I have a neighbor who is always telling her dog: "Go peepee! Hurry
up! Peepee! Do business! Peepee and get treats!"
Are dogs supposed to able to urinate on command?

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Are dogs supposed to able to urinate on command?

Supposed to? I dunno - it's handy but not really necessary
in most cases. Able to? Yes, definitely.
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I have a neighbor who is always telling her dog: "Go peepee! Hurry
up! Peepee! Do business! Peepee and get treats!"
Are dogs supposed to able to urinate on command?

It can help to remind them why they are there. I tend to tell Erwin to "Be
quick". More often than not he responds by going. It can be very useful as
well if you travel with your dog to have something to prompt him to pee in
unusual circumstances (like on the sidewalk in front of the hotel on a busy
street).

Dale

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Are dogs supposed to able to urinate on command?

yes

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Are dogs supposed to able to urinate on command?

It's handy, especially with puppies who sometimes forget why
they're out in the yard to begin with. Mine, who'd rather play,
often needs a reminder.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

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I have a neighbor who is always telling her dog: "Go peepee! Hurry
up! Peepee! Do business! Peepee and get treats!"
Are dogs supposed to able to urinate on command?

Supposed to? i don't know about that but its a convenient thing to teach a
dog.

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I have a neighbor who is always telling her dog: "Go peepee! Hurry
up! Peepee! Do business! Peepee and get treats!"
Are dogs supposed to able to urinate on command?

They can be taught to do so.

Of course, there are more dignified commands, and one doesn't
have to refer to the biological function; it makes no difference
to the dog. "Petunia" would work just as well. Or perhaps
better - your neighbor would be more successful using a single
command; the ongoing stream of words probably just confuses the dog.

Of course, I tell my current dogs to "go potty." The difficulty
here was not in training my dogs but in training myself to use a
different command :-\.

FurPaw

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those who are cold and are not clothed."
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I have a neighbor who is always telling her dog: "Go peepee! Hurry
up! Peepee! Do business! Peepee and get treats!"
Are dogs supposed to able to urinate on command?

Mine do, although I get the occasional "courtesy squat" from a busy,
preoccupied dog.

They poop on command as well. It's not hard to teach when you feed the
dog on a schedule and take them out on lead. It makes life much easier
when we travel to competitions. It's pretty much the same as reminding
the kids to go the the bathroom before heading out on a road trip.

wrote:

I have a neighbor who is always telling her dog: "Go peepee! Hurry
up! Peepee! Do business! Peepee and get treats!"
Are dogs supposed to able to urinate on command?

Mine do, although I get the occasional "courtesy squat" from a busy,
preoccupied dog.

They poop on command as well. It's not hard to teach when you feed the
dog on a schedule and take them out on lead. It makes life much easier
when we travel to competitions. It's pretty much the same as reminding
the kids to go the the bathroom before heading out on a road trip.

FurPaw wrote:

They can be taught to do so.

Of course, there are more dignified commands, and one doesn't have to
refer to the biological function; it makes no difference to the dog.
"Petunia" would work just as well. Or perhaps better - your neighbor
would be more successful using a single command; the ongoing stream of
words probably just confuses the dog.

Of course, I tell my current dogs to "go potty." The difficulty here
was not in training my dogs but in training myself to use a different
command :-\.


I also suspect the original poster's neighbor does nothing after the dog
does successfully potty outside. Or she brings the dog in immediately
after. If that's the case, to the dog's mind, being outside means a
string of meaningless words, peeing, then a slight punishment for peeing
in the form of having to go back in just when she was having fun. It's
important to look at it from the dog's point of view.


--Lia