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I just got my new puppy on
mothers day. it was love at first sight. he dident chew at
first but within a month or so he was eating everything in
sight. in the papers Irecived when i adopted him it said to
freeze a wash cloth but he just riped it up. so i started
to give him whole icecubes. that seemed to help him out alot
and his chewing seems to stop except for an occasionalstuff
animal but thats expected. they cant be perfect. they are
only little. well i hope this helps.
I got a blue roan cocker spaniel
last november (she is now 13months old). She was an outside
dog (but not anymore) and obviously not house trained, and
still is not. She will wee anywhere, but poos everywhere in
the garden. But she has a horrible habit of weeing in her
bed and i really do not know what to do. She really does not
seem to understand what we are trying to do.
I got a 10 week old red setter
last week and now we are trying to train her - which she seems
to understand do the wees on the newspaper. How
do i get them both to stop the weeing on the newspaper and
gradually move them outside to wee? How do i stop my cocker
weeing in her bed? When I have mastered
that is there anyway that i can train them to poo in one place
in the back garden as they are going everywhere and then they
are running in it and then are running into the house.
Most dogs will never mess
in their own bed, but occasionally you can get a 'dirty' one
who will. This can be due to a number of things. She might
have been 'crated' as a youngster, and may have been left
in it for too long, and messed her bed out of desperation.
From this the dog may have learned that it was OK to mess
the bed. When she does this do you wash the bed thoroughly
before letting her back on it? Is the bedding in a box - do
you wipe the box down thoroughly with a disinfectant - something
strong-smelling enough to mask the remaining smell. If, even
after a thorough wash, the bed still smells of urine you are
better off disposing of it, and buying her some brand new
bedding, with no residual smells on it.
Does she do it in front of
you? How do you respond to her when you find she's wee'd on
her bed? Best thing is to ignore her, clean (wash) the bedding,
and then keep an eye on her. Smacking her the next morning
for weeing during the night is absolutley pointless, as she
will have no idea what she is being smacked for, as will raising
your voice. If you catch her doing it, raise your voice (not
your hand) and get her outside as quickly as possible. Praise
any further elimination that takes place outside. That's all
you can do really. patience and observation are your best
tools here. Oh, and a thorough washing and disinfecting routine
too.
Dogs will naturally go where
they can smell that someone has been before...so perhaps the
bed still smells of wee, and thus she thinks it is acceptable
to keep weeing there...?
Treat the adult exactly as
you would treat a new puppy with regard to house training.
Just because she's older doesn't mean she'll grasp the idea
any quicker or better. Go back to basics. Take time off work
for a week if you can, so that you are there 24 hrs a day,
to take them out when they look like they need a wee. And
praise like mad whenever they do their business outside!
With regard to the newspaper,
I find it tends to confuse the issue with a pup. Do you want
the dog to learn to use newspaper, or to learn to go outside?
I only ever put paper down for very young pups to use during
the night, as an absolute emergency. But I never use it during
the day when i am up and with them. I have two 10-wk pups
in the house at the the mo, alongside three other adult dogs.
it has taken almost a week, but the pups are just starting
to 'twig' onto the idea, and starting to 'ask' to go outside.
However I know they won't be 100% 24 hrs a day for a long
time. They are learning from someone who doesn't speak their
language, and they can't read the book. There are still the
occasional hickups, but the trick is not to make too much
of a fuss over the occasional accident...just praise the behaviour
you want! At 10 weeks my pups are now pretty much 100% clean
at night, with only the occasional hiccup during the day if
I've not noticed the signs quick enough.
As for training your dogs
to go only in one spot...I guess it is feasible...but providing
you're cleaning up after them in your garden than I don't
see what the problem is? You ARE cleaning up after them when
they poo aren't you? get yourself a little coal shovel, and
keep it just outside the back door. I suppose if you moved
it all into the place where you want them to go, then the
smell might attract them to go THERE in the future. Another
way to do it, is to take them out on leads and stand in the
area you want them to use. This will also build up the smells
in that area. And of course, while you're standing there you
can pick it up when they've finished.
I know cleaning up dog poo
in your own garden might sound like too much bother, but it
will keep your dogs and your family healthier...and its better
than being splatted when your lawn mower finds it. Sometimes
it is harder to housetrain an older dog, but not impossible.
It'll just take more time and often more resourceful thinking.
I'm surprised the older dog
wees in front of you. i wonder if it is a subliminal non-aggressive
way of her proving to you that she is in charge, and can do
what she wants. Much like an awkward teenager. Not neccessarily
a malicious act, just 'proving a point'. Can you watch for
her body-language just before she wees, and when you have
her actions sussed, whip her outside for her wee...before
she does it. I don't know if Jim S is still reading this board,
but maybe he can help. Although i have heard of the problem,
i have never personally come across a dog that will willingly
mess in its own bedding, and other than watching her closely
and thoroughly cleaning the bedding afterwards i cannot come
up with any other suggestions... Jim S? Thoughts?
I think my previous suggestion
of going right back to basics will be your best bet with the
cocker. Take her out as soon as she has eaten (praise any
elimination), take her out as soon as she has woken from sleep,
take her out first thing in the morning & last thing at
night. take her out as often as you can. Don't bother with
the old 'tale' of 'wiping the dogs nose in it'. it does nothing
but confuse and distress the dog. Take her outside as soon
as she looks like messing, or straight after scolding her
for doing so...in case there's some left....praise when produced
outside.
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