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17: How do we discipline the dog for urinating on the floor if we see it happening? |
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18: I would like to teach my male dog to go to the bathroom in one area of my yard.
Can this be done? |
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19: My cocker spaniel urinates every time it gets excited. How can I stop this behavior? |
| Answer: Take it to an obedience class where it will be
exposed to lots of dogs and people and teach it to do a really good "sit-stay."
Have people in the class come up to it and pet it. Make it hold the sit-stay position even
though lots of different people are petting and talking to it. In addition to the
sit-stay, you will learn a stand-stay that requires even more concentration on your
dog’s part. Use these exercises at home, too––have friends and family pet
and talk to the dog while it’s on a stay. (see Question 20) |
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20: My dog gets excited and urinates when someone reaches to pet him. How can I stop
this? |
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21: My dog goes for a walk, then comes inside and goes to the bathroom right away. |
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puppy eats its own stools. How can I get it to stop? |
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23: How do we discipline if we find the spot, but didn't see it happen? |
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24: I always give my puppy a treat when it comes back into the house after going to the
bathroom. It still urinates or has a bowel movement a few minutes after I let it back
inside. What’s going wrong? |
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what age should a puppy be completely housebroken? |
| Answer: By six months of age I expect a puppy to be
housebroken. If it isn't, I try to figure out if there is a medical problem. I ask my vet
to do a urinalysis. If there is no physical problem, I know the training has to be changed
until I find a method that works with my pet. |
| Question 26:
How will we know when our dog needs to go to the bathroom? |
| Answer: You determine when the dog needs to go out.
Usually the best times are (1) after waking up in the morning; (2) after any meal; (3)
approximately every three hours until it is around four months old. It’s best to
adjust the dog's schedule to fit your lifestyle, not vice versa. |
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27: I have crate-trained my dog, and although he never goes to the bathroom in his crate,
he does have accidents elsewhere in the house. He’s about six months old. |
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28: My dog goes to the bathroom on one part of the patio. How can I stop it? |
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29: I live in an apartment with a Maltese, and I want to let my dog go the bathroom
inside. Should I paper-train it? |
