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Originally Posted by concretegurl  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. |
concrete,
I've been seeing my fiance for over 3 years now and Bdog only bit me 3 times, but hasn't for a long while. I don't think she needs a muzzle and she's miserable when she wears one (as I have been told). She has one, but we choose not to put it on. I just don't want to see her droopy and down. I know they serve purpose, but I honestly don't think she's that untrustworthy. The only time would be in bed at night that I would be nervous, but again I don't want to strap the thing on and leave her like that all night.
I've told my fiance that she needs to feed and go out 30 minutes later before I became a member. I also passed along that every 2 hours should be done to keep her from going inside, and though she didn't like hearing it, I told her what I was told here. If she's peeing inside, it's our fault for not taking her out often enough. I think the response was "I take her out all the time" I'm working on taking her out more and doing the speak at the door idea to hopefully get her to speak to let us know she's wanting out. I would also like to work the bell idea, but the fiance didn't have luck with that. My opinion, I think she got frustrated and gave up...but that's just my thought.
I'll be doing the study break walks when I'm home. Not that I'm gone 20 days out of 21, but it's usually Monday, Wednesday and Friday that I'm gone all day (and the weekends) but that's never a set schedule because of the group projects and needing to meet the other students around their schedules too.
Like I said, its hectic now, but it's looking to get a lot better in a month.