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Originally Posted by JennaPenny

Not cutting in on purpose- Jilly, I worked with the leave it command and then hoover last night. she loved every second of it, so I'm confident that she'll be good to go. Of course, duck jerky helps. . I was so upset, and thanks for those links, because I Fully agree, because I've always done positive reinforcement. I am one of those women, I love video games. I love Bitten and Teen wolf. I play a game called Red Dead Redemption from time to time on the console. Each time bitten, or teen wolf came on, she used to bark like crazy. Same with Red dead. Wolves, bark like crazy. She doesn't any more, and it only took two days. I used her favorite treats- suuupppper expensive Honest kitchen jerky treats to do this.

When people or that dog passes by the window, she now does the end of the puppy howl bark- where she sounds like she's back talking with this little drawn out growl. Positive reinforcement I've always been all for. Her potty training was long and drawn out, because the trainer wanted us to stop her mid stream or mid poo, and she wouldn't poop OR pee for hours after that happened- even when she was obviously going, so again, prime example of how praise and treats worked better, even if it was slower. So, thanks!!!

Telling them no when you catch them going potty in the house isn't wrong or negative training its just giving a correction otherwise they don't know its bad to go in the house. I have done that with all of the dogs I have had and the ones I grew up with. Then we would take them outside and if they had more they would go and we would praise sometimes they didn't get busted until they were finished so they didn't have to go again. Lots of people think they can yell at the dog later when they find the accident but the dog doesn't remember it then. I'm in a bit of a potty training nightmare with my youngest now. The old owners never trained her at all and I didn't get her until 8 months so its going a lot slower then my other two that I got as young puppies and we trained by 8 months. Its like you thing everything is going great for a few days then she pees and poos on the floor. My mom says its because my youngest will always be the problem child lol. I have had to cut three different collars off of her because she got them stuck in her mouth some how. She wants to eat dirt and rocks!