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Help with my new shelter dog - she refuses to go outside and is not housetrained



 
 
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Old June 29th 04, 02:37 PM
Ted Simon
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Default Help with my new shelter dog - she refuses to go outside and is not housetrained

Hi everyone,

My wife and I just adopted a shelter dog who was scheduled to be
euthanized. She's about 1 years old, and seems to be very smart. In
a few days, we've already taught her basic commands.

The problem is that:

1. she is not housetrained and
2. she refuses to leave the apartment.

When we attempt to take her for a walk in the park, she fights like
mad and even has escaped from her harness a few times. The only way
we have been able to get her outside is to physically pick her up and
carry her out the door. Once we get outside, she dashes around in
every direction. She gets along fine with other dogs but is wary of
most other people.

Once we get to the park, she seems to settle down a little bit but
will never eliminate outside. We took her on long walks 3 different
times yesterday (1/2 hour after meals) and she will simply not go
outdoors (either urinate or poop).

She sleeps on a little rug next to our bed. We thought that we would
hear her leave the bedroom but last night she must have snuck out,
then urinated in the den, then back into the bedroom.

We are not crazy about crate training because she comes from the
shelter and don't want to terrify her. How can we make her go
outside?

Thanks for all your help.

Josh






We have time to supervise her but
 




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