Potty Training?
September 10, 2009 by admin
Filed under Care & Training Q&As
I have a 4 month cockapoo that was potty trained and then we went on vacation and boarded him and when we came back we started having accidents again. I praise him alot and he rings the bell. He is fixed and is a great dog otherwise. Any ideas on what I can do
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well you could put newspaper down where he usually does the toilet and slowly work your way to the door, and when he does do it outside give him lot and lots of praise.If you catch him in the act you should quickly pick him up and take him outside then give him praise when he’s outside, even if he has stopped doing the toilet by this time.I know this could make a bit of a mess picking his up but it would be worth it in the end.
My dog is trained to go in the yard. She has always been corrected when going on the patio. (‘NO’ followed by being relocated to the yard, then praised afterwards).
Now during a particularly bad rainstorm once she was reluctant to go out into the yard. (the patio is covered). So she went on the patio. My wife had taken her out and figured well it’s raining so I understand, and did not correct the dog.
From that moment the dog assumed that patio is OK for evacuating on. It only took one time. (Fortunately she also re-learned quickly that that is a no-no with gentle correction).
The moral of the story is you have to be vigilant with your rewards and corrections. It doesn’t matter if the dog has ‘an excuse’. The dog doesn’t think ‘hey it’s not fair that I should go poop in the rain’, that’s far too complex. She only reasons that pooping on the patio (or house, wherever) is apparently no longer forbidden. You must always reward (praise) good behavior and correct bad behavior.
dog is trained to go in the yard. She has always been corrected when going on the patio. (‘NO’ followed by being relocated to the yard, then praised afterwards).