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#198142 - 06/10/2008 09:57 AM |
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Hello everyone,
I have a 1yr old Jack Russell Terrier; I have been working from home since we first got her and now I have to return to an office full time. So within this year of having her she knows that going to the bathroom in the house is a big NONO. I am going to get a dog walker for almost every day of the week but I was wondering if there is a way to train a dog to use Potty Pads as well as going outside (and dog walkers can get a bit pricey after a while)? I would like to leave her in the house until I get home but I do not want her hurting herself by holding it in for 8 hours (I could care less if she uses the bathroom in the house if I am gone that long, but I know she won't).
So if anyone has any tips on how to train a dog on using a potty pad after they are potty trained to go outside, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks in advance,
Matt
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#198145 - 06/10/2008 10:59 AM |
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You so don't want to do that, IMO.
It teaches the dog to go inside.
I'd really try to get someone, even if just for a potty run, for every day you're gone.
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#198146 - 06/10/2008 11:00 AM |
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I'll be interested to see the responses from the pros to your question.
If your dog already understands pottying inside is a no-no, training her to break training, even with a pad, seems like you would end up with one very confused dog, IMO.
Not to mention you possibly risk her eliminating inside when you are home. If that happens, how do you correct that, given you've said it's OK sometimes?
When my dog was 1 year he could stay crated and dry for 8 hours, but I did come home at lunch to walk him and let him pee.
I may be WAY off base but it sounds like an idea that may cause major problems later on.
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#198147 - 06/10/2008 11:17 AM |
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My 16 month old phoenix uses a pad when we are gone.
We have been giving her freedom a hour at a time like we will leave for one hour and leave her out and keep adding time to see how she does.
Well when we have to leave we will put bruiser in the bathroom or some where with a baby gate so he cant get out.
And we will put a pad down thinking mabye he might use it.
He does not If he cant hold it he pees on the floor in the room.
But for some reason phoenix will use the pad she has done this sence she was potty trained.
No training involded she just does it but she only does it if we leave for more then 9 hours and she is out.
She will hold it in her kennel though
I dont like the idea either.
But sometimes I have to make a long trip and not get home for more than 10 hours so it works out for me
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#198148 - 06/10/2008 11:22 AM |
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Yea, I am leaning more towards the "this is not a good idea" area. Last thing I want to do is confuse her after she has been so good at going outside for such a long time.
So, is it bad to leave a dog loose around the house for 8 hours without going out (she does not chew anything up, so that is not a worry)? Should she be crated, even though the recommended time limit is 4 hours?
Don't get my questions wrong, I am not going to just leave my dog if something bad could happen to her. I just want to be properly educated as to my options. Even if I can leave her alone all day in the house I would still get a walker or doggy Day care 3 times a week.
Thanks again, and I look forward to your responses.
Matt
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#198149 - 06/10/2008 11:49 AM |
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My preference is to crate my 2 year old when I leave. He was trained that way and is completely comfortable with it. It's a safety and security issue for me: My dog would destroy something and he could get seriously hurt in the process.
Is she used to being left alone for several hours at a time? If not, I'm not sure I would want to risk it for an 8 hour day even with a walker coming in.
I don't think it's necessarily "bad" to leave a dog loose, depends entirely on the dog, and some won't ever be destructive. I envy you if you have a dog like that. 
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#198150 - 06/10/2008 11:57 AM |
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I have left her for 4 hours in the house alone once and she was fine (was only supposed to be for 15 min but got held up doing other stuff). She is crate trained and loves just chilling in it with the door open during the day sometimes. Normally when I leave she goes in her crate, but I have never left her in there for more than 5 hours unless it is at night for bed time. I have been leaving her out lately for a couple hours at a time to get use to the fact that I might not be home all the time.....she seems to be doing fine.
As to her destroying things.....yes we have been lucky so far. But then again she is a Jack Russell Terrier and if you have ever had the pleasure of knowing one then you know they can have a split personality =) She might love you to death one day and do everything you say, then the next day she is a total terror =)
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#198158 - 06/10/2008 01:06 PM |
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Phoenix did not earn her fredom over night it ook me 4 months to move the time she was out from 15 minutes to all the time now.
But she stilll has her kennel and loves it.
I do kennel her if I am going to be gone over night somtimes I leave late and dont get back tell morning. She goes in now.
But I never puppy pad trained any of myne.
And bruiser will most likly never get left out when we are gone.
Now he is only 4 months but he is crazy.
I would not puppy pad train and I would not let phoenix out unless I completly trusted her. It took 4 months of training to trust her completly to be out when not super vised
And I puppy proofed the house for her level so she could not get into anything. If she desided to
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#198208 - 06/10/2008 07:28 PM |
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It seems to me if you're having a trusted walker come in, you have a few options. I'd try to schedule it so the walker arrives at about the halfway point of the day.
You can leave her crated either the full day or half a day (or not at all) and she won't go longer than 4-4 1/2 hours without someone there to take her out to exercise, play, and potty.
One thing I do remember from when I worked outside my home was I had to schedule my time so I could exercise and play with my dog before I left in the morning and first thing when I got home. Too much energy without enough outlet each day makes for an antsy, bored, and potentially destructive dog.
Dog walkers ARE expensive but I think it's great you have that option. I could have used it on those days when I frantically rushed home from work and then just as frantically rushed back. 
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We are using a service called Fetch, they are insured and bonded and all that good stuff. It's $20 a day for a 30 min walk so I figure that is not too bad. Also, she just passed her evaluation at the day care place by use today so she can go there 2 times a week.
I will take her for a walk every morning and when I get home so that is not a worry. With Jacks I know about them not getting being able to release their energy, she was just spayed so she was couped up for a week......by the end she was going crazy.
Well, remember how I mentioned that she does not chew anything up earlier? The wife and I just got back from dinner and left her out while we were gone. We came home to one of my wifes shoes all chewed up. So it looks like she will be in a crate when we are gone from now on =)
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