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Dog Training: improvement by Wednesday... Or else! :-(
Ok so we are taking care of a dog (2 years old, Coon/basset hound mix...) She was abused and was always kept outside, been on the streets for a while, and was negleted. So now she is used to Peeing/pooping when and where she wants. We can't have this and my mom said that if she doesn't improve in her potty training, by THIS WEDNESDAY,then we're sending her back to the Animal Protective League. She pees/poops in the house about 3 times per day together.
We can't smack her when she pees all we can do is yell at her...but she still does it when she wants later, even if she was just outside. So should I use a water spray bottle and spray her when she does it and tell her no? Can I flick her on the nose? You've just got to remember that she was abused. And she doesn't like being outside on a leash, by herself with water, very long.
I REALLY DO NOT want to send her back to the clinic...so I need improvement by this Wednesday.
PLEASE HELP IF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THIS OR JUST HAVE HELPFULL ADVICE!!!!!!! THANKS SOOO MUCH!
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I have a dog that used to be abused, too.
This dog obviously needs people that are willing to take time to teach her.
She needs to be potty trained, obviously.
When she goes to the bathroom in the house, gasp (dogs seem to know they've done something wrong) and say "NO" and bring her outside RIGHT away. She'll finally realize 'Oh I'm supposed to go to the bathroom OUTSIDE'.
And maybe you should feed her at certain times of the day. And 10-15 minutes after she eats/drinks, bring her outside because that's when she'll have to go to the bathroom. If you bring her out and she doesn't go, take her inside again but then in another 5-10 minutes, take her back out and she should go. and you could say "go peepee" or something like that, so she gets used to what that means.
Good luck!
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My puppy, who is now 8 months, is finally potty trained. and we tried to do a millionnnn different things to potty train her. well, my mom works with this one lady who is a perfessional with dogs, like how to potty train them. and what you do.. is you take her out obviously, always in the moring, and what you do is on the door you go out on, you take her paw, and go potty potty potty. then, when she goes outside, you give her a small treat, and you say good potty. and you do that everytime. if your now playing with her or watching her put her in her cage. when she goes inside the house, you could tap her nose. however, im just very strict with my dog, and i say no potty inside the house. and you kinda neglect them. but when they go outside, tell her how wonderful she is, and all that. she may not be completely potty trained by wednesday :/ but your mom will see a hugeee improvement.
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This is how I trained my dog. I timed the times he went potty (he, too, did it in the house). The next day, I took him out in the backyard on a leash, around the times he was used to going potty. I would wait with him until he finally did his business (I picked the same area in our yard, no other areas are allowed) and gave him a treat. I kept on doing that everyday, and now he is completely trained, and he only does his businness in the area of the yard I trained him to do it.
She won't immediately switch over to the yard, but she will begin to do it in the house alot less. When she does it in the house, scold her. When she does it outside, praise her, and give her a treat.
~Maria, 16
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