Hi,
It's me again with another question...
I have confined my dog to an outside run of substancial area. Everything is going on well, excluding the loose stools I mentioned in my previous post.
I want to let him loose in the entire fenced yard soon, but I don't want him to defecate all over the place for obvious reasons, is there a method to teach him to relieve himself in a specific area and, what this area should look like ?
Any help will be highly appreciated...
He's pretty young and as you mentioned before he's not feeling well. At 5 months its a lucky thing that he is able to hold it until he is outside if you are having poop problems.
You could let him run around on a long line. When you see him start to look for a spot you just grab him and walk to the appropriate area.
Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008
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I think if you take him to poop on a leash you could accomplish this. Just take him to the spot you want him to poop, mark and reward the desired behavior (while he's pooping, give it a command word like "go poop" or "hurry up" or whatever). When he's done, praise big. Repeat Repeat Repeat Eventually, you won't need the leash--you could just go out with him to encourage him back to the same spot--continue using the command and praise.
Eventually, you'll be able to just offer the command and he'll go to his spot and poop.
One warning: I did this with Luca (my GSD)--and he became SO accustomed to only going in "his spot" that the first time we took him with us on an overnight trip he seemed to not want to go --as if to say, "I can't go here, it's not my usual spot." But he eventually outgrew that.
Wendy Lefebvre Webboard User Reg: 12-08-2005
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Totally do-able! Once the pup is a bit older & feeling better
Tucker only goes in the back corner of my lawn.
follow what tracy said.
my one little piece of advice, have a totally different leash for taking him to his spot than the one you use for walks.
When i first started teaching this i used our walking leash and he would get so excited when i clipped it on him (he thought we were going for our walk) that he wouldn't go to the bathroom right away. And when you're standing outside in minus degree weather waiting for your dog to calm down and go to the bathroom it's no fun at all.
Lori Hall Webboard User Reg: 06-12-2007
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We taught Kasey to go in only one spot just as Tracy said. But you have to take him there every single time he has to go or it won't become habit, and the scent won't be just there. That scent thing is a big deal!
We made a potty area on the side of our house. It's about 8 ft x 6ft. We dug up all the grass, put down the black landscaping plastic (it has tiny little holes in it so it will still drain, but it keeps out the weeds and grass), and then we put about 4 or 5 inches of little gravel in there. It's easy to pick up the poop, and you can wash it down whenever you need to.
When mine was a puppy, I would take him out into the tall weeds when he had to go. To this day, he won't poop unless it's in the woods or tall weeds. My previous GSD's did this also. I think they just wanted privacy. Weird.
I appreciate all your answers but you didn't notice (or I haven't made very clear) that my dog is not inside home but on an outside kennel (actually a restrained area in my garden).
So, it's impossible for me to know when he needs to go to the bathroom because he's out of my sight most of the time. I should though follow your advise the first month and a half that he was inside his crate (indoors) but I haven't thought the following situation...
I know maybe it's too late, but I need to know if there is a "trick" to accomplish the desired behavior from now on...
I mean I cannot check him out when he is going to defecate in order to do the things you have described earlier...
I know maybe it's too late, but I need to know if there is a "trick" to accomplish the desired behavior from now on...
I mean I cannot check him out when he is going to defecate in order to do the things you have described earlier...
This is funny.
I wondered why everybody was holding out on giving you "the trick"?:laugh:
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