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Old October 6th 03, 04:07 PM
David Ananas
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My wife and I just recently adopted a german shepherd mix, about 1
year old, from a shelter. He is housebroken but, being a 1 year old,
is playful and has a mind of its own. He never had much training, it
seems, although he knows sit command quite well, and obeys it
especially when he wants something, like going out of the house or
having us throw his toys.

We have been walking him twice a day everyday and he usually does his
bathroom business during the walk around the neighborhood (which we
clean up of course). We tried to have him do his business in our own
yard ever since we got him but he doesn't seem to want to do it there
and is just interested in dragging us to go explore. You can just take
him around the house forever and he won't do it. (He is kinda
stubborn, when he first came he went without even touching his dinner
for about two days, leaving us worried, until we got him the same
brand of dog food that he had been having at the shelter.)

In the house, he has been rather excellent. Except for some urine
marking when he first came, we have had no incident so far (two weeks
already).

My question is: How do we train him to do his business in our own
yard? We need to teach him to do it because sometimes both of us are
not home and a friend needs to be able to just take him out on the
yard for him to go to the bathroom.

Many thanks for any help.

David
 




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