After ignoring him for a few hours, a puddle forms underneath him but he's still whining about wanting to pee/poop. Urgh this bug is really getting into me.

My dog learned pretty quick to go outside, but my fox doesn't seem to get it. Will foxes learn to go outside? I had her longer than the dog.

"kalaksed;c-16200864" wrote:
did you give the fox the 'smart' trait? there's currently a bug where dogs with that trait will never learn to pee outside. if you cas.fulleditmode to change the trait, teach them to go outside until they learn, and change the trait back, they'll be fine, though

Yup. She's smart, loyal, and adventurous. That's a dumb bug :P I guess I'll try what you suggested.

"simstr0ng;c-16159873" wrote:
I got the pop-up and the dog went outside...and potty'd on the deck. The dog should know to go to grass or some other terrain - right? So what now - do I just let the dog direct himself to potty? Who cleans up the potty? Will the gardener or the maid do that?

I had my nanny clean up dog poos