(fuzzywzhe) wrote:
Of course, I am dealing with adults, which I
think are much easier to train than puppies.

I disagree. It's much easier to instill a new behavior than it is to break a
bad habit.

However, with young puppies you also have to take the lack of physical control
into account.

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(fuzzywzhe) wrote:
Of course, I am dealing with adults, which I
think are much easier to train than puppies.

I disagree. It's much easier to instill a new behavior than it is to break a
bad habit.

However, with young puppies you also have to take the lack of physical control
into account.

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(fuzzywzhe) wrote:
Of course, I am dealing with adults, which I
think are much easier to train than puppies.

I disagree. It's much easier to instill a new behavior than it is to break a
bad habit.

However, with young puppies you also have to take the lack of physical control
into account.

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Leah -OFF wrote:
(fuzzywzhe) wrote:
Of course, I am dealing with adults, which I
think are much easier to train than puppies.

I disagree. It's much easier to instill a new behavior
than it is to break a bad habit.

Leah, how many adult dogs have you housebroken?
While I was actively doing rescue, I housebroke
many of them... actually I can't tell you how
many, because I worked under the assumption that
none of them were initially housebroken.

Fuzzywzhe is quite correct--it's far easier to
housebreak an adult than a puppy. Since dogs don't
generalize well to new environments, there is no
"habit" of eliminating in the new environment to
break--simply a new set of rules to teach.

JFWIW,

Dianne

Leah -OFF wrote:
(fuzzywzhe) wrote:
Of course, I am dealing with adults, which I
think are much easier to train than puppies.

I disagree. It's much easier to instill a new behavior
than it is to break a bad habit.

Leah, how many adult dogs have you housebroken?
While I was actively doing rescue, I housebroke
many of them... actually I can't tell you how
many, because I worked under the assumption that
none of them were initially housebroken.

Fuzzywzhe is quite correct--it's far easier to
housebreak an adult than a puppy. Since dogs don't
generalize well to new environments, there is no
"habit" of eliminating in the new environment to
break--simply a new set of rules to teach.

JFWIW,

Dianne

Leah -OFF wrote:
(fuzzywzhe) wrote:
Of course, I am dealing with adults, which I
think are much easier to train than puppies.

I disagree. It's much easier to instill a new behavior
than it is to break a bad habit.

Leah, how many adult dogs have you housebroken?
While I was actively doing rescue, I housebroke
many of them... actually I can't tell you how
many, because I worked under the assumption that
none of them were initially housebroken.

Fuzzywzhe is quite correct--it's far easier to
housebreak an adult than a puppy. Since dogs don't
generalize well to new environments, there is no
"habit" of eliminating in the new environment to
break--simply a new set of rules to teach.

JFWIW,

Dianne

(dianne marie schoenberg) wrote:
Leah, how many adult dogs have you housebroken?

A few. I'm mostly going by reports from students. With puppies, they become
steadily more reliable until they develop physical control. With adult dogs,
the problem seems to persist longer.

Of course, this is assuming that they're following my instructions on how to
house train. It could be that people are more reluctant to confine adult dogs
than puppies when they're not being supervised.

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(dianne marie schoenberg) wrote:
Leah, how many adult dogs have you housebroken?

A few. I'm mostly going by reports from students. With puppies, they become
steadily more reliable until they develop physical control. With adult dogs,
the problem seems to persist longer.

Of course, this is assuming that they're following my instructions on how to
house train. It could be that people are more reluctant to confine adult dogs
than puppies when they're not being supervised.

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(dianne marie schoenberg) wrote:
Leah, how many adult dogs have you housebroken?

A few. I'm mostly going by reports from students. With puppies, they become
steadily more reliable until they develop physical control. With adult dogs,
the problem seems to persist longer.

Of course, this is assuming that they're following my instructions on how to
house train. It could be that people are more reluctant to confine adult dogs
than puppies when they're not being supervised.

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URK-OFF (Leah) wrote in message ...
(fuzzywzhe) wrote:
Of course, I am dealing with adults, which I
think are much easier to train than puppies.

I disagree. It's much easier to instill a new behavior than it is to break a
bad habit.

All I can say is that's it's easy to housebreak an adult in *my*
experience. It's never taken me more than 2 weeks ever to housebreak
a dog barring some mishaps, like I'm too stupid to recognize that they
really wanted to go out for a reason and not just because they felt
like going outside at 2:00 am.

However, with young puppies you also have to take the lack of physical control
into account.

To be honest, I've only had one puppy ever - they are rare in rescue.

Many people in my group say it's harder to housebreak a puppy, and in
my very limited experience with puppies, I'd have to agree.

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