"Ted Mittelstaedt" wrote:
What I think got her started on the road to housebreaking
was me leashing her to myself for the weekend, a couple
weeks ago, and us keeping her in her kennel when she wasn't
on the leash. ...
I don't think that the logic, though, was "I stop peeing in
the house and they will let me go" I actually think it was
more along the lines that the leashing changed our relationship
in some manner.

A classic example of someone doing the right thing for the wrong reason.

Yes, tethering the dog to a responsible human is an effective housebreaking
tool. But it's got very little to do with the dog, and almost everything
about the human. The decades-old advice of using a rolled-up newspaper is
relevant. (When your dog makes a mess in the house, tightly roll up a
newspaper, then firmly and repeatedly swat YOURSELF over the head whilst
reciting "I forgot to watch the dog. I forgot to watch the dog. I forgot
to watch the dog.")

The newspaper advice, btw, also applies to any accidents incurred while the
dog is tethered to you.

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