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Hello i have a 6 months old toy fox terrier shes a female. I received her when she was 3 months old. We've been trying to potty train her and she just cant seem to get it. She's very energetic and playful. The times she does go potty outside we reward her and praise her but shes so hyper all the time i dont think she knows what shes being rewarded for. We try to keep an eye on her to look for the signs of when she needs to go and when we cant we put her in her kennel. She rarely goes to the bathroom in there so we use it to our advantage as soon as we take her out of her kennel we bring her outside to go potty. The only problem is she doesnt understand to go OUTSIDE! We can be outside for like 45min and she wont go but as soon as we come inside she will. Its definitely getting frustrating! Any suggestions or tips?
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Clean the house like crazy. Get all the urine/poop smell and evidence totally gone (cleaning by human standards isn't enough, dogs can still smell where they have previously 'marked thier territory', so clean it crazily) When you witness an "accident" yell 'no' or the word you normally use for bad behavior if you don't say 'no' (a lot of people are starting to use the word 'wrong' because of the R constanant making it sound more like a bark, but personally, I stick with 'no') And as you say no, take her outside immediately and tell her to "go potty" and if she goes, reward her with "good potty" and pet her/play. Be sure to use the going to the bathroom command often, when you command her to go potty, when rewarding her for going potty, and even ask her if she needs to go potty just prior to letting her outside. Repeat the word in training as much as possible until she understands it as a command just like "sit" or "stay" or "down". I had a dog with the same problem, and she didn't get over it until she was about 9 months. It takes some dogs longer, especially hyper ones whose attention spans are shorter and want to focus on play. She'll get there.
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