Ugh, in attempts to offer a possible solution I'd like to say this, training of this dog is not going to be easy, the best solution seems to re-home this dog with someone who is WILLING to give out the effort loving, training and providing a good quality of life.
If that doesn't happen, there has to be the realization that this will take effort, we are not talking about a puppy we are talking about a 6 year old dog who has ingrained behaviors.
1. Biting is unacceptable-but using physical punishment or simply caging the dog won't help it only repeats the pattern. Try a mussel (a soft mussel that allows for drinking while its on I can suggest several quality safe kinds if you private message me). Using a verbal command to discontinue this behavior works and musseling is a temporary part of the no-bite training not an end all. Musseling is used to stop biting as a last resort and to create a no-biting training platform. If the dog can be petted and learn to behave while musseled then soon they learn they can't bite and you can move on to step two.
2. Potty training is hard with older dogs or with dogs whom have previously not been house broken. The dogs needs a regular feeding schedule ACCOMPANIED by a walking outside potty schedule or it just won't work. Dogs need to potty about 30 minutes after they eat. I feed my dogs Innova small bites (the one with the Yorkie on it) kibble not wet food (wet food and treats are like laxatives right now for you)-it has brown rice which causes more absorption of the kibble and less piles less often. Cleaning any potty mess completely is mandatory if a dog smells any remaining potty scent they will continue to go there. Create a smaller area the dog is allowed in within the home to create the basis for no pottying in the house. Have yo considered a play yard area?-The same ones you buy for babies. This allows the dogs an area you can paper and use the grid removal system just as with puppies and while you are busy doing homework (which I should be doing now but I'm so concerned I'm using my time to aid you in this) the dog has a n area to play in instead of being in a kennel-which becomes a cage used that way and doesn't do a darn thing in aiding turning this situation around.
3.If you can try a couple things to tackle the biting and pottying in the house then you can see some progress and move on from there. THIS TAKES EFFORT! YOU GET WITH DOGS WHAT YOU GIVE>it really is that simple. I take breaks from homework to go for a walk around our block and I walk my dogs one at a time. This gives my mind a break to be clear and refreshed and relieves both some physical energy for me and my dogs...it's really that simple a 5 minute walk can do wonders-obviously a longer walk or many more 5 minute walks help but its a start and will help both of you.
Feel free to PM me if you need detailed advice musseling and so forth really is last resort type training and shouldn't be used as a basic training method. Remember dogs may not be as cognitive as people but what they lack in cognizance they excel in sensing how we feel and feel toward them...weather we "show" it or not. You really do get with dogs what you give...remember that. |