When I first brought Bandit home we had a play pen for him and we showed him everything so he would learn what it is....we had a pee pad inside and we used the housebreaking aid from "Petland" that we spray on the pee pad. I sat him on it and said "go potty Bandit" and when he did I said "good boy" over and over and gave him a treat the second he was done....I was told that if you dont give them the treat or say "good boy/girl" within a few seconds they dont know what they are being praised for....at that young their minds arent fully developed yet so they forget. It didnt take long for Bandit to catch on because I put him on the pee pad about once ever 45 minutes for the first few days and he just started doing it on his own and we still gave him treats for doing it but now we just praise him and sometimes give him treats....when we say "Good boy" he comes running at me and DH full force and licks us all over our faces. Hope this helped some who are trying to teach their dogs. Oh and Bandit was 9 weeks when we got him. He uses the pee pads wherever they are now....as long as we show him where they are if we are in an unfarmiliar place we use the spray so he can find it.
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