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Only half potty trained...
My dogs are both only half potty trained. I don't know what it is
that I am doing wrong, but I have a bell at the back door that both dogs have learned to ring when they want out, and they will do this half the time, and the other half they just go in the den! We even have a room off of the laundry room, (where they sleep and stay when we are gone) with paper down for them to use if they are up for the night or if it's raining, but for some reason, they use the paper sometimes, but they still go in the den as well. We don't spank them but we do lower our voices and point to it and say, "NO!" and immediately take them outside. They always get a treat as soon as they come back in, if they use the potty. What could be holding them back from only using the potty outside? =BAo=BA Dana =BAo=BA Remove NoSpam to reply |
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On Sat, 12 Mar 2005 20:29:56 -0500, shelly
wrote: it's important that you go out *with* them. when they relieve themselves outside, do a silly happy dance and tell them what amazingly, wonderfully, good dogs they are. really, you can't over do the praise enough. Also, make sure you are doing the praise and treat routine outside as soon as they do their business outside. When you give the dogs a treat when they come inside, they may not know that they are being treated for going potty outside. The last thing they did before you gave them a treat was to come inside. You want to be absolutely sure that they associate the act of pottying outside with the treats and praise and have no doubt at all that going potty outside makes you very happy with them. As it is, it sounds like there might be enough time between the pottying and the treating that the lesson you are trying to teach is lost or weakened. Their response is also weakened, since sometimes they ring to go outside and other times they don't bother. Also, putting papers in the area where they eat and sleep is not a good idea. They will be more likely to choose a spot away from eating and sleeping spots to potty as dogs don't like to soil their dens. If you want to set up an indoor potty spot, put it somewhere else or put the food somewhere else. Clean the den well with enzymatic cleaners like Nature's Miracle and block it off by shutting the door or putting up another barrier like a baby gate so that habit cannot be reinforced any more than it already has been. -- Paula "Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy, so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay |
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 06:43:38 GMT, Paula
wrote: Also, make sure you are doing the praise and treat routine outside as soon as they do their business outside. When you give the dogs a treat when they come inside, they may not know that they are being treated for going potty outside. yes! i didn't make that clear, but *immediate* praise/treat is what's called for. another thing that occurred to me is that it would be a good idea to have both dogs checked by their vet for UTIs. it's unlikely that they both developed UTIs simultaneously, but if one dog has an infection and is peeing in the house, the other dog might follow suit. -- shelly http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette || http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com I am interested in ideas, not merely in visual products. -- Marcel Duchamp |
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:18:54 -0500, shelly
wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 06:43:38 GMT, Paula wrote: Also, make sure you are doing the praise and treat routine outside as soon as they do their business outside. When you give the dogs a treat when they come inside, they may not know that they are being treated for going potty outside. yes! i didn't make that clear, but *immediate* praise/treat is what's called for. another thing that occurred to me is that it would be a good idea to have both dogs checked by their vet for UTIs. it's unlikely that they both developed UTIs simultaneously, but if one dog has an infection and is peeing in the house, the other dog might follow suit. Kind of like if you have a foster dog in the house with a marking issue and suddenly perfectly housetrained dogs start peeing in the house in the same rooms the other dog did? Not that I would know anything about that kind of thing. At least not recently, thank goodness! -- Paula "Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy, so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay |
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:40:16 GMT, Paula
wrote: Kind of like if you have a foster dog in the house with a marking issue and suddenly perfectly housetrained dogs start peeing in the house in the same rooms the other dog did? Not that I would know anything about that kind of thing. At least not recently, thank goodness! yikes! yes, *exactly* like that. talk about frustrating. -- shelly http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette || http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com You must have chaos in your heart to give birth to a dancing star. -- Friedrich Nietzsche |
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 09:43:43 -0500, shelly
wrote: On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:40:16 GMT, Paula wrote: Kind of like if you have a foster dog in the house with a marking issue and suddenly perfectly housetrained dogs start peeing in the house in the same rooms the other dog did? Not that I would know anything about that kind of thing. At least not recently, thank goodness! yikes! yes, *exactly* like that. talk about frustrating. Dog fostering is just a scam set up by the Nature's Miracle people to sell their product by the gallon. -- Paula "Anyway, other people are weird, but sometimes they have candy, so it's best to try to get along with them." Joe Bay |
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On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 15:13:01 GMT, Paula
wrote: Dog fostering is just a scam set up by the Nature's Miracle people to sell their product by the gallon. they are also behind the kitty UTI conspiracy. *******s! -- shelly http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette || http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com G is for George smothered under a rug. -- Edward Gorey, The Gashlycrumb Tinies |
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Thanks guys, I have been taking their treats outside with us when
they go. I never thought that I was only rewarding them for coming inside and going up into their room. Makes sense. I hope we can get back on track. =BAo=BA Dana =BAo=BA Remove NoSpam to reply |
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On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 19:42:28 -0500, (Dana
P) wrote: Thanks guys, I have been taking their treats outside with us when they go. I never thought that I was only rewarding them for coming inside and going up into their room. Makes sense. I hope we can get back on track. yay! i think going out with them will make all the difference in the world. good luck! -- shelly http://home.bluemarble.net/~scouvrette || http://cat-sidh.blogspot.com The bored people are those who are consuming much and producing nothing. -- William Ralph Inge |
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