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What is the best way to break a dog that is not completely housebroken?
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∙ 12y ago
This is training and repetition. Lets say you have to go to work in the am. YOu walk them then, you walk them as soon as you get home, you walk them about an 1/2 hour to hour after each feeding and then you walk them before bedtime. You keep the same routine day after day. If the dog is afraid to go outside, you must associate things that make them happy inside with the outside. You dont leave food and water down for them 24 hours a day. You leave a little water when your out of the home but other than that you only put water down when you feed. Take them to a doggy park and get them to get used to smells of other dogs, that can turn on the faucet quickly. If when they finally do go, whether it one or two try to get a sample and bring it to the vet. Maybe they are constipated or have a urinary tract problem. Good Luck
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∙ 17y ago
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∙ 14y agoYou need to start out as if he is a brand new puppy. Crate training is a very successful method of housebreaking. Any time the dog is not being actively supervised, he should be in the crate. Every time he comes out of the crate, take him out for a potty break. After any activity, such as eating, sleeping or playing, he needs to go out. Every time he does go potty in the proper location, praise, praise, praise. If he starts to go in an incorrect location, make a loud noise to startle him and tell him, "Not there." Then take him immediately outside. It might take quite a while to show some improvement. But you have to be patient. A dog who has never learned to go outside by one year old has a pretty deeply ingrained habit. Never hit or punish the dog for accidents. They just don't know what is expected of them yet.
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∙ 12y agoI assume you mean train your dog to toilet outside?
As with all training, you reward behaviour that you like and IGNORE behaviour that is not acceptable. You must never deliberately punish or hurt your dog or you will never have a good relationship with it.
Teach your dog to toilet on command, so once it has eaten, woken from sleep, finished playing etc - take it outside and tell it to 'go potty' or whatever word/phrase you wish to use(but it must be the same word/phrase every time). Make a huge fuss and reward it as soon as it performs so that it knows what behaviour you like.
If it is a pup, take it out EVERY HOUR as well each time it eats / drinks / sleeps / plays and tell it to 'go potty' and reward it if it performs.
If it wets / soils indoors - clean up the mess, deodorise the spot and give YOURSELF a telling off for not watching your dog more closely. :)
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housebroken
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