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Old September 13th 07, 06:38 AM posted to rec.pets.dogs.behavior
Paula
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Default Quick learner free to a good home

Scooter has the annoying habit of taking a long time to poop when
first let out in the morning even though he pees right away. I don't
like standing around outside forever, so I have been teaching him a
new command. "Go potty" already gets him to pee, so now I tell him
after he goes potty to "go poopies" and praise him when he poops. We
just started this routine yesterday. So this morning, when my
daughter was taking the dogs out for morning potty duty, I figured I
should remind her of the new routine. "Be sure to tell him to go
poopies!" I called as she headed for the door. Scooter turned around,
looked at me with his biggest good dog grin and squatted right there
on the kitchen floor. When he'd done his business, he ran up to me to
get a reward, secure in the belief that he had been a very good dog in
responding so quickly to my command.

He needs to learn how to scoop poop and mop floors.

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Paula
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