My poodle isn't house trained; I am!!!

Yes, I saw Oliver too!!

Re cat flaps- be careful re the size that you buy because a local burglar could being his small child along and he/she could slither through the cat flap and create havoc. This has happened in London.

Get a cat flap and train him to use it. I've always had to work so always had two dogs so they were company for each other. And a cat flap allowed them access to the garden whenever they wanted to go out to relieve themselves or simply to play with the geese or sunbathe.

Just make sure you secure it at night so the local Tom cat doesn't seem refuge in your kitchen overnight. They come in a variety of sizes.

Thanks for the link shysal, very informative if a little disheartening because where doing practically everything suggested already.

Actually Bellasnana rather than being a 'prophet of doom* your post really helped me. We had a consultation with a trainer to help us help our little poodle overcome his timidity and it was she who said they're a difficult breed to toilet train, even though they're intelligent.

When I read your post I thought it is what it is. It doesn't happen all of the time, not even on a daily basis and he's so adorable I'm going to stop worrying about it, do my best and clean up his 'accidents'.

He's like Mary Poppins 'practically perfect in every way'.

That's a very helpful link from shysal, saved me setting out the back to basics advice. I have not heard that poodles are difficult to house train. The are very intelligent, usually an advantage in any training. I have poodle crosses and have fostered several. I had one arrive at eight months who had until then lived in a barn at the breeders. She was a first cross and very poodle like in looks and nature. I was a bit concerned that as she'd never been toilet trained at that age, it may be a challenge. She was reliably trained within a week. Good luck in training yours, the link to the mumsnet thread gives good, straight forward advice. The only difference is your dogs bladder won't be tiny like a pups so you won't need to be out in all weathers on the hour.

There is a thread on a similar problem on Mumsnet. There may be some useful hints there. Good luck!www.mumsnet.com/Talk/the_doghouse/1978726-Help-please-9-month-old-puppy-still-not-toilet-trained

I hate to be a prophet of doom, but we also had a dear little poodle who, sadly died last year aged 10 years. He was never house trained, I'm afraid. He would go outside if the door was left open, but if closed he thought nothing of 'going' inside. My late DH used to be driven mad by it !

I've just 'rescued' a stray from Sicily. He's a border collie/fox terrier cross aged around six months when I got him. He was house trained in a week and hasn't slipped up yet, although he does have other issues like barking at other dogs. Most embarrassing.

Good luck with your little poodle, I hope someone else can suggest something to help.