the dog is now a year old and its still ****ing on the floor
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Have you tried rubbing your wife's/kid's noses in it? That'll expedite the training.
My youngest dog is 16 months or so, but is still very much a puppy and we've only recently cracked the house training thing with him. The older one was no bother at all.
Stick her outside after every meal, after she wakes up from a nap and if that doesn't work every half hour, also after every bit of play. If she goes inside try and intercept and put her outside straight away.
Reward when she goes outside.
You need eyes like a hawk and the reflexes of a cat!
It was wearing me down with our boy and getting it cracked was properly hard work, but we got there in the end.
Good luck.
My youngest dog is 16 months or so, but is still very much a puppy and we've only recently cracked the house training thing with him. The older one was no bother at all.
Stick her outside after every meal, after she wakes up from a nap and if that doesn't work every half hour, also after every bit of play. If she goes inside try and intercept and put her outside straight away.
Reward when she goes outside.
You need eyes like a hawk and the reflexes of a cat!
It was wearing me down with our boy and getting it cracked was properly hard work, but we got there in the end.
Good luck.
You need to get very upset when it goes to toilet and take her outside (dog not wife). And as above take her outside very often and go over the top happy and praise if she goes to toilet. Do you go for a walk at regular times? The dog should get used to going to toilet then. I can t remember the last time he went in the garden.
It worked after a few weeks with my somewhat stubborn Yorkshire terrier puppy. He only has accidents now if he is ill and even then will try not to and scratch to go outside.
It worked after a few weeks with my somewhat stubborn Yorkshire terrier puppy. He only has accidents now if he is ill and even then will try not to and scratch to go outside.
pilchardthecat said:
The profanity filter removed part of my title - it's mostly a urination problem - it generally craps in the garden and wees in the house
The same applies -- go outside frequently and praise her when she goes to toilet. This may seem like a stupid question but I've never had female dogs: Do they wee as much as males to mark their territory? Basically when we went outside I would praise him every few seconds as he found something new to wee on ... I think female dogs are more difficult to house train. My little Phoebe is the smartest dog on the planet but it took her months to learn (didn't help that she was a rescue and had lived alone in a shed for her first four months - weeing and pooing as she liked), never usually use treats as a training aid, but it was the only thing that worked with her.
On a related note, just taken the car to the dealers, dogs with me of course and Chester (the male Basset) pee'd on a brand new 4X4 in the showroom!
On a related note, just taken the car to the dealers, dogs with me of course and Chester (the male Basset) pee'd on a brand new 4X4 in the showroom!
boxst said:
The same applies -- go outside frequently and praise her when she goes to toilet. This may seem like a stupid question but I've never had female dogs: Do they wee as much as males to mark their territory? Basically when we went outside I would praise him every few seconds as he found something new to wee on ...
IME girls take a fair bit longer than boys to be house trained. Check no medical reason with the vet (can be a medical reason sometimes)
Females are more likely to wee when excited like when you get home and she is greeting you or when she gets excited or when nervous etc. All these are normal and it takes time for it to stop (sometimes never completely)
Otherwise it is continuing to reinforce positive training.
Females are more likely to wee when excited like when you get home and she is greeting you or when she gets excited or when nervous etc. All these are normal and it takes time for it to stop (sometimes never completely)
Otherwise it is continuing to reinforce positive training.
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