We recently adopted Max & Gracie... 4-year-old dachshunds from the shelter- they were they for 4 months. In their previous home, apparently they were litter-box trained. They have used the box in our home, but not consistently. We've been trying to research training, but the main problem (I think) is that neither of them will go in front of my husband or me. Gracie has had accidents on the carpet in front of me, but not on the tile floor where they stay. We've gated off our kitchen and they walk around in there. We recently started crating them, hoping that will help them go in front of us so we can give them a treat. I sat with them for hours one day, and they didn't go at all. They have had accidents on their beds and in crates as well. Any ideas??
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I'm sorry, I get that neither dog is housebroke, as in going potty outside. But I am confused as to what you are trying to train? Is it to go potty in the litter box or outside?
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We recently adopted Max & Gracie... 4-year-old dachshunds from the shelter- they were they for 4 months. In their previous home, apparently they were litter-box trained. They have used the box in our home, but not consistently. We've been trying to research training, but the main problem (I think) is that neither of them will go in front of my husband or me. Gracie has had accidents on the carpet in front of me, but not on the tile floor where they stay. We've gated off our kitchen and they walk around in there. We recently started crating them, hoping that will help them go in front of us so we can give them a treat. I sat with them for hours one day, and they didn't go at all. They have had accidents on their beds and in crates as well. Any ideas??
I'm lost too.
Is the idea to crate-train them and for them to go outdoors? If so, yes, we can certainly help.... but the post is unclear. They won't go in front of you but have accidents on the carpet in front of you?
If you want them to go outside, plan to spend a half-day or whetever it takes to stay outside until one of the HAS to go. Then you have a mark-reward PARTY over it. Repeat often.
Yes, you can re-train a dog who has been either forced or trained to go indoors. Some people even move the litter box outdoors at first so it "clicks."
With these dogs in particular (bad early training and a long shelter stay), you must be absolutely consistent.
Sorry for the confusion- we want them to use the litter box inside. We keep the box in the kitchen area with a baby gate up so they stay in that area. I've let them out (under close watch) in the living room, and that is where Gracie has had accidents. She won't go in the kitchen, or even have accidents in the kitchen, in front of us. They seem to wait as long as necessary for us to leave the kitchen, and then they go on the floor more than in the box...
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Sorry for the confusion- we want them to use the litter box inside. We keep the box in the kitchen area with a baby gate up so they stay in that area. I've let them out (under close watch) in the living room, and that is where Gracie has had accidents. She won't go in the kitchen, or even have accidents in the kitchen, in front of us. They seem to wait as long as necessary for us to leave the kitchen, and then they go on the floor more than in the box...
Training the dog to go indoors means that the dog goes indoors, and, IME, not much more specific than that. Cats and dogs are nothing alike in the potty area (as in many areas).
I have run across owners who trained dogs with pee pads and litter boxes..... and so far have never met one who did either one exclusively. My own opinion is that it's a bad idea.
There might be someone else on the forum who has had different experiences and can advise you.
Why don't you want them to go outdoors? Is it mainly because the litter box is what they had done in their old home?
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