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02-23-2013, 06:23 AM | #1 |
o°.Reign Rules My ♥.°o Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: .o°•.Yorkie Bliss.O•°o.
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| Teaching Potty! Ok, so I just got Reign a couple of days ago. I want to teach him the word potty so I can eventually say potty and he'll go. The problem is I never see him go and he always goes on the pad himself. I tried leaving him in his 'house' (knowing he had to go) and waiting to see him go so I can praise him, but 2 hours later... nothing. So I gave up. I left the room and came back and there he went... on his pad. I tried taking him for a walk and 30 min later... nothing. I tried putting him in his run in the backyard... nothing. I am happy he is going on his pad, but he's not giving me a chance to praise him because he is doing it on his own. How do I teach him the word potty if this is how he is?
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02-24-2013, 05:35 AM | #2 |
o°.Reign Rules My ♥.°o Donating Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: .o°•.Yorkie Bliss.O•°o.
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| Any help here?
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02-24-2013, 06:47 AM | #3 |
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| My Lexi is a few days shy of 4 months. When I brought her home I put her potty pad in a place where I could see it because I wanted to know when she went. I saw her every time she went potty. She got the Potty on the Potty Pad song and a treat each time. I think you'll have to find a way to see him when he goes. Stalk him for a day or so. After a couple of times he'll expect his treat and he'll stalk you until he gets it. You'll know the 'look' after a couple of times. Be prepared for a side effect, though. He may start to potty on the pad constantly just to get a treat. He'll probably even fake a potty by squatting on the pad then run to you for a treat. Lexi probably went a hundred times a day, most of them fake where the pad was dry as a bone! I gave her a treat anyway because it let me know she understood what was expected. I had to change her treats one tiny piece of her regular puppy food because I was concerned about her getting too many treats. She didn't mind one bit. I pop that treat out, singing and celebrating and scoot it across the floor. She chases it sown like it's a hamburger and gobbles it up. Never mind that there a whole bowl full of it right next to her that she has absolutely no interest in! I think consistency is the key and treating him every single time.
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