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April 21, 2011

How long will it take for our dog to alert us if he wants to go out. In your experience, what was the longest it has taken any of your home pets to become house trained?

Hi Cindy, can you tell me a time frame on how long it takes a puppy to be house trained? I have followed the recommendations of crate training. Our GSD puppy is 19 weeks old. He is not free fed. He is crate trained and is not allowed out of the crate without our watchful eye. I take him, via leash, to a designated area to potty and use the word ?go potty?. He will potty and then we are done. He is not allowed in the house until he has ?emptied? himself. Unfortunately, while he is in the h...
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April 21, 2011

After watching a the Pack Structure DVD, I have a few crate training questions. What do you recommend?

Ed - My husband and I have watched your video regarding establishing pack structure, and we have some questions. Let me preface this by apologising for the length of this email. John and I are somewhat new parents to a 9 month old male, altered Havanese, named Zippy. We got him when he was 4 months old, so we've now had him for 5 months - just enough time to spoil him and turn him into an undisciplined small doggy that everyone thinks is adorable. We, however, continue to se...
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April 21, 2011

I've read about submissive urination and it doesn't seem common in adult males. Should I have my dog neutered?

Hello Ed, I want to see if you can give me some advice with an american line GSD. I know you do not prefere American line GSDs and it is not what you specialize in but I respect your many years of exprience and would like your opinion on something. I am the owner of a 3 yr. old male american line GSD that is a SOFT dog. He is not a fear biter, but becomes "nervy" and has a problem with submissive urination. I have read about submissive urination and it doesn't seem to be very commo...
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April 21, 2011

I had two pups and one passed away from parvo. Now the other one has started to eliminate in his crate. What can we do about this?

I have an 11 week old Chihuahua that just lost his sister to Parvo. I purchased the pups together from a breeder so they would have each other when I am not around. Unfortunately one of the puppies passed away from Parvo. Of course I am concerned about the other puppy and getting Parvo. I am keeping a close watch on him and getting his vaccinations in a few days. My training issue is this: Both pups were great about not using the crate for peeing and pooping when they were together. Now th...
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April 21, 2011

Our new pup eats his poop. Why is he doing this and what can we do to make it stop?

I am so glad I found the crate training solution for our 8 week old lab pup. We have been doing things wrong for our first 3 days but I feel they are correctable, all except one problem that I have not found any comments on at all. Our pup has started to eat its poop, and we find this to be quite disturbing, and we would like to correct this as quickly as possible. I think he was probably allowed to do this in his first home, with a litter of 8. If you know, could you please answer our questi...
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April 21, 2011

My pup keeps going to the bathroom inside the house. We take him out frequently and he goes, but he comes right back inside and goes again. Any suggestions?

Please help! Our Boxer puppy is 5 months old and we have had him since he was 10 weeks. We bought him from a breeder and we visited them a couple times, he was kept in a clean kennel with a doggie door to outside. He has ALWAYS peed and pooped in the house, we cant get him to stop! We take him for walks, take him to the dog park, take him out every 1/2-1 hour. He will go outside and go to the bathroom and then come in and go to the bathroom. I have been keeping him in the kennel fre...
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April 21, 2011

My pup refuses to use his designated area for potty breaks. How do I get him to use it on a regular basis?

Dear Ed, I have backed myself into a corner (handler error). We have a 10 week old Ridgeback who is crate trained. He does not need to ?go? in the night. He easily last 1 to 2 hours between each potty break and is once a week left for 3 hours alone in his crate while we are out, no problems. I made the mistake of not taking him on leash to a ?special corner? in the first two weeks, but just let him free range in our large back yard, its all grass (I think the breeder did that t...
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April 21, 2011

Recommended Our new puppy has a bladder infection. We don't want him to think it's ok to go potty in the house but we understand his situation right now. What should we do?

Good Morning! We have just ordered the "8 weeks to 8 month" training tape to help us in training our 11 week old male Yorkie. We have read many of the free eBooks on your site and are very pleased with the progress we have made as trainers! We had a puppy two years ago and failed miserably as handlers. That puppy went to live and be well trained by a woman who knew her stuff. The obvious issue there was our poor training. We certainly don't want history to repeat itself here....
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April 21, 2011

I'm having trouble establishing a routine with my new pup for when he needs to go to potty after eating. Is this normal?

Hi Ed, My name is Kyle, and am a owner and lover of dobermans here in NY. I love your website, all the training information and have ordered your DVD on drive building. Ed, I have two wonderful dobermans who I raised since pups, and are exemplary in behavior and demeanor. Both my eldest two were crate trained from day one, their personalities built on positive praise, I am alpha and have complete and total control over my animals with voice command- NEVER by corporal punishment. ...
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April 21, 2011

We just rescued a 5 month old and he knows to go outside, but doesn’t like to use the dog run. He prefers the grass. Any suggestions on transitioning him to the gravel?

Is it possible to transition a dog from grass to gravel? We just rescued a 5 month old Airedale and he knows to go outside, but doesn?t like to use the dog run. He prefers the grass of our yard. Any suggestions on transitioning him to the gravel? Thanks, Aileen
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April 21, 2011

I am an inexperienced dog owner. I have a crate question, is it ok to leave the door open on the crate if he is in a confined area?

I am a new and very inexperienced yet proud Yorkshire Terrier owner. I came across your site from doing a google search. After reading your advice regarding puppy training and crate training, I immediately went out and purchased a crate for our 7 week old Yorkie. I have been keeping him in the crate with the door closed and only coming out to relieve himself, excersize & play and to eat & drink. My question is... when my dog is in the crate, should the door be closed at all times or i...
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April 21, 2011

We have 2 6 month old puppies and we have to kennel then for a week. Will kenneling them undermine our crate training and house breaking?

Hello, I want to thank you for the helpful puppy video. It is great! I do have two questions regarding our puppies. They are both going to be 6 months old and are both crate trained. We have to kennel them for almost a week and I'm wondering if this will undermine all of our housebreaking and crate training? Next, our male puppy has started not eating out of his bowl. He will only eat if the food is on the floor. Any suggestions why and how to deal? Thank ...
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April 21, 2011

I used to rub my pup's nose in her mistake on the floor. I have stopped doing this, but she is still scared of me. What can I do?

Hello! I am hoping you can help me with our Puppy??I have purchased the books, and taps and read all the articles you on your site. We have had our pup for 8 weeks now and things are going well. The biting is calming down unless she gets in a hyper mood. Which is usually when we get home and let her out of the crate. The house training is also going well?.Except that after a few accidents, I did what your site recommended. We stopped putting her nose in her mistake, and I wo...
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April 21, 2011

My 11 month old dog urinates in the house about every 2-3 weeks. How can I correct this?

Hi, I have a problem with my 11 month old neutered male cocker spaniel. About every 2 to 3 weeks he urinates in the house. He has stood by the door many times to go outside and then relieves himself when put outside. I give him the go potty command and treat him right after. Last night I had him in the same room as me, close by. I heard him start to urinate on the carpet. I immediately corrected him and brought him outside, he finished and I treated and praised him. But like I said, this ...
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April 21, 2011

My mini Dachshund constantly pees and poops in her crate. What am I doing wrong?

Hello. I am so thrilled to find your web site I have had an ongoing problem with my miniature dachshund, Greta. She pees/poops in her crate when I leave her. I have been told to just leave her out in the house, or pad train her, but she always pees if I leave. I figured crate training is the best way to stop her from eliminating in the house. BUT that is not so. I don't know what to put in the crate with her because she goes on it. For a long time, I just put somethin...
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April 21, 2011

One of my dogs is 1 1/2 years old and still messes in his crate. Do you have any advice for me?

We have two dogs. A female German Shepherd (2 years old) & a male English Bulldog (1 1/2 years old). I have taken them both to puppy training, at PetSmart, and we have tried to crate train them. They both did well in the training classes and the Shepherd is fairly well house broken. However, the Bulldog still urinates, and occasionally does the other, in his cage, especially when excited like when we arrive home. He also "drips" when he is with us out of his cage. I would like to explain,...
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April 21, 2011

I am trying to my 12 week old puppy to a larger crate as he is outgrowing his old one. He urinates in his new crate. How do I stop him from doing this?

Dear Mr. Frawley, I have a 12 week old puppy that I I received two weeks ago from South Africa, and I live in Canada. I have been training him according to your method of house training, with lots of exercise and walking before and after meals. Until now his training has been flawless, with no accidents in or outside of the crate. He came in a wood crate, and I felt the crate was getting too small, because there is not enough room to put his water in without him knocking it over. I...
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April 21, 2011

How does my pup learn to give us signals when he needs to go outside?

Dear Mr. Frawley, First let me say that I enjoyed your article on housebreaking and want to move forward with your methods on crate training. I suppose my only question regards the pup giving signals when it needs to go outside (i.e. scratching at the door, barking at the door, etc.). In the process of crate training, is this something that will occur naturally? Thanks for the excellent online support. Keep up the great work! Warm regards, Marc
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April 21, 2011

I have 3 dogs. They range in age from 5 years to 1 year. They are not house broken and it is driving me nuts. What can I do now?

Dear Ed, I have been reading the many letters you receive and your answers, but now I would like to ask you this, I have three dogs a 5 year old female mixed terrier, and two year old jack russel and a one year on son to both. I crate them together and I still do not have housebroken dogs. I fenced in a area specially for them and they will come in and do their business on my rug. They refuse to go out when it is raining which makes it worse. I seem to understand from your response...
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April 21, 2011

I keep my 13 week old Dachshund in a gated area in the garage with her crate where she potties on the papers that I provide. Am I confusing her by doing this?

Hello Sir, I have a mini long-haired dachshund. I am following a crate training program, but during the day (M-F) I leave the dog in a gated play area in the garage with her den inside. In other words, the den is there, but the dog is not closed inside of it. Since she is a pup (13 weeks), she cannot handle being crated for 10 hours without a break, so I leave her out in the small play area so that she doesn?t soil her den due to not being able to control her bladder. I have a paper are...
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