I have another small issue, my puppy is a wise guy, he gets plenty of outside time and plenty of exercise, never confined unless bedtime. Problem is he goes to the door to go outside and after letting him out he wants to play chase with the dogs in the fence next door, how do I know weather he wants to go outside to relieve himself or what. He will go to the door and scratch the door, I think he wants to pee but he was just bought back in 20 minutes ago. This is a dog that holds it in a 10' by 4' area all day, and that is enough to room to pee on one end and still play on the other. Should I ignore these scratches on the door after I know he has just releived himself or what? We want our puppies to let us know when they need to go, and I know he is not getting to much water. When I tell him to hurry up outside he will squeeze a drop out and run back into the house.
FYI, he goes out first thing in the morning to pee and stretch, he eats then he gets a another good 30 minutes in the morning, another 30 minutes around 3:30 most times longer (this does not include time with family inside house in which he is very active) and then about 45 minutes after dinner. Plus during the workday he is in the 10x4 foot room. Should he get a straight walk (for a half hour) or is this time in the yard sufficient? OR IS HE JUST A GOOD BS'ER?
how old is the pup? how old was it when you got it? you could ignore his scratching, but if he goes in the house it's your fault. you could ignore it, and watch him to see if he starts to go, and try to catch him in the act. also, you could try keeping him in the crate, and only letting him out to go outside, or to eat, or when you are immediatly doing somthing w/him, and see how it is after a couple of days. while housebreaking, your pup needs to know the real reason he's going outside.
If the pup is not having mistakes and is scratching at the door to get attention, then you can ignore him. Remember to watch the little bugger, if he squirts you are to blame. You will have to catch him in the act unless you want to mess up his house training. If he keeps scratching and whining at the door, then go to him and do a little obedience training. Work on the down or sit. That is the best way to redirect his pestering. Don't reward the behavior right away by letting him out and don't reward the behavior with some game or a treat to get his attention off of the door. Get his attention and do some work. Then reward for that. Good pattern to set, if he wants to do something fun then he'll have to come to you and work for it. Be careful man, you're getting into the grey area of his house training. There might be pee involved! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif" alt="" />
Originally posted by VanCamp: If he keeps scratching and whining at the door, then go to him and do a little obedience training. Work on the down or sit. That is the best way to redirect his pestering. Don't reward the behavior right away by letting him out and don't reward the behavior with some game or a treat to get his attention off of the door. Nice.
Thanks alot for the advice. I will work the ob when he tries this, I had started redirecting him to a bone (which I heard is not always the best thing to do, he should only bite when we work, but the bone builds a strong jaw). he would settle down, but what I also realized is he is really jumps for joy is when we are working, so I assumed that he just wanted to continue to play. I have always ended the drive building on my terms, he is never ready to stop and he knows that when we are outside we are going to ruffhouse, chase the ball or something.
I like to learn my dogs to go on command, two commands that is. This is very easy afterwards. Especially with male dogs this is great so you don´t get the problem stopping at each tree.
The easiest is to start very early and on the same place. Afterward you can do it anywhere you like.
The best and easiest way to house break dogs is to use a kennel and put the puppy in there if you can´t keep an eye on him. Also learn when he mostly has to go and learn the signs he is giving you. Then let the dog out on the same spot and say the command as soon as he starts to do say the command a couple of times and ¨"nices, good dog". Repeat this day in day out. If he doesn´t do anything and know it´s about time he has to go, put him in the kennel and 20-30 min later try again.
I believe a dog kennel is one great tool in teaching to house break a puppy, because not many dogs do it in their kennel. Ofcourse the kennel is too big this might eventually happen, then try to make it smaller.
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